In the Air
THE EAST COAST RAID. ADMIRALTY SUPPLIES PARTICULARS. Unitku Phicsh Association. .Received 1 -•*■"> P.-'"-) London, August 11). The Admiralty announces that a squadron of airships on the hast Coast between 8.30 p.m. and midnight dropped incendiary bombs, killing one man, nine women, and lour children, and wounding five men, seven women, and two children. . The. damage done was immaterial.. One Zeppelin was seriously damaged bv the land defence force's gunfire, and was reported being towed in the morning to Ostein!. She has since been subjected to continual attacks bv Dunkirk aircraft, and was under heavy fire, it is now reported her after-back was broken and the '-ear compartments damaged or completely destroyed by an explosion. The night was extremely dark, a thick fog in places rendering ..night-flying very difficult.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 86, 11 August 1915, Page 6
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131In the Air Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 86, 11 August 1915, Page 6
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