General

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 30, 5 June 1915, Page 7

General

THE RAID ON LONDON. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Uifti'XD Pebss Association London, June 3. At the inquest on aboy of eight I years and a girl aged sixteen, children of a Jewish tailor, the verdict was that they died of wounds caused by I fragments of Zeppelin bombs on Monday. Berne, June 4. The Wilff Bureau states that the Zeppelin which made the raid on London reached Finchley, a residential suburb in the north of London. Rotterdam, June 4. The Cologne Gazette considers that from England's silence over the details of the burning of the London docks, as a result of the air raid, it must be supposed that the damage was worse than appears. GERMAN RATS IN A TRAP. London, June 4. The French "Eye-witness" supplies 1 notes from the diary of a German captain, whose body was amongst four thousand found on the slopes at Notre Dame do Lorette. The diary stutes j the Germans have been allotted an impossible task in holding, with a weak force, Abla'in, which runs on a route over which to be directed was impracticable, owing to the confusion of sectors, and the guide was unable to lead. With each falling shell some soldiers decamped. The last page of the diary says: "Without support for days, the remnants in the trenches were caught like rats in a trap. Their nerves have gone, and the fire of the enemy is indescribable." KRUPP'S MYSTERIOUS WAR ENGINE. Amsterdam, June 4. The Tyd says Krupps are construt- | ing a mysterious war engine which is j believed to be utilised for squirting burning liquid long distances. j

EXPENDITURE FOR FRANCE. Paris, June 4. M. Ribot (the Finance Minister) is asking for credit amounting to £224,000,000 sterling to provide for the third quarter of 1915. Since the beginning of the war £960,000,000 has been voted. BOMBS FOR THE CROWN PRINCE London, Juno 3. Official: Twenty-nine French aviators dropped 178 bombs on the Crown Prince's headquarters. Many struck the objective. They also dropped several thousand darts. The aircraft returned safely. PROTECTION ACAINST CAS. Times and Sydney Sun Sebviok. London, June 3. Paris is providing the police with masks similar to those used by the troops for protection from asphyxiating bombs. PROTEST FROM RED CROSS. London, June 4. The Press Bureau says the Belgian Government strongly protests at Genera! von Bissing dissolving the Belgian Red Cross Control Committee snd confiscating its funds and archives. The International Committee of tli* Red Cross at Geneva endorses the protest, kaud demands that the Red | Cross support the Institution in as- j sisting ivomen which are outside the . Red Cross scope. BRITISH NAVAL LOOSES. j London, June 4. British naval losses from April 2i'th to May 24th are 67 officer's, 309 men killed ; 13 officers and 149 men <■ v I of wounds; 1.00 officers and 1706 men wounded ; in addition to 23 officers and 329 men believed to be lost.