IN THE AIR.

Taihape Daily Times, 29 January 1918, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

MANNHEIM BOMBED.

REPRISALS NOT APPRECIATED.

TERROR AND PANIC CAUSED.

Received II a.m. LONDON, Jan 28,

The Daily Express’s Geneva correspondent says the British raid on Mannheim on Thursday eclipsed all raids, showing Germany the penalties she may expect for bombing open towns. Travellers are in hot flight from Mannheim. All the town sSpent a night of terror. Panic-stricken people rushed into the streets halfclothed. The British swooped so low that the throb of the engines could be heard from the streets. They surprised the German anti-aircraft gunners. One bomb fell on the barracks. When the British departed an angry crowd congregated in the market square, crying, “Down with the war; give us peace!”