AERIAL FIGHTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 27 August 1914, Page 8

AERIAL FIGHTING.

] A ZEITKLIX DROPPING BOMBS. PAYS THE PENALTY. Antwerp, August 25, A Zeppelin flow over the town during I j the n{»hf. ami dropped, bombs on two - houses, which were destroyed and several peiip'i' killed or injured. Subsequently ! 1 airship was brought down by shot■■ from the McrKm Fort, and the cr'uv of l.j made prisoners. The !'; -igiiins captured 25 Uhlans found i-nrolliur 10 miles inland of liiankeiili-jry. i Paris, August 25. Or tli • twelve Zeppelins the Germans w«.re using five have already been destroyed. A ZEPPELIN OUTRAGE. HOSPITAL DESTROYED BY BOMBS. Received 2G, 5.5 p.m. Paris, August 2G. At Antwerp, a Zeppelin threw seven shrapnel bombs. Many 'houses were destroyed, including a hospital which was flying the Geneva Convention flag. Twelve were killed and several seriously injured. PROTRACTED AERTAL BOMBARDMENT. Received 20, !).40 p.m. Antwerp, August 20. The. bomb-throwing lasted for twenty minutes. The population was terribly alarmed. Hundreds ran about the streets in their nightclothes. The Zeppelin's object was to destroy the Palaee and public buildings, including the hotel where the Foreign Legations are situated. Twenty-six people were killed and wounded. TREMENDOUS r,Y POWERFUL EXPLOSIVES. THE ZEPPELIN'S CAPTURE CONFIRMED. Received 2fi. 11.10 p.m. Antwerp, August 20. The, casing of the Zeppelin bombs was 3in thick, and must have been of an enormous size. The capture of the airship Zennelin is confirmed. The ship took advantage of a very dark night. One of the bombs made a hole lift in the street, and probably contained shot, as all houses near by were peppered and the windows broken. Another bomb killed one person and mortally wounded two others, and blew o(l" tlie leg -tf a fourth. 1 A married couple sitting at a window were killed. The barracks of the infantry regiments were badly damaged.