The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-17

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London, April 16.-uO:30 n. mo
England today experienced it's third
hostile air raid within As hours, hut
the last, like the Others. resulted In
no loss of life and no serious damage
to property.
Taking advantage of fine weather. which
enabled zeppeins to visit the vicinity of
the Tyne Wednesday night and the coasts
of Suffolk and Essex early this morning,
a tIern;tn aeroplane flew over the county
of Kent, diof ping bombs In all four mis-
siles were dropped in the vicinity of the
towns of Raversham and Sittingbourne.
the latter Just across the Buge from the
Isle of Sheppey, which is the birthplace
of the British royal naval flying corps.
Ali the bombs fell in fields.
From Sttingbourne the aeroplane few
over the Isle of Sheppey, and it is thought
probable the raider mistook the towns at
tackled for sheerness. the British naval
base which is on the other side of the
island. on his way the airman passed
over Canterbury and other towns in Kent.
but did not loose any explosives upon or
near them.
Drop Twenty-Five Bombs
zeppelins, for it is believed two visited
East Anglia during the early hours of
this morning, dropped some % incendiary
and explosive bombs on Lowestoft.
SouthwoId, Maldon, Burnham on the
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like the raid of the previous night on
the Tynemouth district, only material
6ar'age was done, and little at that, al
though many persons had narrow escapes.
In Lowestoft a bomb dropped in a garden
she ttered a row of small houses and
people living in them were cut by broken
glass.
During the three raids at least so oomos
were sent down by the Germans. The
raiders kept away from the larger towns.
There they might have been discovered by
searchlights and come under FIRE from
tie land.
There is an inclination here to consider
the raid only in the nature of reco7inais-
sapces, for except in the case of aero
plane bases points of military inpor-
tarce were avoided, although IN each
case aircraft passed within short dis
tance of such places. In view of this be-
lief extra precautions are being taken
while the fine weather lasts. The allies
already are making reprisals for all Ger
man attacks over the fighting zone, and
1t Is considered likely here that the raids
over England will receive their reply he
fore long.
Battles on Continent
Meantime, battles are proceeding on the
continent Although a thaw has set in
on the Carpathians and the roads have
been turned into mud and districts are
by swollen streams, fighting
continues. The Russians report that they
have taken further heights in the noun
tain ranges and repulsed attacks in the
vicinity of Rostoki and also in the direc-
ton of the Siry. where the Austro-Ger-
mans were attempting an outflanking
movement The Austrians make similar
claims and disclose the fact that the
Russia, MS have been attacking also in
southeast Poland and western Galicia, ap-
parently trying to prevent the Austrians
from sending more reinforcements into
the Carpathians.
In the west comparative calm prevails,
following the reported French victory
north of Arras, which would give them
another point of vantage from which to
launch an offensive.
The British India office reports that
Indian troops have inflicted another de-
feat on the Turks in Mesopotamia. while
the Russians again have been harassing
Turkish commerce in the Black sea by
sinking four steamers and several sail
ing vessels and bombarding Asia Minor
coast forts.
Germany has promised to inquire into
the sinking of the Dutch steamer Katwyk
which the captain and crew charge was
sunk off the North Hinder lightship by
a German submarine.
Two Are Killed
London, April 17.-Q:35 a. m.)-Reuter' s
Amsterdam correspondent telegraphhs the
following:
''The Stuttgart army commander an
nounces that yesterday forenoon, a
French .biplane attacked the powder fac
tory at Rottweil, Wurttemberg. The anti
air craft troops opened fire on the ma
chine. The airman dropped several
bombs, killing two civilians and severely
wcunding one person.
THE material damage was slight, the
operation OF the factory, being undis-
turbed The airman, whose machine
was damaged. disappeared in a south
westerly direction
Five Bombs Dropped
London. April 17.-(2:H a. m.)-The Am
sterdam correspondent OF Reuters Tele-
gram company, sends the following:
"A telegram from Haltingen. "a village
of Baden, 96 miles south of Baden Baden)
states that I hostile airman dropped five
bdmbs -Four nd no harm, fifth de
atroyed two empty railway carriages
which caught 31rA One man was severely
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