New Britain herald., 1917-07-07
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 and Anti Aircraft Guns D@ -Populace Taken By Surp, Soldiers Have Hard Task strain CuriOus-British .AirI ce1ld For Pursuit. | London, July 7.-About 2q airplanes bombarded LondonI according to an official statef the war office.
 The raiders were attacked l l lery and a large numb1 of airplanes. The results wl g at noon.
 The raid occurred at aboj o'clock this morning. ThouSd persons crowded the streets, | them women and children. lice and soldiers had difficulty ing back the people. Many were seen at winows. Anti guns throughout the city and airplanes immediately engad hostile craft and for a til sound of exploding bombs q vicious reply of guns was de 1 Straight over the city flew th( ron of raiders pursued by shrapnel. The sun was shinin1 l ly but the sky was overcast haze such as is so favorable CTS. Notwithstanding the had ever, the Germans were yisibl ly to the people in the streets.
 The raiders appeared so q that few persons realized that Wasslp rfogress until the sc] 1 bombs. began to be heard. I
 mans 3r ASelling at tre1! speed hppeared to be| l lower altithde than in the Il l when they exacted such a hel ] of life in London. Damage was done in the London by the raid, which of the greatest, if not the ever attempted by the Gernd the metropoliS9
 Late this morning, it wasl :! sible to say what loss of III had been. For about quarter of d l the raiders dropped steadyI 1 bombs. An official statement issu1 afternoon by the admiralty A three of the German airplanel had dropped bombs on Lond been brought down at sea. The German raiders came q north and left by way of th} The glass in some of the stI the city resembles that in thd of New York and its suburbs a 1. the explosion on Black Tom Il the upper New York harbor Ia The people are urging thaI ] reprisals be taken. Thirty-seven persons were the air raid and Al injured, officially announced this afteri| One enemy machine was down by the royal flying corps] The west end and faSl northwestern residential subn| a superb view of the approach visitors. From the further, rl fringes of the metropolis the swept onward in fairly close| tion. moro than a score in nu|
 The squad, which had besi high, then began swift t downwards, it's speed increasinj ly under the assistance of graY the planes soon reaching a lei dently less than thousand VI their swoop toward the centl jectives.
 Meanwhile from all directto3 aircraft batteries were worki| machine guns. Bursting Se| dotted the air. around the o raiders with snarling, viciou( puffs of smoke more numef01 the planes. It seemed imposs the raiders completely to esca1 the atmosphere of curtain | rounding them. The raiders ever, pursued their course, their cargo of bombs until 1T crossed the suburban district a lying parks. Fortunately Q r of the people in the capital n seen enough Of the raid toI them to seek safety in basGIne]
 Official Statemcit.
 The following official account raid was given out:
 Lord French reports thal
 about 9:3U o'clock this Ino
 hostile aircraft. i'll cons1dG
 numbers, probably i'll two
 ties. appeared over the lSi
 rhanet and the east coast q
 sex. After t.. ping some b
 ir Thunet ;'-a raiders proc,
 in the direction Of London.
 ing roughly parallel to the bank of tho Thames. theE
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