Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-04-16
Bombs Dropped on Kent,
SittingbOurne, Favershanl
and Canterbury.
LONDON NOW EXPECTS
ATTACK BY ZEPPELINS
British Officials Realize Thai
Capital Is Not Immune from
Air Craft.
GREAT ACTIVITY SHOWN
AT GERMAN AIR BASES
French Airmen Report Success-
ful Bonbardment of German
Headquarters.

A feet Of German aeroplanes aid
ed England today and droppe6
bombs at several places within
thirty miles of London. This Is tire
hrst instance Of a daylight aftats
by German aviators flying over Eng
land. The airships dropped borshz
on Kent, Sittingbourne ard Fareel
sham, and two hostile air S-aft wene
reported over the cTIy of Cantero1ssE
London no longer considers stsen
immune from raiders of the Zeppelin
| type 1t is realized also thar sTsts
aeroplanes could lombard tlae city.
zeppelins. on their recent night raids.
have travelled further from their cux-
haven base than the distance froi1,
Cuxhaven to London, and aerop1anes
thirty miles from the capital and
choosing their own course, hafc
/ brought a new conception of the efYec-
tive range of this type of machine
Pronounced activity at the German
airship bases at EInden and Cix
haven. reported from Holland, has
led British officials to believe thai
the air raids on England during III
/ last twenty y-four ndurs have beer
4
and it is expected that an attack on
London by the Zeppelins viii taxa
place before many hours. A confer
ence OF the flying corps coznmzndefs
was hurriedly called by the British
admiralty today to complete the de-
tails Of defense against such an a.
ltack.
| Last nights Zeppelin raid resnlta1
in considerable damage to property
/ nj fTr4Ia IA T. 4
lives were lest. It is anfzonucHz
lofhciaiiy In Berlin that an airsiisf
which made the nrst raid returned
/ Ia saissy
Aerial onslaughts. however. naxs
| not been limited to the Germans
Franch official reports claim sue
cessful bombardment from the SKY
OF the imperial German headquarters
In retaliation for q Zeppelin assault
on Nancy
| A German wireless report credits
4 to Swiss newspaper the Statement
that French airnen have dropped
bombs on several German towns ar-
protected by anti-aircraft guns.
No. Big Battles In Progress.
| Although no great battles are n
progress with the exception of tl,s
protracted struggle on the 115-niils
front between Bartfeld and Stry, IN
the Carpathians, active Operations
are being undertaken over incrsas-
ingiy wide sections of both the East
ern and Western fronts Official re-
ports from Paris reveal resumptlun
of hostilities in Northern France
particularly in the neighborhood x
Arras.
In the East. the Russians hare
taken up the attack along the Vas
I " Of a Irsr4cr 49, 7-tftt
They claim the. capture Of a villa&e
near SoehHozew, about thirty rIise
from the Polish capital. In the VI
cinity of ossowetz, near the PrzsssQr
frontier, fighting also has been r.
sumed. Holland is stirred deeply ~
the sinking of the Dutch steamer
hatwyk, bearing q cargo consigned
to the government OF the Nethef
lands. The Dutch marine ministry.
after an investigation. expressed TIE
opinion that the vessel was sunk hT
8 German submarine.
BY the Associated Press.
1 LONDON, April 16, 1923 D. NJ.
German aeroplanes this afternoon
; we're dropping bombs in Kent, within
thirty miles OF London.
The machines first made their aps
of Canterbury, and about nifty r1!lex
from London. Within a few minutes
they we're reported over Canterblrs,
closer to the capital, and very shortly
afterwards they appeared over Faver-
sham and then over Sittingbourne, nos
more than thirty miles away, dros-
ping bombs on each town.
This was the third German aerial
attack on the eastern counties OF Eng
land in the last twenty-four hours
The two previous attacks we're naade
at night by Zeppelin airships Thz
raid was carried out by aeroplanes.
The. damage done by the German
aeroplanes in Kent has been neg
lligfble, 50 far as Is known up to the
present time. Two bombs were
dropped on Faversham. but no dam
age resulted.
The aeroplane which dropped bombs
on Faversham was shot at by local
marksmen. but their aim apparently
was poor.
Flying over Sittingbourne, the air.
man dropped another bomb, but tina
only result was the digging OF 8 hole
in an orchard. Still another bomb
was dropped into q chalk quarry. 1'lie
German machine then started for the
sea by way of Deal. from which direc-
ton it had appeared over Kent.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April Is, 1:l2 p. m.--rro
nounced activity at the German ass-
, ship bases at Emden and Cuxhaye
today is reported in kilograms from
Holland. An urgent call was iasueE
: in London this afternoon for Epecsa,
police to go on duty at D. M.
, According to reports from Hoi,3ac.
three Zeppelins were seen today fig~'
ing westward over Dutch islands II
the North sea- Count Zeppelin Il
said to be directing the moyenesz<e
at Cuxhaven.
; BY the United Press
LONDON. April 16.--I,ondon ex
; poets a great Zeppelin raid before
many hours Flying corps conr111t.
ers were summoned to the admiralty
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