IN THE AIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1918, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

ANOTHER GERMAN RAID. ALL TDRXED BACK BUT ONE. LARGE MACHINE DESTROYED. London, Veb. 17. Official: Six aeroplanes approached the mouth of the Thames at 0.45 lart nijrht and carried out an attack on London. All turned back except one, which penetrated to the capital and dropped bombs in the south-weft district, demolishing a house and burying an invalided officer, bis wife, and two children. t The raider previously dropped other bomb* on the eastern outskirts, but the casualties and damage were not serious. An, Attack on Dover at 10.45 was r driven off, but bomhs were dropped in the open country. Several pilots engaged the enemy, and one action over the Kent coast resulted in a large enemy machine crashing into the sea- The casualties and damage are apparently Jight. LONDONERS NOT DISTURBED. jLaIDS .EXPECTED NIGHTLY. Received Feb. lfl, 1.30 a.m. London, Feb. 18. Yesternight's air raid did not disturb Londoners, who anticipated nightly bombings in the coming week, owing to the favorable moon. rbfITHER RAIDS ON LONDON. Received Feb. 18, 11.15 p.ro London. Feb. 18. The Press Bureau reports: Hostile aeroplanes crossed the Thames estuary at 10 o'o«ek last night. Some Iwimhs were dropped on London. The raid is atill in progress. GERMAN INFLATIONS. • London, Feb. 17. A wireless German official report says: Our aviators last night bombed London, Dover, Dunkirk, and the fighting forces in the north-east of France. Wireless German official: The enemy lost during January twenty balloons and 151 earoplanes. We lost 68 aeroplanes •nd fear balloons. FEANCE. BOLO'S TRIAL. mSBQUTOR'k FIERY PERORATIONReceived Feb. 18, 8.45 p.m. Paris, Feb. 17. At the closing scene of Bolo's trial the ppblic prosecutor made a terrible peroration. He said he would like to see others in the dock beside Bole, but he (Bolo) was the go-between In all this machination. The only possible punishment was 'by a firing squad at Versailles. France and her allies were awaiting the verdict- It must not be said that a Frenchman who took twelve million francs to betray France was aot shot without- a shadow of anxiety or a shadow of emotion. "With all my love of country, I call upon you ' to sentence 8010 to death," he contllidfd- ,' SWEDEN. EXPEDITION TO AALAND. WtfiLAXS DEFIANT. Copenhagen, Feb. 15. It U offieisfly reported that a Swedish .eXjprditiftP.baa arrived at Aaland- The oonjnrtader of the Swedish gunboat Thor demanded tliat the Russians leave the Mauds and the soldiers replied by destroying the signal station and munitions