THE AIR RAID ON LONDON.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1915, Page 5

THE AIR RAID ON LONDON.

M'USDER OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN PAINFUL DETAILS; Received Oct. 18, 12.40 ajn. London, Oct. 17. A number of inquests on the victims of the Zeppelin air raid have been held. Out of ten at one Court, live Were found to have died from heart failure and shock, and there were similar cases elsewhere. One woman who heard the guns clasped her husband by the hand. He said, "Never mind, we will die together,:; but his wife was dead from shock. Another woman fell downstairs with fright and was killed. Seventeen bombs were dropped in another district, where five persons were killed four mortally wounded, and two died from shock. Three of those killed were boys, who were sleeping together. In another case a father, mother, and daughted were buried in the wreckago of a house. > 'Elsewhere, a youth who ran out of a house was fatally wounded, but a friend who remained behind was unhurt. IN ~ THE WEST. i SOME VIOLENT FIGHTING, SIR JOHN JRENCfI'S REPORT. ENEMY SCORE MINOR SUCCESSES. Received Oet. 17, 3.10 p.m. London, Oct. 15. Sir John French reports: With reference to the German communique, the only change in the situation south of La Bassee Canal is that we have further improved our position in the nohenzollern redoubt, and hold all the ground gained on October 13. Received Oct. 17, 3.10 p.m. Paris, Oct. 15. A communique says: After a violent bombardment the enemy gained a footing in part of his former trenches east of Auberuve. We recaptured the trenches which the enemy held since Oct. 9, north of Reillon. The enemy in the Vosges delivered a violent attack for a length of five kilometres on the front Achiensen-Hart-1 mans-Wiellerkopf. They used burning petrol and succeeded in the trenches on the summit' of HartmansWielerkopf, but were repulsed elsewhere.