FRENCH RAID ON ESSEN
ADMISSION-OF DAMAGE. A remarkable letter found on a German prisoner throws considerable light on the results obtained in tho French raid on Essen Last July. The letter is dated July 7th., and the writer states: “To-night wo have been visited by an enemy air squadron. Shortly before 3 I was awakened, and anti-aircraft guns began to firo a hundred shots. Our windows shook, factory sirens blow, and bolls rang tho tocsin. It was terrible. All lamps were put out, everything was in darkness, and people hid in' cellars. “To-day wo aro still trembling all over. When it became quiet again ive wont gaok to bod, but other aeroplanes came, and it all began over again. To-day children aro picking up quantities of shells in tho streets. Bombs were dropped on tho Thyseen Factory at Mulneian. The new muniton factory in Kruppstrasse has been utterlv destroyed. I cannot give you full details before tomorrow. Bills have been just posted telling us that the raid is to bo renewed to-night. No one will go to Bleep to-night at Essen, If only we were near the endt”-
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9794, 18 October 1917, Page 6
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188FRENCH RAID ON ESSEN New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9794, 18 October 1917, Page 6
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