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ZEPPELIN FLEET
ATTACKSL0ND0N
Two Of Fifteen Shot Down and
: Others Routed.
% KILLED AND go INJURED
Many Houses Were Burned and Dam
aged in the City-Crew of One Air
ship Pershes in Flames of Craft.

aged in the City-crew Of One Air
ship Pershes in Flames of Craft.
London, Sept. 25.-Fifteen of the big
gest newest type of Zeppelins, built
on London, took part in the greatest
air raid that England has had II with
stand since the beginning OF I, G war
Three OF the super-Zeppelins an
aged to reach London and dropped
bombs into the southern and so al
eastern districts OF the city killing
twenty-eight persons and injurlng
ninety-nin2.
Two OF the huge raiders were
were brought down in Essex coun y
after being driven from the capital
One reported to have been destroyed
by bombs dropped on the great bag
of the airship by British aviator, fell
in flames, all the crew being killed
The other was brought down by anti
aircraft guns The crew of twenty
two officers and men were taken pr
oners.
Two attacks were made on London
one by one airship that came from the
southeast, and the other by two Yep
pelins that came from the east. Aero
planes engaged the huge raiders over
the houses of the city and the anti,
aircraft guns showered them with
shells.
Apparently the Zeppelins were not
hit, but they raced away soon after
dropping a number of bombs in the
southern and southeastern distri is
where all the casualties were repor,.
ed. The text of the latest official state
ment reads:
Fourteen or fifteen air ships partici-
pated in the attack on Great Britain
"The southeastern, eastern and east
midland counties and Lincolnshire
were the principal localities under at.
tack.
can attack on London was carried
out by two air ships from the south
east between one and two o'clock
and by one air ship from the east be-
tween midnight and one o'clock
Aeroplanes were sent up and fire was
opened from anti-aircraft guns and de
fences, the raiders being driven off
Bombs were dropped, however, in the
southern and southeastern districts,
and it is regretted that twenty-eight
persons were killed and ninety-nine in
jured.
1.-TWO of the raiders were brought
down in Essex. They were both large
air ships of a new pattern. One OF
them fell in flames and was destroyed
together with the crew. The crew OF
twenty-five officers and men Of the sec.
ond were captured. Detailed reports
of the casualties and damage have not
yet been received"
The great air raid proved an utter
failure from a military point of view
the reports so far available showing
that the bombs were dropped only in
residential districts where innocent
civilians were the victims.
The leading units of the great fleet
of Zeppelins we're first reported over
the east coast at eleven o'clock. Warn
ings were telegraphed ahead, particu
larly to London, where it was supp s
ed the raiders were going. Bombs
were dropped at widely separated
points and for miles throughout the
countryside anti-aircraft guns tried &c
reach the raiders. Apparently the
Zeppelins were not sure of their pc
sitions and only three of the air ships
reached London. 1t was more than
an hour after they were first reported
that the first air ship lowered over the
capital and began to drop bombs.
AT once the entire city was aroused
Men and women crowded to the house
tops, to the streets and to the bridges
watching for signs of the air ships.
The barking of the anti-aircraft guns
as they fired at the Zeppelins, the ex
and the whirring of the aeroplanes as
they rose over the city to fight the
dirigibles mingled into harsh chorus
that kept almost every one in London
on watch for hours.
AS the first raider was driven off its
course toward the sea coast could
be traced by the sound of BURSTING
shells as the batteries, one after an.
other, shot at her. Finally observers
saw a great burst Of flames over the
Essex line and then the red glare shot
suddenly down. The report that the
big Zeppelin had fallen was given Out
to the crowds in the streets and was
received with enthusiastic cheering.
Twenty-Five houses were burned In
London, according to early reports, as
a result of fires started ~ bomb ex
plosions. In other districts it Is re
ported that cottages and churches have
been damaged. The full story of the
raid, however is not available.
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