In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 10, 10 August 1916, Page 5

In the Air

RAIDS OM BRITAIN.

EAST COAST AND SCOTLAND

VISITED.

3 KILLED :: 14 WOUNDED.

Press Association —Copyright, Australia- and N.Z. Cab!,? Association. (Received IU.BO a.m.) London, .August 9.

Pearly-morning airships raided the East Coast, and another visited the Scottish coast.

f Three women and children were killed and fourteen wore wounded. No military damage 'was done. I military damage was done, i The Press Bureau states that the raiders did not penetrate far inland. They dropped a number of bombs on various coast localities.

Anti-aircraft guns at several places drove olf the airships from their objectives.

One airship visited the south-east coast of Scotland.

WAR OFFICE PARTICULARS.

The High Commissioner reports: — London, August 9 (4.45 p.m.)

The War Office reports; Last night the air raid by seven to ten airships involved none going more than a few miles inland. Indiscriminate destruction of property, was the apparent object of the raiders. Anti-aircraft guns in action in four places seem to have boon successful in nearly every case in drivin off the raiders, one. of whom was pursued several miles seawards, by a naval aeroplane. Bombs mostly fell wide of any centre of populatiion. An exception was in a north-eastern town, where one nlan died of shock, two women and three children were killed and twelve persons injured. In another town one man, one woman and three boys were injured. Other casualties were four. Houses were partly burned, windows wore broken and fifty feet of railway was torn up. One horse was killed and lesser damage was done, but none of military importance. CONFIRMATORY NEWS,

Press Association —Copyright. Router’s Telegrams (Received 12.35 p.m.) London, August 9. Official.—lt is estimated that seven to ton airships, participated in the raid, operating singly and in parts. Apparently, indiscriminate destruction of property was the main object.