TURNING THE TABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 308, 29 December 1914, Page 5

TURNING THE TABLES.

AIRMEN ADDING NEW GLORY TO OUR ARMS.

(Received 9.15 a.m.)

London, December 28

The Times in a leader, says: “The Cuxhaven raid is the most' thrilling incident of the war. The attack was unique, and that some damage was done is more than probable, but the moral effect will be large. Instead tf Zeppelin raids upon our fleet, the tables have been turned, and the German squadrons will no longer think themselves secure in their harbours behind their fortifications. The visit of a naval biplane to the airshed at Brussels is another brilliant performance by our young air service, which is rapidly adding new glory to our arms.”

EXCITEMENT IN GERMANY.

BRITAIN’S j NEW POLICY OF AERIAL ATTACK.

(Received 9.15 a.m.) Amsterdam, December 28

Advices from Berlin state that the Cuxhaven raid is causing the greatest excitement in Germany. The damage is believed to be great, though it is officially minimised. The general opinion is that Brtain is beginning a new policy of- aerial attack in view of a decisive naval engagement. There is much criticism at the failure of the German minefields to wipe out the British cruisers in the Heligoland Bight. PRESS COMMENT. CONTRAST TO THE RECENT GERMAN RAIDS, i _____ (Received 9.15 a.m.) London, . December 28. Newspapers describe the air and sea fight at Cuxhaven as one of the most thrilling incidents of the war. They comment upon the success of the British arms in such close proximity to the Kiel Canal, in contrast io the three hours’ challenge with the German cut-and-run raids on English watering places. They consider it the most daring and most effective reply to the abortive attacks on Dover and Sheerness. ' v AERIAL BOMBARDMENT. SOME FURTHER DETAILS United Press Association. London, December 28. Official: Squadron-Commander Richard Davies visited Brussels ou the 24th, and dropped twelve bombs on an airship shed believed to contain a Parseval. It is believed that six bombs hit the shed, hut their effort Mas not distinguishable owing to smoke from the shed.

Amsterdam, December 28

A wireless message from Berlin states that British airmen dropped four bombs at Langeong on Christmas Day, without doing damage, An official Berlin report states that hostile airmen resultlessly bombed a new Zeppelin shed. The locality is not specified in the report.