IN THE AIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 February 1918, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

THE PARIS RAID. -RETAILS OF CASUALTIES. London, Feb. 1. A.FrencX communique reports: Th 6 casualties in the nir raid were 30 dead (including 22 in Paris and 14 in the Mibnrbs), 1!)0 injured (including 115 in Paris and 75 in the suburbs I. Many women and children wert victims. Three hospitals were struck and one set on fir*. Sixty French aeroplanes ascended. J " STREN'QTH OF SQUADRONS. ! DUELS FOUGHT. ANGERED. Paris. Feb. 1. Tr.» theatre* had emptied when the inwst inurdcrou< r*id from which Taris B»(\ yet suffered commenced. It ij cstitfrtrtwl that sixty Gothas attacked, operating in Rqnadrons of ten and sweeping over Pari* in succession. Each squadron remained until Replaced by another ten, hence the long duration, of thi raid. tit was ideal weather and favorable td the savage enterprise. It was a glorious moonlight night, with a thin mist over the ground the last vestige of the fog which had aided the Gotbas to elude the »i>froplane patrols. Thirty French aviators immediately went up and a Lumber of desperate duels were fought. 'Altogether seventy bombs were dropped, but many failed to explode Tiiit bombs were of tl.ie»- kind*, th* smallest weighing 201';. the / biggest j 1501b. The Parfsians wore m no way frightened, but the raid angered everyone and ended all peace talk STATEMENT BY PRISONERS. 38 MACHINES TAKE PART." Received Feb. 2, 5.5 p.m. Paris. Feb. 1. German prisoners state that 28 marines participated in the raid. They jrere ordered to avoid bombing hospi;als. DFFICIAL STATEMENT OF CASUALTIES. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received Feb. 3, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 2. .French official: Casualties in the air •aid, are 31 killed in Paris and 14 in the raburbs, including 11 women and 5 children} while 131 were injured in the city uid 76 in the suburbs. ZEPPELIN WORKS BOMBED. Received Feb. 2. 5.5 p.m. Zurich, Feb. 1. Two aviators bombed the Zeppelin forks at Friederickshaven for 12 oinutes. THE RAIDS ON GERMANY. NAVAL GUNNERS ASSIST. Received Feb 3, 5.30 p.m. London, Feb. 2. The Press Bureau gives details of the * 'aids on January, as cabled on January id. Large quantities of bombs were iropped on Treves, Thionville, and the :>aarburg railway junction. The raiders • naehine-gunned villages in the Moselle rallev, also trains and buildings at varikjs other places. Naval gunners simulAHeously bombed tUe soda factory and locks at Mannheim and the town of rh.ionvilla. Heavy explosions and fires resulted. INCREASED FRENCH DEFENCES. Ana, and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received Feb. 3, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Feb. 1. M. Clemenceau has arranged to increase aeroplane and other defences of ?aria equal to those of London.