THE DESTROYED ZEPPELINS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17122, 25 October 1917, Page 2

THE DESTROYED ZEPPELINS.

PARIS, October.23

It is still doubtful whether five or six Zeppelins were destroyed in France. Four or five escaped to Germany, though it is believed that a Zeppelin which landed sixteen men at Montigny le Roi now lies in mid-Alps. German prisoners state that thirteen Zeppelins participated in the raid, of which number eleven returned across France % All the crews belong to the navy, there being no longer any land Zeppelins. The officers were arrogant, and claimed a special regime, v and rooms at an hotel, and they were'much distressed when treated as prisoners. The officers and crew of L 45, which descended at Largne, were captured by Madame Dupont, a farmer's wife, but she was unable to prevent Captain Koeller setting tire to the Zeppelin by shooting at it with a revolver.

PARIS, October 23. It is believed the Zeppelin engines froze when they "were cut off for "~ two hours while drifting over London, This was the real cause of the disaster, as it would be impossible tore-start them at such a high The Zeppelins then drifted to' France, and were forced to descend at dawn, when the French aeroplanes discovered them.