RAIDERS' DISASTER IN FRANCE.
STATEMENTS BY PRISONERS
WARM RECEPTION BY ENGLISH
BATTERIES
(Australian and N.&. Cable Association)
(Received Oct. 23, 7.20 p.m.)
London, Oct. 22.
A correspondent with the French armies says that the crews of tie superZeppelins L 49 and 150 confirm the report that they partook in the expedition against England.
The fleet, whicb numbered twelve, j left their three ports separately. When they reached' England they were; bottered by the anti-aircraft batteries -i and searchlights. They quickly dropped their bombs and rose to a height of three miles, whero ttey were caught by a strong north-westerly and became' lost. The cold was extreme. The motors froze, the men were frost-bit-ten, and the alternators would not work, while it was impossible to take bearings. One captain at dawn ti ought he was over Holland or Westphalia. Then ho recognised that it was French soil.
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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14544, 24 October 1917, Page 5
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146RAIDERS' DISASTER IN FRANCE. Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14544, 24 October 1917, Page 5
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