Panic In Cologne.
HEAVY loss of life
Receive! this dav 11.30 a.m London, May 22
The D.sily Express's con A spondent. soys flip British air raid oil Cologne on Saturday caused enormous damage. It took place in daylight. In addition to the announced civilian casualties many more recruits were killed •or wounded as the number of bombs fell directly on the barracks in the northern part, of the town. The railway station was destroyed, including' several locomotives, while other bombs fell in the streets. The tramway service is still stopped. The British aviators carefully avoided the Cathedral but moved freely qver the city, flying very low and choosing their objectives with precision. "The populace is terifiqd and indignant at the Government's failure to protect Cologne. P.AIIIS~ BAID FAILS. Received this day 9.5 a.m. London, May 22. French official: Enemy aeroplanes were reported approaching Paris last evening. We kept up a violent barrage and our airmen went up. The enemy dropped bombs on the suburbs, resulting in damage and some casualties, but did not reach Paris.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 23 May 1918, Page 3
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