In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 70, 25 March 1915, Page 5

In the Air

BRITISH AIRMEN’S RAID. SUBMARINE WORKS DAMAGED NEAR ANTWERP. [TTnitud Press Association.] (Received 9 a.m.) London, March 24. Official: British airmen damaged two submarines at Hoboken and ignited the works. ZEPPELINS HOVER OVER PARIS. United Press Association. Paris, March 24. Parisians are bitterly disappointed at the result of the Zeppelin raid. De. spite warning bugles, the people stormed into the street, and gazed anxiously into the darkness. IV hen the theatres were emptied the patrons had great difficulty in reaching their homes in the stygian blackness.' It appears that the Zeppelins were divided into two groups, which endeavoured to fly over the city. II hen Hie French aeroplanes attacked they disappeared, and the authorities reported that the danger was ended. But the Germans, instead of withdrawing, circumnavigated Paris and returned. The second attempt was immediately spotted, and the visitors cleared off. RESULT OF THE AEROPLANE RAID. EIGHT BOMBS DROPPED ON FIVE SUBMARINES. United Press Association. (Received 9.25 a.m.) London, March 24. Five aeroplanes left Dunkirk in a mist, and were compelled th return. Others observed five submarines on the slips and dropped eight bombs. It is believed, considerable damage was done to the works.s Lieutenant Crossley-Meats descended in Holland owing to engine trouble. FAILURE TO BOMB STEAP/SER IN ENGLISH CHANNEL. United Press Association. (Received 9.25 a.m.) London, March 24. A German aeroplane repeatedly failed to bomb the steamer Pandion in the channel. Five bombs fell within fifteen feet of the vessel.