AIR RAID ON LONDON

Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1917, Page 2

AIR RAID ON LONDON

x A GERMAN VERSION

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LONDON, June 14. German official —A fleet of our largo aeroplanes jbombed l* orfc Ixmdbn yesterday in clear weather. V e observed good bits, despite a strong defensive fire and numerous aerial engagements, wherin an English airman fell into the Thames. All our returned unharmed.

We repulsed a French attack near Yaux Aillon-

reprisals URGED. ' (United Service Telegrams.) LONDON, Juno 14. Trero is a strong demand for reprisals for the aerial raids. Numerous publicists urge the bombing of a German tow u after each raid. IA. meeting at Hyde Hark cheered a proposal to send five hundred planes to bomb Berlin.

NECESSITY FOR REPRISALS. LONDON, June 14. Lord Northcliffe has made the statement that Germany will continue the air raids on England until England makos reprisals. MUNITION FACTORY EXPLOSION MANY CHILDREN KILLED. LONDDN, June 14th., , One hundred and fifty people were injured at Aston under Lyno. A considerable proportion of the casualties were school children who were returning to their homes. Flying fragments of boilers, bricks, and gasometer frames were responsible for £ large proportion of tbe casualties. The debris was hurled a mile. One street is described as resembling shambles. Flames from munition works ignited a cotton mill, and gutted it. They also ignited a’ corn mill at Dukinfield and completely destroyed it.

THE AIR RAID

TOTAL CASUALTIES,

LONDON, Juno 15

In the House of Commons Sir G. Cave state that tho air raidcasualfies woro: 104 billed, 154 seriously in. jured and~2G9 slightly injured including 120 children’s casualties.

QUESTION OF REPRISALS

LONDON, June, 14,

In the House of Commons Mr Bonaf Law declined to reply to questions reprisals for air raids. M, P, Billing endeavoured to move for an adjournment but the Speaker refused to accept tho motion on the ground that Mr. Billing had previously attempted to moveM. F. Kellaway stated that everyone of tlioso killed or wounded in the raid was a civilian. Not one iota of damage had been done to military or naval property. It is feared that no raider was brought down. A meeting on Tower Hill including many women denounced the bishops for their attitude against reprisals. The speakers doclared that 17,000 curates aught to bo called to the army.