Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-16
ZEPPELINS IN ATTACK
UPON COASTAL TOWNS
British People Not Much Worried
Owing to Little Dam
age Done.
FRENCH FLIERs ARE ACTIVE
Bombard Teuton Imperial Head
quarters in Retaliation for As
sault on Nancy-Several Ger
man Towns Are Targets.

LONDON, April IO.-Gerinan
areoplanes this afternoon are
dropping bombs in Kent. within
thirty miles OF London. The
machines first made their appear
ance over Herne Bay, to the east
OF Canterbury, and about fifty
miles from London. Within a
few minutes they were reported
over Canterbury, closer to the
capital, and very shortly after
ward they appeared over Faver-
sham and then over Sitting
bourne, not more than thirty
miles away, dropping bombs on
each town.
This was the third German
aerial attack on the eastern coun-
ties of England in the last thirty
six hours. The two previous at
tacks were made at night by Zep-
pelin airships. This raid was
carried out by aeroplanes.
Shoot at Aeroplanes.
The aeroplane which dropped bombs
marksmen, but their aim apparently
was poor.
Flying over Sittingbourne, the air.
man dropped another bomb, but the
only result was the digging Of a hole
in an orchard. Still another bomb was
dropped into a chalk quarry. The Ger
man machine then started for the sea
by way of Deal, from which direction
it had appeared over Kent.
Bombard German Headquarters.
Aerial onslaughts, however, have not
been limited to the Germans. French
official reports claim a successful bonn
bardment from the sky of the German
imperial headquarters in retaliation
for Zeppelin assault on Nancy.
A German wireless report credits to
a Swiss newspaper the statement that
French airmen have dropped bombs on
several German towns unprotected by
anti-aircraft guns.
London no longer considers itself inn
mune from air raiders of the Zeppelin
type. 1t is realized. also, that even
aeroplanes could lombard the city.
Zeppelins. on their recent night raids,
haven base than the distance from
CuXhaven to London, and aeroplanes
thirty miles from the capital, and
choosing their own course, have
brought new conception of the etfec-
tive range of this type of machine.
Public Is Skeptical
Nevertheless. the public is sl:eptical
of the powers for harm OF Ieppelins.
the trifiing damage done during the
night raids of " ednesday and Thurs
day being cited III Justification OF this
feeling. 1t would appear that the lat
est air raiders have used bombs of an
rather than an explosive
character.
Zeppeins Over East Coast.
Two Zeppelin airships visited the east
coast OF England shortly after mid
night, dropping bombs on several
towns. DONG considerable damage TO
property. AS far as has been ascer-
tanned, only one person, woman, was
in jured. 1t is said she was only slight
ly hurt.
French Fliers Bombsrd Baden Towns
AMSTERDAM. Via London, Ap"il Ii.
received from F-eiburg
in Breisgau. grand duehy OF Baden,
a pnounce that x hostile :iirEtau lrODpel
bombs there at noon yesterday. killing
six persons and injurins d large num-
ber. most of them school children.
Five bombs. the dispatches say.
were dropped in the Stuehlingen quar-
ter. Two of them fell without doing
harm, but the others killed two men
and four children and seriously wounded
two men and eight children. \ number
Of other children were slightly hurt.
French avi@tors dropped bombs near
and in Eillingen and
Dona ueschingen, towns in Baden, April
49, These places arc said to be without
guns.