LONDON’S AIR DEFENCE
A GENERAL'S BOOK
(Lnikd Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
(Rect'ived this day at 12.25. p.m.) LONDON, September 25.
Major-General Ashmore, who was in charge of London’s air defence from 1917, gives' an elaborate description off London’s air defence weakness in a book “ Air Defence,” published to-day. The General, in conclusion, does not believe any defence force could prevent raiders reaching London, but suitable arrangements could be made against attacking, resulting in such casualties that the attempts would die out. The book reveals that the ex-Ka’iser refused to sanction air raids on London, and only consented when the Allies raided Karlsruhe. He insisted on St. Paul’s, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace not being touched. He wanted the attacks confined during week-ends when it was thought the city would be empty. On another occasion, when the King was injured by a horse in France and was taken to a chateau near Aire, th° ex-Kaiser insisted on elaborate precautions to prevent an air attack. , He also forbade a projected bomb attack on St. Omor because, he heard that King George was likely to be there.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1929, Page 5
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184LONDON’S AIR DEFENCE Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1929, Page 5
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