In the Air.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 24, 28 May 1915, Page 5

In the Air.

ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID. CROWDS WATCH BOMBARDMENT United Pkibb Asbooiation. (Received 9 a.m.) London, Mar 27. Several Zeppelins dx-opped twenty incendiary bombs at Southend on-Sca. Zeppelin was seen coining from a north easterly direction at 10.50, and nicer circling Southend the bombs continued falling. It was evident another Zeppelin participated, as for half an hour there was a quick succession of lights, followed by heavy thuds. The other Zeppelin bombed the western quarter of Southend. Crowds watched the bombardment. Two notices were ignited hut the outbreaks weie extinguished. The Admiralty report only mentions one Zeppelin and states that the casualties were two women killed an/J a child badly injured, thoie being little material damage. Aeroplanes and seaplanes chased the raider, which escaped in an easterly direction.

THE RECENT RAID ON GHENT.

Rotterdam, May 27

The aeroplane raid on the St. Pierre railway station at Ghent made a great hole in the railway bridge over the Scheldt, which carries practically all the traffic from Bruges to Ostend, and also the Berlin and \ ienna expresses. FRENCH AEROPLANE RAID. EXPLOSIVE FACTORY ATTACKED AN ACT OF RETALIATION. (Received 10.0 a.m.) Paris, May 27. A communique states: Eighteen French aeroplanes, each carrying fifty kilogrammes of projectiles, to-day bombed the aniline dyeworkg at Ludwigshafen, which is now one of the most important of the explosive factories in Germany. Several buildings were struck, and numerous fires were started. The aviators were nearly six hours in the air. This was retaliation fur the air raid on Paris. ALLIED AEROPLANES SUCCESS. Paris, May 27. Official: An aeroplane Hying towards Paris threw bombs on Meaux. in tin* meanwhile the air squadron at the front were warned, and awaited the return of the enemy aeroplane and brought it down at Soissons. Both German aviators were killed.

Our aeroplanes dropped fifty 90millimetre shells on the Douai aerodrome, hitting the hangars and aero-

planes. (Douai is in France. 1 1 miles south of Lille.)