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THE ZEPPELIN RAID.

Tfie recent Zeppelin raid on the cast coast of England has brought home to us how easily the enemy may, by the exercise of daring an intrepidity, inflict considerable damage, besides causing death and suffering, with impunity. The long nights of winter lend themselves to this method of attack, and though it was considered that adequate precautions had been taken by the British military authorities to prevent such raids, it is evident that they have fallen short of what the necessities of the struggle demand. It is the misfortune of Britain to have to deal with an enemy who has reduced the methods of the assassin to a line art in military affairs, so that it is all the more important for exceptional means to be | taken to meet this new departure from the accepted rules of warfare. Fortunately the raid referred to was not of a very serious nature, but, according to the latest cables, it is merely the forerunner of a series of similar raids which are evidently intended more as terrorising agents than as a contributor to the success of the German anus. According to latest cable advices, there were either four or six airships engaged in the nefarious business of killing harmless citizens and destroying buildings. Whether or not there were) i- .......

any aeroplanes is still a matter of conjecture. It is certain tliat one Zeppelin came from the direction of the .Heligoland Bight, crossed over the centre of the Dutch Friesian Island in an almost straight line for Yarmouth (the easternmost portion of the British coast), covering a distance of probr.'jly 300 miles. It was observed both on the outward and homeward journey by spectators at Terschelling, in t'.ie Friesians, going Britainwards at about 2.30 p.m., and returning about 2.30 a.m., thus giving the dirigible twelve Hours for the 160 miles journey across the North Sea and back. The attacking aircraft seem to have hugged the sea coast, following it round to the Wash, so as to be able to beat a speedy retreat seawards in case of being chased. According to German sources, the raid was made on fortified towns, but that is on a pfrr with their usual method of attempting to justify tile policy of killing the innocent and damaging peaceful towns. The possibility of such raids was always understood, and now that Germany's policy of desperation is being developed, it will need a complete and effective organisation to put an end to this new development. There is no reason to doubt that the Home authorities will bo able to cope with the demons of the air—the latest terror of modern warfare. Until that is done the civil population on the British coast may be subject to these raids, which stamp the authors as the most despicable nation on earth.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 192, 22 January 1915, Page 4

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THE ZEPPELIN RAID. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 192, 22 January 1915, Page 4

THE ZEPPELIN RAID. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 192, 22 January 1915, Page 4

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