The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-27
Much HeraIded New German
Sky Boats lombard Dover
and Escape Pursued
By Enemy.
FRENCH filters III ACTION
Raid Metz and Fight Fen Air
Battles With New Type of
Craft-Bulgar Head
quarters ShelIed..

Berlin, thy wireless to SayVillep. Jan.
95.-The German admiralty issued the
following today:
"A German aeroplane during the
night of January 1928, dropped bombs
on the station, barracks n docks of
Dover"
The British account of the German
aeroplane attack, as given out yester-
day, said that the east coast of Kent
was visited early Sunday morning by
a hostile aeroplane, which dropped nine
boTnblS, killing one person and AjaFing
six.
Tie German report does NET men
ton the second raid, said, by the Brit
ish war office. to have been paade or
the east coast of Kent by two Yep"
pellns shortly after noon, yesterday.
Dover is one of the chief ports of
the continent. 1t has the finest harbor
on the channel and, since the compile
ton OF the harbor works : 1903. it has
been an important naval station Ii
has extensive docks and naval estab-
sishments and a large garrison.
London, Jan. 25.-Two raids upon
England, in which the giant new Ger
nan Fok<er type of %aeropIane was
used for the first time. yesterday re-
suited in the death of one person and
the injury of several. There was some
tiopSl ~ IalIldS6. tJle raiders
ilcendi2ry bombs. The raid was made
on the coast of Kent. 1t is assumed
that the raiders did not come close to-
ondon. The enemy planes came un-
der heavy fire and disappeared, pur-
sued by British naval and military aer-
oplanes.
Not much is known, outside Of Ger
many, about the new Fokker aereplane,
except thai 1T is very large, very swift
ana carries heaVy armament Last Fri
day the London Express quoted the fol-
ioWlng from the Hamburg Fretnden-
| blatt:
We may assur the hundreds Of
thousands of Germans whose emily con-
Solatlon IN their present depressing
nVes IS the hope Of furnishing England
that destructive engines of an entirely
new ana Immensely powerful type have
oeen evolved for the use OF our aero
planes and that, as soon as the nletero-
logical conditions will permit. these will
Go their work in London.
Promise of Revenge.
The destruction Of the Old cities of
Sodon and Gomorrah will, we hope.
be repeated in these latter days, and
the outraged German people viii have
thelr righteous thirst for vengeance on
the stronghold of lies, treason and foul
assassination q%uenched to safety"
1t is understood the Fokker aero
plane is relied upon principally because
of it's superior armament. Each craft
is SAID to carry two guns of q new
and powerful type. An American
manufacturer soon will have ready n
gun which is claimed will be superior
to the German gun.
Inc french also ave engaged the
fokkers. having fought 10 aerial bat
Ties with them in d raid on Metz yes
terday. The French statement says:
On January 23 two Of our groups
I OF q PrnnIunnS rnror r-ic;p Oh ,o-.t;~-.
bombarded the railway stations and
barracks at Metz. One hundred and
thirty shells were launched against the
objects designed. The bombarding
~aeroplanes We're escorted by two pro-
tecting squadrons, the pilots OF which
during the trip engaged in 10 cembats
with Fokkers and a Vistiah.
our a~eroplanes We're violently can
nonaded along the whole of theh
course, but returned unchanged, ex-
cept n only, which was obliged te
make a landing to the southeast OF
Metz"