The Karlsruhe Raid

Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13203, 19 June 1915, Page 5

The Karlsruhe Raid

FX7ENT OF THE DAMAGE. NO PART OF THE TOWN SPARED. SATISFACTION EXPRESSED IN FRANCE. Received .luno !8j 11.12 p.m. AMSTERDAM. June 18. The Lokal Auzeiger states that eleven men, seven women and girl: , and four schoolboys were killed at Karlsruhe, and 73 wounded. Received June 18. ~>.o n.m. PARIS, June 18. There is great satisfaction in France at the bombardment of Karlsruhe as being a tardy and fitting reply to the countless German attacks on unfortified towns. Received June 18. 8..") p.in. AMSTERDAM, June 18. A corr* .-pondent of the Kolnische Vo'ks Zeitung states that an eye-witness' narrative describes the raid on Karlsruhe as worse than the Germans believed. A single airman appeared at 6.30, but did not attract attention. Soon a buzzing was heard on all sides, and more i emplanes appeared at a lii 'j;h speed. A crowd {fathered, assuming that the machines were Gorman. '1 lien motor horns and steam syrens hooted out the danger signals, and the anti-aircrrit guns opened fire. The aeroplanes spared no part of the city. Nerve-shattering crashes billowed each other quickly, and the inhabitants in a blind panic fled to the houses and cellars, leaving the dead and wounded where they had fallen. Some of the geratest havoc was caused near the Rondelplate and Karl Friedrich Strafe, where seven were killed. The airmen disappeared at eight o'clock. Slowly the inhabitants ventured out and gathered about the spots where the people had been killed. KAISER INDIGNANT. WICKED ATTACK ON HIS BELOVED KARLSRUHE." # Received June 19, 8.40 a.m. AMSTERDAM, June 18. The Kaiser has telegraphed to the Grand Duke rif Raden his deep indignation at the wicked attacks on his beloved Karlsruhe, and the poor innocent victims among the civilians had greatly distressed him.