Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-23
Eleven Persons Are Killed and
Twenty-six Injured by Bombs
Dropped on FeIixStowe and
Harwich by Teutons.
ENGLISH DESTROY
ONE ENEMY MACHINE
Invaders Are Met by Such
Sharp Resistance That They
Retreat Before London Is
Reached.
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light raid over the east coast of Eng.
land this morning resulted in the re-
pulse of about twenty German air
planes after they had dropped num-
Der of bombs over Felxstowe and
Harwich, killing eleven persons and
injurng twenty-six An alarm was
sounded in London, but before the
Germans could reach any point near
the city they were attacked heavily
by defending squadrons of aircraft,
which caused them to beat hasty
retreat. The damage to property Is
insignificant.
An official report issued this even
ing says royal flying corps patrol
encountered several machines return
ing to their base and brought one
down at sea, near the Belgian coast.
Morning Is Bright.
The morning broke bright and
sunny, but thick haze soon appear
ed. At about s o'clock the enemy
| machines were seen flying toward the
coast. They received hot reception
| and were hardly well over the coast
before their formation was broken
up. They dropped bombs hastily be-
fore retreating.
Observers say that the gunfire
which met the section going down
the Essex coast reached a pitch of un-
usual intensity 1t was tho move
ments of this paa which caused the
firing for the first time of new warn
| ing signals in London.
Pursued Ont to Sea.
| British planes pursued the Ger
mans well out to sea, fighting vigor-
| ously all the time but handicapped
by the low visibility. Reports OF
heavy firing from various quarters
indicate that the authorities have
made considerable improvement in
| the defenses since the last raid OF
London.
Todays attempt lasted barely TIVE
hours. Thousands of persons turned
out along the coast when the British
planes went up, in the hope of seeing
| battles in the air, but the combatants
soon disappeared In the haze.
A correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph company telephoned from
the Isle of Thanet that warning sig
towns and that a number of airplane'
which were already In the air pro
ceeded in the direction of the firing
followed by fighting planes. Soor
the signal that the raiders had beel
driven off was given.
Seven Taubes Seen.
| A correspondent of The News o
the World wires that seven German
Taubes crossed the Essex coast fly
ing from the west at S:45 o'clock thi
morning. Others followed at inter
walls until 9:30. In all about twent!
machines passed and disappeared to
ward the sea without dropping bombs
| A correspondent in Essex of tn
Exchange Telegraph company re
ports that he witnessed an aerial bat
tie that lasted an hour. A squadron
of seven German aircraft, travelling II
a westerly direction, encountered
number of British planes, which com
PEELED them to turn northward. The,
went In this direction about half
mile and then swerved to the east.
Cut OFF From Main Body.
One German machine was cut of
from the main body and surrounde,
by three British airplanes which drov
it in the opposite direction until al
four were lost in the haze. The pur
: suit of the others continued, all tn
machines climbing to a greater heigh
as they fought. They attained an al
titude of $1,000 to $4,000 feet an
soon were lost to sight.
Some excitement was caused Il
London by the sounding of raid warn
Iings. Persons who believed anti-air
craft guns were in action made a rusl
for cover; the tube stations were fav
orite places Of refuge. Early morn
ling services in the city churches pro
ceeded without interruption.
About an hour after the first warn
ing the police appeared on the street
with placards announcing that all wa
, clear.
There is little doubt an attempt wa
! made to reach London. In giving nc
tice that warning signals would b
fired the authorities announced tina
> such warnings would not be given ur
til 1t appeared from information re
ceived from the military that an al
tack on London was intended.
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