, 1915-04-17
81. OKUIA OIAIIUN.
(Ccna3 ed at jamaica

Newcastle to Tue coast was plunged into
darkness at The first news from BY h that
q Zeppelin was heading il from the east at
a great speed. As it passed over Blyth it
dropped eight bombs Oh the outskirts of the
town. then changed its course for Newcastle,
but being batf,ed by the darkness the bombs
were launched haphazardly doing very little
damage. Eventually the airship reached
The Tyne at WalIsend and then went east
ward towards South Shields. One bomb fell
on the railway, narrowly missing q crowded
MESSENGER TAIN between Blyth and Walls
end, passed Over CrRmlingtou an. dropped
several bombs III the neighbourhood, one
house being set on fire. Altogether the
laid lasted twenty-five minutes, but the
damage was small. One man was injured
by q shell splinter at Choppington. Most
of the bombs We're Of the incendiary type.
At Wallsand a bomb struck a house in which
Il sick woman was slightly injured by flying
masonry.
At midnight the lights in the Newcastle
district were switched on again, when the
military authorities announced that there
was no further danger. Of the bombs
dropped at WoLisend, two fell in a field and
gave a brilliant flame. They were handed
TO he police by a farmer and found to CON
aist Of steel cases or cylinders SIX inches IN
Diameter and eighteen inches long, couted
With au in hammable material which had
burned of, and the steel tubes were fused by
the intense heat. From Wallsend the raiders
crossed the Tyne and five or six minutes
uter was reported at Weston, then at South
Shields. passing eastward on his homtward
Journey, Newcastle being altogether missed.
There was excitement, bat 10 panic, the
Waning Of danger being disregarded by
The towlesfo|k MLo crowded the streets. A
total Of twenty bombs were dropped, incIud-
ing five ut Chopp'ngton, three at Wallsend,
two at Seaton BtrL aud one at BedIington,
the General belief is that the intention was to
destroy the Tyne sulpbui!diua yard, but only
one missile fell near the yard and it did 10
damage.
F.o] Marshal Sir John Freuch's report Oh
the Neuye ChQpelle battle, which has now
been published, regrets the severity of The
losses, hich were, however, unavoidable
utder the conditions. The list OF casualties
shows 100 Offices and 1887 men killed, 359
officers and 8,173 men wounded, and % Off
GERS and / ,728 men missing, making a total
Of 12,811. The enemy left several thousand
lead on the fel@ and positive information
Ia. been obtained that upwards OF $1,000
wounded were removed by trains.
The losses were part culally severe in the
F'tth Corps, Which is highly praised for the
utmost gaIiahlry. 1he mann attack was
made " the First Army under General Sir
Dou- las Haig, while the secondary and hold
ia8 attacks and demonstrations along the
front were made by The Second Army under i
Genetal Sir H. Smith Dorrien. The success
attained was due to the magnificent bearing
an2 iudomitable courage displayed by the
4th aud Indian Corps, and the energy and
Y5o0ur with which General Sir Douglas Haig
handlea his command show HIM to be a
leader OF great ability.
The report quotes u special order Of the
day expressing feryent appreciation OF the
magnificent g~allantry displayed by all ranks
of the First Army, praises the Territorials, be-
ing greatly impressed with their value, and
pays a glowing tribute to the Canadians,
saying: All the soldiers Of Canada serving
under my command have splendidly upheld
the best traditions of the Empire. 1t es-
pecially mentions Princess Patricia's Regi-
ment and Expresses regret at the loss of
Colonel Faruubar. It does not name the