THE AIR RAIDERS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2739, 6 April 1916, Page 5

THE AIR RAIDERS

ANOTHER VISIT NO DAMAGE AND NO V CASUALTIES BRANDON'S EXPLOIT -The High Commissioner reports: London, April 4, 0.45 p.m. "A Zeppelin' 'is reported to have ; ciossed the ea!st coast of England be- . 'tween 2 and 3 o'clock ! this morning. - The airship did not .stay long over the , tod. Although several explosions were ; reported, no'fragments of bomb's have - been found toi date. There was no damage and no casualties." ;■ THE RAID ON SCOTLAND "VENGEANQE FOR Ll9" By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright . London, April.4,. -Details of the raid on. Scotland shows !' that a Zeppelin, flying over a coastal town, used .her searchlight and dropped three bombs in a field. Next the.Zop- , pelin, at a great height, appeared over an important burgh. The raider was clearly visible, and was soon a target ; for British aati-airoraft guns. The Zep. ; pelin. .rapidly. dropped bombs. A man j who was only partially dressed was killed in the while a child sleep, •tag; in a cot was killed by; a bolt .torn from a' shutter. Tho Zeppelin _~then ; proceededto another centre, where- the occupants of. houses were congregated in the basement. A bomb penetrated the pavement and exploded in a cellar ill whioh many had taken refuge.. Five - perished. A fragment of the same .bomb ■ killed a man on the opposite sicle .of the. street. Among the buildings wWcl : narrowly escaped was the hospital, witß i 6GO patients,' including 'many wounded : soldiers, and hn establishment contain; : ing German prisoners. A card was picked up in an eastern county in England, on wliich was pencilled: "Vengeance for L 19." >, v •A message from r .the Zeppelin *j picked up, in. Scotland. - Its, said;: /'-Re- - turning on TKursdayl' 1 ' " . .. «'!.«oramßßPoni "USUAL INACCURATE BOMBAST."' ■ London, April 4. . ' A German communique claims that a naval; air 'squadron i bombarded Edith j burgh and LeitV tm<3 docks oh the j Firth of Forth, also Newcastle and im« j portant wharves, buildings, and blast- j furnaces on the Tyne, "with very good i results. Despite a heavy, bombardment : all the'airships' returned'safely. ■ Vs The above statement is officially de« , scribed in London as "of tho usual . inacourate, bombastic type.'! .. , . LIEUT. BRANDON'S EXPLOIT,,, - AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT : London,' April 4. Though Lieut. Brandon has been re* ; ceivin'g universal tributes, it is not'yet', clear if he was responsible for the downfall of the Zeppelin. The prisoners are ' reticent, and declare, they are not aware howthe airship was brought down'. ' : \'t An aeronautical expert has offered to refloat and rebuild the Zeppelin within three months.Three petrol tanks, riddled with, buk lets, have been found in a field. They l are probably from the crippled Zeppelin. Mr. H. J. Tennant (Under-Secretary for War), -6pealsing in_ the House o! Commons, said it was impossible to 6ay , to whom the credit was due for bringing down the Zeppelin. The new defencos ; against, air.-craft., had proved very suooossfiil J more, than one attack haa beon - driven off unknown to the inhabitants. DISABLED GERMAN SEAPLANE PICKED • : UP ' ... / • . , .Paris, April 4. ' A' French destrover in ,the North Sea .picked, up . a disabled German hydro-plane^-and made the pilots prisoners. '■ FEATURES OF THE RAIDS NEW .TYPES OF BOMBS. , ("Times" and Sydney "Sun". Services.) (Rec. April 5, 5.5 p.m.) / ; •■ London, April-4. - It is\ officially stated that the. . Zept,' pelin bombs now contain a now explo* H sive, which causes blue flames, smoke,-* and ultra-sweet-, non-injurious fumes, ; from'which it is concluded' that the Germans are using vood fibre instead ofi i cotton,,and have been compelled to in-'; vent a, substitute for 'nitro-glycerine. J ■ Other reports- state that the most' significant features of the Zeppelins ara ; their increased size, the terrific strength [ of the explosive shells, and the use of gas bombs., All accounts agree that! the marksmanship _of the anti-aircraft-; gunners is splendid. In one district• 70 incendiary and some explosive, shells were'colleoted.- Many-of the laitteri "had failed'to explode. A piece of rough , -cardboard, .was .found in a> field in an: eastern county, and on it, written .in j pencil, were the words: "Vengeance for the airship wrecked in the North Sea; recently." "" ;■ AUSTRIAN RAIDERS PUT TO ' , FLIGHT ITALIAN DEFENCES WERE'READ.Yi Rome, April 4. ; 'K communique states: "Five . . AW; trian seaplanes, escorted by two for-, pedo-boats, appeared at Ancona. They, were attacked by our.batteries,'an" moured train, and four aeroplanes: .The'; raiders fled. Three were brought dqwn; at. s6a." .: