The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-04-21
AEROS ATTACK Isle
GERMAN AIRY NAVIES RESUME
BOMB DROPPING
HIT TOWNS near LONDON

bourne, Faversham and Canterbury
During Daylight Hours-Pronounc-
ed Activity at Zeppelin Base
Aged Count Directing Movements.
Another raid by a German airship
the third in as many days-Was re-
ported Friday from London. It Is
said an aeroplane dropped bombs In
Kent. This is the first daylight air
attack on England.
Thursday nights Zeppelin raid re-
suited in considerable property DAM
age, but so far as known no lives
were lost.
London reports Friday: a Ger
man aeroplane dropped bombs Friday.
afternoon On Sittingbourne and FaY-
ersham.
Two hostile aeroplanes are report
ed over. the city Of Canterbury, So
miles east Of London.
It Is reported that German aero
plane at midday Friday dropped
bombs near Herne Bay, in Kent, si1
miles from Canterbury.
The damage done by the German
aeroplanes In Kent has been negligi-
BILE, so far as is known up the pres
ent time.
Two bombs were dropped at FaVer-
sham, but no damage resulted.
The aeroplane which dropped
bombs on Faversham were shot at by
local marksmen, but their aim ap-
parently was poor.
Flying over Sittingbourne, the air
man dropped another bomb, but It
only dug hole In an orchard. An
other bomb fell into chalk quarry.
The. German machine then started for
the sea by way Of Deal, from which
| direction it had appeared.
Herne Bay is SO miles in an air
line from London. It is watering
| place on an estuary Of the Thames,
| with population Of about .009.
Sittingbourne, in Kent county, 10
| miles from Rochester, has a popula-
ton Of 5000. Fayersham is also in
Kent, 10 miles northwest Of Canter-
burg. It has a population Of $4,000.
| London reports: Pronounced ae-
tiTity at the German airship bases at
Emden and Cuxhaven Friday is re-
ported in telegrams from Holland.
An urgent call was issued in London
Friday afternoon for special police to
go on duty at 5 p. n.
Reports from Holland say three
Zeppelins were seen flying westward
over Dutch islands in the North Sea
on Friday. Count Zeppelin Is said to
fbe directing the movements at Gux-
haven.
London reports: German aero
plans Friday afternoon dropped
bombs In Kent within 80 miles Of
London. First appearing over Herne
Bay, east Of Canterbury, and about
so miles from London, they made
their way rapidly toward London and
within a few minutes were reported
over Canterbury and then over FaY-z
ersham and Sittingbourne, not more
than 80 miles away. They dropped
bombs on each Of these towns.
This is the third German aerial at
tack on the eastern counties Of Eng.
land in the last 36 hours. The two
previous attacks we're made at night
by Zeppelins.
| Aerial onslaughts, however, have
not been. limited to the Germans.
French official reports claim sue
cessful air bombacdment Of the Ger
man imperial headquarters in retalia-
ton for a Zeppelin assault in Nancy.
A German report says French air
men dropped bombs on several Ger
man towns unprotected by anti-air
craft guns.
| London no longer. considers itself
immune from air raiders. Zeppelins,
on their recent night raids, have
travelled further from their Cux-
haven base than the distance from
Cuxhaven to London, and aeroplanes
80 miles from the capital and choos-
ing their own course have brought
new conception Of the effective range
Of this type Of machine.
Nevertheless the public is skepti-
cal Of the powers for harm OF Zeppe-
Inns, the trifing damage done during
the night raids of Wednesday and
Thursday being cited. It would ap-
pear that the latest air raiders have
used bombs of an incendiary rather
than an explosive character.
In land operations, the French
claim a brilliant success north Of
Arras, which completes the gain
made near there last month. The
German position, according to the
Paris report, was taken by the bayo-
net.
On the heights of the Meuse the
Germans evidently are beginning a
movement to retake les Eparges. Ber-
| lin claims to have repulsed all the
French attacks and made the French
offensive planned to make st. Mihiel
untenable On the eastern front
neither side seems to be making any
headway.
London reports Friday that at least
TWO Zeppelins raided the counties Of
| Suffolk and Essex early in the morn
ing dropping bombs within 36 miles
Of London. A large number Of bombs
were dropped on town. and villakes,
but no loss Of life resulted. Attacks
were made within few minutes Of
each other at points 70 miles apart.
The first was at Maiden at 1920
a. N. by Zeppelin which previously
passed over Durham and Southmin-
Ster. After dropping bombs at NAL
| den, the airship turned north and let
fall more explosives at Hcybridge. It
| may have been the same craft seen
at 1 o'clock flying over Harwick in
the direction of Ipswich.
A second attack was made between
1880 and 12:45 a. N. on Southwold,
10 miles south of Lowestoft on the
| North Sea.
At Lowestoft, where three bombs
| were dropped, lumber yard was set
| on fire, three horsese were killed and
many windows were broken; at
Southwold. where several bombs were
| dropped, railway trucks were fired;
at Maiden house was struck, but
| only slightly damaged; at Heybridge
several bombs were dropped, but no
damage has been reported.