Milford chronicle., 1915-01-22
ZEPPELINS RAID
BRITISH TOWNS
Air Graft Drops Bombs Near
the kings Palace
MANY REPORTED KILLED
People of British Coast Towns Panic
Stricken as Result of Raid of Ger
man Air Graft.

The Germans delivered their first,
but long feared, Zeppelin attack
against England Tuesday night.
A fleet of five air cruisers swooped
across the North sea to the Norfolk
coast, bombarded Yarmouth, sailed
into the interior and dropped bombs
on Sandringham, Shoringham and on
Kings Lynn.
At least four persons were struck
dead, three at Yarmouth and one at
Kings Lynn, and many are believed
to have been injured by the devas-
tating missiles which exploded with
horrible force.
Not all of the Zeppelins escaped. At
least one was brought to earth and
captured, together with officers and
crew, at Hunston, a few miles from
Sandringham. The others apparently
regained safe airs and returned across
the North sea to the base from which
they had come.
Just how many Zeppelins the Ger.
mans used in their first aerial raid is
not known, but it is probable that at
least three or four composed the raid
ing fleet.
The royal family had left Sandring
ham hall, now used as the Queen
Mother Alexandra's country place,
only few hours before bombs rained
down near the palace.
The allies are making a desperate
effort to cut through the German line
above st. Mihiel, near the eastern
end of the battle line in France, ac'
cording to the official communication
from Paris.
1t is said that another German field |
work in the forest of lie Pretre was |
captured and that 500 yards of the
German trenches there have now been |
occupied.
At the same time the allies are at
tempting to press forward to the
northwest of St. Mihiel. These two
movements, if successful, would COM
pei the evacuation of St. Mihiel.
Tenure of this town by the Ger
mans results in a sharp bend in the
line of the allies, presenting a menace
which they have been endeavoring to
remove for weeks.
The French have retaken the posi-
tions of La Boisselle captured by the
Germans, the statement from Paris
asserts, which says that "a fairly
spirited engagement has been devel.
oping at La Boisselle, where, follow
ing the breaking out of several fires
we we're compelled during the night
of Jan. 1918 to evacuate our posi-
tions. These, however, we recaptured
on Jan. Is at daybreak. The enemy
has not renewed his attacks on this
part of our front"
A snow storm in Belgium in the re.
gion of Arras and in the Vosges inter.
fered with operations there and only
artillery duels took place, without de-
cisive result.
Although there was no further
fighting at Soissons, both sides are
bringing up reinforcements and some
hard fighting should soon develop in
that region.
"In the valley of the Aisne, to the
east of scissors, and in the section OF
there were artillery ex
changes" the French statement de.
clares.
"To the northwest of Pont-a-MOus-
son we occupied another field work OF
the enemy, where we now occupy 500
yards of the trenches of the enemy"
The official communication issued
by the war Office says that no notable
incident has been reported from the
war front.
The Germans have begun another
offensive movement, according to un i
official advices from Holland. It is t
said that the German heavy artillery b
went into action Monday and that I
battle is in progress for possession of c
Ypres. The British are moving in
fresh troops to defend this town,
around which occurred some of the
heaviest fighting of the war at the b
time the Germans were attempting to a
force their way to the English chan A
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