In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 91, 20 April 1915, Page 5

In the Air

MANY AIRCRAFT READY. SPECTACULAR RAID ON ENGLAND PENDING. INCREASED GERMAN ACTIVITY. Unitkd Prkm Association. (Received 8.55 a.m.) London, April 19. Tho Daily Express states: On the Belgian frontier great activity is being displayed by tho entire t»ennan naval and military and also the air services. • Large quantities of incendiary bombs for Zeppelins are concentrated at three bases, and additional hangars have been built as Zeppelin depots, which are disguised with much ingenuity to deceive the Allies' air craft. The roof of the new shed at Brussels has been increased fourfold and equipped with chimneys, and now resembles a factory. The shed at Antwerp has been banked with grass mounds, and resembles a green hill. It is certain that many airships are housed in garages in Belgium, and have not vet been seen in the North Sea. The German purpose is suddenly to launch a great fleet from Germany and Belgium for a spectacular raid on England so as to encourage the German people and troops.

BRITISH BIPLANER BOMBS RAILWAY STATION. Times and Syonipy Sun Service. (Received 8 a.m.) Paris, April 19. Le Temps states that a British biplaner threw several bombs on to the Bnltngen railway station at Baden and destroyed the line lor a distance of a hundred metres, alter which the airman returned safely. SUGAR-REFINERY BOMBED BY GERMAN AIRMEN. (Received 8.30 a.m.) Pefcrograd, April 19. German aeroplanes bombed Count Sosansky's estate, near Warsaw, where there is a large sugar refinery. The manager and two officials were killed arid sclera) workmen wounded.

BRILLIANT ACT OF FRENCH AIRMAN. I I Paris, April 19, A French aeroplane brought down a German between Langemarch and Paschendaale, after a brilliant pursuit. PRESS WARNINGS'. London, April 19. The Times, in a leader, says tho raids must be invested with a larger significance than the binning of n timber yard, a wrecked bedroom, and some dead horses. They are a little signal that we would do well to take seriously that Germany proposes to develop fresh activity in the west, and are probably a prelude to more deter* mined attempts. We should be prepared for liveliness, and perhaps a deal more, in the coming weeks. An aeronautical correspondent says that possibly the raids were merely practice in oversea navigation, and also a reconnaissance. When they mean damage the Germans will come in considerable force.

THE ATTACK ON STRASBURC. United Press Association. (Received 9.10 a.m.) Amsterdam, April 19. The Berliner Tageblatt says that the French dirigible, as cabled on the 17th, arrived at Strasburg in the early morning and the attack lasted for a quarter of an hour. Searchlights located the airships, which was furiously cannonaded. A bomb fell on the railway station.