El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
BRITISH GET
ZEPPELINS;
MAKES TOTAL
OF SEVEN
Grand Total Of III Now
Accounted For BY All
the Allies
LONDON FREE OF
AERIAL MENACE
Aeroplanes and Guns
Make 1t Hot For
German Raiders

tBy Leased wire t0lNcW mcklCaH,)
LONDON, Nov. 28.-Two ~zeppeUns
which ralded the northeast coast and
the north widland counties during the
night were brought down and destroy
ed by British airmen and II is under
stood the crews Of both airshlps per-
ished. This makes a total Of seven
German alrships in the present sea-
son here, while six have been brought
down In other fields Of operations.
The two months Of Immunity which
Great Britain had from hostile air
raids led many persons 10 believe the
Germans would not risk any more air
ships in attacks which while causing
casualties among civilians
and damage to private property were
said in England to have gained no mil
itary advantage for them. The author
tiles regarding the protection Of Lon
don, as fairly complete continued
their work, however, With the object
Of rendering other parts Of the coln-
try safe. The success Of the air pa
trolls this morning has given the
greatest satisfaction here.
Official reports do not say how
many airships crossed the coast but
apparently they were homharded 50
severely by anti-aircraft guns rs well
as being attacked by asrplanes, that
they were unable to do much damage.
Lights we're turned out in all the
towns in the districts affected as soon
as reports of the approach of airships
were announced and the commanders
of the Zeppelins apparently had diff
Guilty in locating themselves. A num-
Der of bombs were dropped, although
no reports Of damage in any towns
have been received thus far.
One Zeppelin discharged her cargo
of explosives in Yorkshire and Dur
ham. She was attacked by a single
airplane and fell in flames off the
Durham coast. Another got as far as
thea north midland counties and like
wise dropped bombs. She was attack
ed by airplanes and guns and appaI
entity damaged but effected repairs
after reaching the Norfolk coast and
started for home at high speed and at
a high altitude. Naval airplanes were
awaiting her and with the aid ofSan
armed trawler brought her down be-
fore she had gone many miles. Great
crowds attracted to the coast by
firing watched the Zeppelins as they
descended in flames.
Flying at a great height a German
airplane this morning passed over
London and dropped six bombs on the
capital according to an official state
ment issued this afternoon. Four
persons were injured but only slight
material damage, 1t IS added, was
caused.
: The Zeppelin brought down IN the
Durham coast first was seen at mid
It was located by s~earchlights
and soon a she'll from the a~nti-aircraft
guns hit II. It burst into flames and
fell into the water in two pieces.
a correspondent on the northeast
coast says the Zeppelin which ap-
proched from a .southerfy direction
was picked up by searchlights and
subjected to a severe p~ombardment
BY anti-aircraft guns and aeroplanes.
q few minutes its nose dipped
and the ship burst into flames. Inc
slowly fell into the sea- the
whole district being brilliantly illumi-
by the flare.
AN official German statement given
,ut here today says German naval
'orces have made another raid close
the English coast, near Lowestott,
..apturing a vessel.
The damage caused by the Zeppelin
tack was reported in the following
ifficIal announcement:
"The latest police reports show
hat the damage and casualties in
asst nights air raid yer very slight,
Though 100 bombs are known to have
ieen dropped. One woman died from
hook, while five men, seven women
nd four children were injured.
In one town fifteen houses were Sc
iously and twenty slightly damaged
It other places in which bombs we're
ropped the damage was insignificant.
here was no military damage Of i'm
.,ortance."
Shortly after noon the news spread
.pidly through London that a Ger
IAN airplane was dropping bombs.
he raider flew at a great height.
gathered quickly at points
there the bombs fell. The four in
1red persons were taken to a hospi-
Il. The material damage was very
light, consisting largely Of broken
fndows.