Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-15
ZEPPELIN RAID ON
BRITISH COAST is
TOLD BY SPECTATOR
Interesting Story Of Raid BY One
of GeTmany'S DirigibIeS Is Told
in a German Paper for the
First Time in the War.

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Cologne Gazette gives description
of a raid by Zeppelin on the British
coast He says
ut was barely growing dusk when
Lieut.. Commander x, in command
of L. a.. stands for Lufschin. air
ship. received an order to cruise on
the morrow i'm a northwesterly direc-
ton in the latitude of Terschelling. He
save the necessary orders, and next
morning. early, entered the hangar.
The crew of the two deck officers and
twelve non-commissioned officers, was
already at work with a group of men
under the orders of the officer Of the
guard.
The Lieutenant looked to see that
everything was in order. Sailors in
( the gondolas tested the motors. their
looks betraying their love for the en-
gines under their care one of the OF
fcers satisfied himself that the sup
( ply Of petrol was complete, while the
other superintendent the carriage OF
bombs and incendiary missiles into
: the gondolas
"The skipper climbed in and after
a brief inspection, expressed his sat
isfaction with a nod. and then des-
ccnded TO the ground.
There was silence in the great han.
The men who hold down the vessel
were in their places. The crew were
at their stations.
"The officer in charge reported all
in order to the skipper. who called
out Instructions to discharge the wat
er ballast. There was a rush of water
and the vessel gradually rose above
her props and aoated
The captain paced her whole
length. scanning her with careful eye.
Then he climbed into the front gon-
dola and ordered her 10 be taken out
The Lieutenant repeated the order
'Airship Forward, and the men with
the mooring ropes towed her into the
open. A gust of wind outside caused
her to sway. She tugged at her moor
ing ropes like an impatient steed
champing at its bit
"A cry Of Attention. a long shriu
blast from the boatswain's whistle.
the last ropes were dropped, and al
most simultaneously the engine-room
telegraph signaled motors fun speed
ahead. -~vEww
with a noise like thunder the pro
pellers sprang into life. the vessel
shot forward and upwards.
THE forward gondola resembIed
nothing so much as the bridge of a
warship. and as in the shart-house Of
a cruiser, so the skipper now bent
over his maps.
The ship in its ascent soon cleav-
ed her way through banks of clouds.
/. The sun shining through them upon
the sea facilitated steering. With his
eyes upon the shadow of the vessel
and a piece of wood hanging loose at
4 the end Of a string, the skipper was
able TO reckon his speed and the
strength Of the wind If the weather
is dun and the airship is above open
water, only practice and seamanlike
instinct can help the commander to a
knowledge Of his position He must
also reckon not only with the prevail.
ing wind but with threatening
changes. A strong current from the
Z direction of home might make his re-
turn very difficult
This time, however. the vessel ad-
vanced in a straight line to the north
west A number of fishing vessels
could be seen at sea, all flying the
Dutch flag, but the skipper thought his
own thoughts. He knows that British
fishermen even close under their own
coasts now seldom fly anything but
the Dutch colors
BY three p. m. his mission was at
an end. He had received orders 10
be back at the hangar before dusk.
but the weather being so favorable,
he Geographically asked permission to
act on his own initiative and profit by
the favorable opportunity. Agreed
was the reply
Continuing his flight to the north
west he determined TO deliver a blow
against the English coast It was yet
Nv AAAnAN MhNh nc app hdAuNh AAlS idilu
and assembled to a height of 1900 met
ers in order to keep out of sight of the
| watchful eyes on board England's
guardships. Through a rift in the
clouds a destroyer could be seen maxi
ing the round of guardships There
was nothing yet to seen of the land,
but a blackish mistiness on the dis
tant horizon was recognized by train
ed eyes as smoke from the chimneys
Of an industrial district. The skipper
now knew that he had steered a true
course, and that his destination
{ harbor with enemy dock yardsw
before him
"He remained above the clouds I'M
] til dark then pushing on to the coast.
he detected in the dying daylight the
two moles marking the mouth of the
river which he was seeking. Almost
simultaneously came flashes OF ar.
, tillery fire from below The rudder
] swung around. and steering past the
; attacking fortress, the airship was
over the yards, arsenals. and munition
"