ANOTHER RAID BY THE BABY-KILLERS
ZEPPELINS VISIT ENGLISH EAST COAST FOURTEEN KILLED ONE RAIDER DESTROYED By Telegraph—Prcs? "Association—Copyright London, August 10. The Admiralty announces that a squadron of airships visited the English oast coast between 8.30 p.m and midnight, and dropped incendiary , bombs, killing one man, nine womeai, and four children, and wounding five men, seven women, and two children. The damage done was immaterial. Ono Zeppelin was seriously damaged by the land defence forces' gunfire, and was reported aB towed in tho morning to Ostend 1 . She has since been subjected to continual attacks by tho Dunkirk aircraft, under lieavy fire. It is now reported that after her back was broken and the rear compartments damaged, sho was completely destroyed by an explosion. . «The night was extremely .dark, with thick fog in places, rendering nigbt flying very difficult. Flight Sub-Lieutenant R. Lord, ono of the pilots sent up to engage tho enemy, was killed while attempting to effect a landing in the dark.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2538, 12 August 1915, Page 5
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164ANOTHER RAID BY THE BABY-KILLERS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2538, 12 August 1915, Page 5
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