New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-06
British Cruiser Gets One
n North Sea, French
Other at Salonica.
sIy AIRSHIPS HIT
SINCE FEBRUARY |
"a Relieved Driven OF
Course in Storm or Short
of Petrol.
Rv GORDON BRUCE.


ia, Nav England tonight
new sense Of security against
~, 7l,nelin For a day, at least, Allied
have furnished an answer to the
ENG raids on undefended towns
~ ,se mereiless slaughter of nom
,.,,,ts Hcnceforth IT will be guns
'..s,r than darkened streets to meet
Two zeppelins bagged represent TO-
.,,, toll for the Allies. While two
s.f.s light cruiser we're bringing
80, one airship of the Sehleswig
-, carly this morning, the gunners
~. French flagship Patrie were
..-.uv successful at SalOnica. They
y, The first airships 70 be destroyed
.y vsyships .,
Tn. destruction Of these two airships
,-.,c. the total number lost by Ger
-,ry since tho first Of February to
Il, The LEO was wrecked on the Nor-
-.,;s, coast on Wednesday. The
r..,,b and tho Russians each shot
i.r, one on their respective fronts,
,l1s another was struck in one Of the
-,,5. on England and sank in the
North Ses.
Information regarding the airships
',s. to-day is difficult TO obtain. TX
esp. for meagre Official announcements
Al else is closely guarded. As II has
been generally regarded as a simple
natter for Zeppelus 10 escape war
slipy. owing 10 their superior speed,
/, nav be that the authorities thus wish
10 keep secret the method Of attack.
similar Course Regarding U-Bosts.
A similar course was followed re-
rs~dirc the measures taken against
U.boats. 40 official word has ever
Teen given out a. 10 the solution
worked out by the Admiralty.
The Zeppelin destroyed on the
Sch,esvig coast Is believed TO have been
one Of those participating in the raid
OH Northeast England and Southeast
Scotland on Tuesday night. Like the
L-20. blown ashore in Norway, II IS
thought she was the victim of a storm.
Driven off her return course. she may
have become disabled or the petrol
have given out. In either event the
airship would have been an easy prey
for wsrships.
Another possibility advanced among
seronauts is that the Germans, through
g h. fsrr Of
using al inferior grade. With a smaller
mileage per gallon, this may have been
unequal to the long return journey &c
the base The Zeppelin officer captured
10 Norway declared that his ship had
become urmanageable through fuel eX-
hauston.
r. on the other hand. the Zeppelin
was destroyed while uavigable, the case
Is different. The airship shot down at
SaiOuica was under control. and IL is
nom that experts see the greatest sig
nlfcancc. These are the first Yep
peins TO be reached by guns on war
ships. 10 IS taken 20 indicate either
LAT the Allies have mounted a new
type Of weapon or that there has been
vast improvement IN craftsmanship.
tftNNH GuNutfH 7 lUu
The French guuners at Salonica
found their target iu a darkened sky,
while the airshiD was but barely dis
cenible. They succeeded in determin-
1g the ranges by the light from the
shells as they burst ON all sides Of the
Zeppelin. Finally the craft was struck
and fell into the Navdar River. Only
one Of the crew of thirty escaped
The British government to-day is
sued the following official statement:
The commander M chief of the
grand feet has reported that the ships
which destroyed a Zeppelin yesterday
we're H. NJ. S. Galatea. Commodore
Ldwyr S. misunderstanding, and H.
y. IS. Phaeton, Captain John +. Came
ron. The Zeppelin apparently was en-
loyed IN scouting duty when she was
destroyed by the gunfre Of these two
vessels"
The French report says:
.On the night OF May 40 about 2
q clock in the morning, a Zeppelin
which was lowering over Salonica was
brought down by the artillery Of the
Allied feet The Zeppelin fell in flames
az the mouth Of the Nardar River"
Copenhagen, May 5.-The military
authorities at StavanCer, Norway, blew
.p the Zeppelin L-20 yesterday when
% began % roll dangerously n a
rong wind Soldiers fired upon the
.lship from a distance of sixty yards.
he Zeppelin exploded with great de-
-nation and was burned.