GERMAN «AERIAL RAID

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15824, 22 January 1915, Page 5

GERMAN «AERIAL RAID

REPORTS FROM NORFOLK DAMAGE NOT SERIOUS SOME NARROW ESCAPES TIME-TABLE OF A ZEPPELIN In connection with the German aerial raid on Norfolk, there are conflicting reports as to whether the aircraft which dropped bombs on Yarmouth was a Zeppelin or an aeroplane. Contradictory statements are also made regarding the number of aerial raiders taking part. Norfolk coastguards say they saw four Zeppelins, some fishermen declare thev saw six, while the time-table of a Zeppelin which dropped "bombs at Tarmouth, Sherringham, Cromer, Hunstanton, Sandringham, and King's Lynn would seem to indicate that the raid was carried out by one Zeppelin, which dropped 32 bombs. One additional death is reported. There is no detailed statement of the damage done, but it does not appear to have been serious. Several narrow escapes from injury are recorded. The British, on January 15, captured Frelinghlen, near Armentieres. A great inundation of the district traversed by the River Lys is reported to be imminent. The Germans are striving to widen the wedge they succeeded in driving in at Soissons, with the object of enabling a force to cross the river without endangering their flanks. The French are taking adequate precautions to check the plan.

The Russians hare gained several victories over the German and Anstrian forces in the east. The Paris Figaro declares that Italy, Ronmania, Bulgaria, and Greece will shortly enter into the war.