OVER ESSEN.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 826, 3 October 1916, Page 7

OVER ESSEN.

FRENCH AIRMEN BUSY. BOMBS DROPPED ON KRUPPS'. Auitrallo'i find \Z. tc'.l, Ax-*-iatlon. I'AIIIS, October 1. Details of the air raid made on Ksst-n by two l-Yeneh avijilors show that the aviators avoided large towns on their route. They flewf I over Kssen at a height of KKIO I metres. Krupp's works showed :is a veritable world of chimneys as they were bristling on all sides from sheds, factories, and furnaces. A great cloud of smoke rose from the bombed factory. The aviators received nut a single cannon shot. The ollieial account concludes: —"We know now that we can reach (■ermany in broad daylight, and when we chouse we can send a numerous squadron.""