In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 47, 31 January 1916, Page 5

In the Air

4&* A RAID ON LONDON. ] l t NUMBER OF VICTIMS REPORTED , [Unit*d pßrfia Aoaooiaxiom. 1 London, January 30. , Following the prescribed measures [: when Zeppelins are approaching, the city at 10 o'clock last night was . plunged in darkness, and warnings were sounded. The protecting air n squadron turned out, and shortly after e there were several loud explosions. ;j The Zeppelins threw bombs, and it Jis reported that there were a number t ' of victims. t j AN ALLIED REPRISAL. *, Amsterdam, January 29. A German communique mentions that a nocturnal air raid took place at Freiburg, at the mouth of the I Elbe. This is the first nocturnal raid made by the Allies. G I A later telegram shows that tlie lair raid was at Freiburg, near Baden, | not on the Elbe, and was a reprisal ~ for the aeroplane attack on Dover. j Freiburg was crowded in celebration ' lof the Kaiser's birthday, the theatre j being packed. , THE FRIEBURC RAID. (Received 8.40 a.m.) S Paris, .January 30. j'i ; Official.—The Frieburg raid was h/< conducted by a dirigible, which drop- i ped thirty-eight bombs on the station j and on military establishments doing ' serious damage. •' I is