Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-17
German Airmen Raid England
and Drop Bombs at Many
Points, Doing Comparative
B Little Damage.
UNlMP0RTANT ACTIONS
OCCUR IN WEST ZONE
Germany Agrees to Investigate
Sinking of Netherlands
Steamer by Submarines
Torpedo.

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London, April 16 U0:3O p. m.)--Al-
though thaw has set In on the car
pathlans and the roads have been
turned into mud aud districts are In
undated the fighting continues. The
Russians report that they have taken
further heights in the mountain
ranges and repulsed attacks In the
vicinity OF Rostoki, and also In the d.
rectlon OF the Stry. where the Austro-
Germans were attempting an out
/ thanking movement. The Austrians
make similar claims and disclose the
| fact that the Russians have been at
/ tacking also In southeast Poland and
western Galcia, apparently with
view to preventing the Austrians from
sending any more relnforcements into
the Carpathians.
Comparative Calm In West.
In the west comparative calm pre-
walls following the reported French
victory north OF Arras which would
give them another point of vantage
from which To launch an offensive
when the chosen moment arrives.
The British India office reports
that the Indian troops have inflicted
4 another defeat on the Turks who had
gathered a large force of regulars and
irregulars to oppose them in Mesopo-
tamla. while the Russians again have
been harassing Turkish commerce IN
the Black sea by sinking four steam
ers and several sailing vessels ana
bombarding Asia Minor coast forts.
Germany has promised TO make In
Iquiry into the sinking OF the Dutch
steamer Katwyk, which, the captain
and crew charge, was sunk off the
/, North Hinder llghtshlp by a Gerinnn
: submarine. ~
Third Hostile Air Ra9~- <s-f
/ England this afternoon experienced
its third hostile air raid within for
weight hours. but the last. like those
: Immediately preceding II, resulted In
no loss of life and no serious damage
to property.
Taking advantage Of fine flying
weather which enabled Zeppelin
airship to visit the vicinity Of the
Tyne Wednesday night, and the coasts
of Suffolk and Essex early this morn
ing, h German aeroplane, having
crossed the North sea this afternoon,
flew over the county OF Kent, drop
ping bombs. In all four missiles
were dropped--in the vicinity Of the
towns of Faversham and Sitting
bourne. the latter Just across from the
Iele of Sheppey, which is the birth
place of the British royal naval flying
corps All the bombs fell In fields
little Damage From Bombs.
From Sitingbourne, the aeroplane
flew over the Isle OF Sheppey, and II u
thought probable the raider mistook
the towns attacked for Sheerness. the
British naval base, which is on the
other side of the island. ON his way,
the airman passed over Canterbury
land other towns In Kent but did not
loose any explosive projeetiles upon
or near them
Zeppelins, for II IS believed there
were two OF them, which visited Last
Anglia during the early hours of the
morning. dropped some twenty-five
I. lncendiary and explosive bombs OIL
L,owestoft. Southwold, M0ldom. Burn
ham on the Crouch, Heybridge ana
Tillingham, but, like the raid OF the
previous night on the Tynemouth dis
trict. only material damage was done,
and little AT that, although a number
OF persons had very narrow escapes
I'm T.owestoft, bomb dropped In
garden shattered row OF small nous
es and people sleeping in them were
cut by broken glass.
Avoid larger Towns.
During the three raids, at least my
bombs nave been sent uoWH ps -"
Germans. Either by error or pur-
posely. the airmen seem to have kept
away from the larger towns They
might have been discovered by
searchlights and come under fire from
the land There is an inclination
here TO consider the raids only IN the
nature of "Reminiscences Tor, except
in the case of aeroplane bases. points
OF military Importance were avolueo,
Ialthough in each case aircraft passed
within a short distance of such places
In view of this belief extra pfecau-
tlons are being taken while the fine
weather lasts.
The allies Already are making re-
prisals for all German attacks over
the fighting zone and II is considered
here to be likely that the raids over
England will receive their reply be-
fore very long.