New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
Retaliate for Dunkirk Raid
Ten Killed by Yep
pelins in Edinburgh.
SIX DIRIGIBLES
JOINED IN RAID
Airships Found No Victims in
England-Heavy Damage
Done on Scotch Coast.

A London. April 3.-Thirty-one Allied
aeroplanes to-day raided German towns
in retaliation for tho bombardment OF
Dunkirk last night By q Zeppelin.
An Official statement says that eigh-
ty-six bombs OF large calibre were
dropped on the enemy environments at
keyem, Essen, Terrest and Hou,hulst
I The great Krupp gun plant Is az Essen.
French air squadron also bombed the
station a. Contains.
The Zeppelin that attacked Dunkirk,
the northernmost town Of France and
strongly fortified port on the Straits
OF Dover. is believed TO have been one
OF the fleet that raided the southeast
ern part Of Scotland and the southeast
ern counties Of England
Last nights raid was Scotland's first
experience with Zeppelins It was off,
} cially announced to-day that ten per-
sons had been killed and eleven injured.
Dropped Many Bombs.
A dispatch from Scottish CORE
spondent says:
"A Zeppelin appeared ten minutes
before midnight and circled over
the town for forty minutes, dropping
many bombs. Warning Of the enemy's
approach was given the people by the
electric lights being cut OF. Every
body remained calm and many persons
ventured into the streets to get
better view OF the raider. No build
ing OF public importance was struck,
/ but much damage was done in the resi-
Dental quarter.
Five persons were killed IN a pas
sage leading 20 q tenement building,
whose occupants were obliged 20 make
their exit By means Of fire escapes.
Two servant girls employed IN a doc
tors house were killed. while a man
vas killed m the street. Two hotels
were struck and several persons were
I killed or injured. A bomb in one in
stance penetrated building from the
/ roof 10 the basement
/ Another Scottish spondent tells
/ OF the arrival OF a Zeppelin over the
same unnamed town just before mid
/ night. An incendiary bomb was
dropped. and II Immediately set fire
20 a building. l. was stated that the
glare must have revealed the whole
countryside 20 the Germans.
To-day's British Official communica-
ton indicates that battles in the clouds
are increasing in frequency. Il says:
yesterday one OF our aviators shot
down g German machine IN the neigh
borhood Of Lens. Another aviator at
tackled and drove OFF five hostile ma
chimes after close combat with two
of them"
In the Verdun district there is also
fierce fighting in the air. The French
official statement to-day says:
To-day numerous aerial combats
were fought with success in the region
OF Verdun. Our aviators brought down
four German seroplanes: other enemy
machines took 20 fight or were forced
70 land"
The British official statement says:
at appears that altogether SIX Yep
peins took part in the raids Of last
night. Three raided southeast coun-
ties OF Scotland. one the northeast
coast OF England. and the remaining
two eastern counties OF England.
Raid Lasted Four Hours.
The vessels which raided Scotland
crossed the coast at 9 ?. m. 9:45 P. m
and 1915 p. m, respectively, and
cruised over southeastern counties OF
Scotland until about 1:10 a. m. Their
course gave no indication Of any spe-
cia locality for attack. but thirty-six
explosive and seventeen incendiary
bombs were dropped on various places.
damaging some hotels and dwelling
houses. Following are the casualties
which are reported at present In Scot
land:
KILLED. men, no women, children.
Total, 10
Injured. men, women and chill
dren. Total. II.
zone vessel visited the northeast
coast and dropped twenty-five eXplo-
sive and fifteen incendiary bombs. The
Two remaining ships crossed the Eng
lish coast about 1918 p. m. and cruised
over eastern counties until about ]
a. N. They were both engaged a. vari-
Gus times by snti-aircraft artillery, and
appear 20 have been prevented by this
means from selecting any definite To-
cality as their objective.
"Ihlrty-three explosive ana slNly-nVe
incendiary bombs were dropped by
these two vessels. As far as has been
sscertained no casualties were caused
in England
Paris issued the following statement
on the Dunkirk raid:
"A Zeppelin last night threw down
eight bombs on Dunkirk. The material
damages were not great, but two per-
sons were killed and four wounded"
The Wireless Press, on giving out
the German official statement received
By il to-day from Berlin, adds this
footnote:
Regarding the Gcrman Official state
ments Of the Zeppelin air raids Of Sat
urday and Sunday, we are officially in
formed that they are examples OF the
imaginative inexscttude characterizing
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