Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-30
MOON SIGNAL
FOR ANOTHER
AERIAL VISIT
LONDON
Hostile Aaiplanes Visit Eng
ish Capital Again. Is Third
Incursion During the Pres
ent Week.
(By Review Leased Wirel.
LONDON. Sept. 29.-Hostile air
plane raided London again tonight.
An official announcement saws.

plane Tdlueu LouuOn again lohiSHl-
An official announcement says:
From Southeast.
Hostile airplanes crossed the
coasts Of Kent and Essex in gdoups be-
TWEEN light and nine o'clock. Several
attacks were made upon London and
some bombs were dropped in the
northeast and southeastern districts.
Bombs were also dropped at various
places in Kent and Essex. No reports
of casualties have yet been received"
Warning Given.
LOndon's warning Of an impending
raid was given quickly by policemen
riding through the streets with lake
cover" signs on their breasts and ev-
eryone hurried to sheltered places.
Soon the distant roar of guns was
heard. Then the explosions of guns
and the crack of shrapnel bursting in
the air came nearer The flash of the
bursting shells in the night was inces-
SAINT From all directions the defense
guns doomed.
Bombs Dropped.
Mingled with the sound of the guns
the whirring of gothas was heard over
head. Bombs began to drop. The IRE
of anti-aircraft guns seemed heavier
than on previous raids and il was oo-
vfous that barrages were being thrown
I'D TO defeat the raiders. At this time
it appears that the barrages at least
prevented the raiders from having
their own way.
Fight In Air.
During the raid the staccato rattle
of machine-guns high in the air was
evidence that the raiders were being
hotly engaged by the British iiers. In
the brilliant moonlight civilians who
ventured to look up were unable To
see anything of the machines although
they could hear directly overhead the
whirr of the engines. In another hour
the guns were roaring in the distance
and then they ceased entirely.
"All Clear"
When the signal all clear" was CIV
en- all London came out of its shelters
and went home to bed. The moon
was still brilliant although a fog
which was favorable to the raiders.
began to set in. Some cautious per-
sons remained near shelter fearing an
other raid might occur before morning.
Beirut Is Bombed.
LONDON. Sept. 29-An official
statement tonight says:
Naval aircraft made bombing raid
Thursday on stOrehouses. etc. on the
southwestern side of Beirut harbor
(Syria). Many direct hits were OBJ
served and fires we're started. All our
machines returned safely. The store
house of the Mole was afterwards
shelled by cruiser and set atre.'
Successes In Africa
LONDON. Sept 29.-The war office
tonight announced q further success
against German forces in German East
Africa where British troops occupied
an important supply-base of the enemy
50 miles south of Kilwa.
May RetaIiate.
LONDON, Sept. 29-There are the
best of reasons for believing that the
continued German Sirplane attacks on
England with the plain purpose of kill
ing civilians will not pass without re-
taliatiOn. The idea of killing women
and children is reDugnant TO the Brit
ish mind. but just as the army wss
forced - use poisonous gas against
the German soldiers. or be in the posi-
tion OF fighting with one hand tied be-
hind its back so the British will be
compelled to fight the Germans in the
air by bombing German cities. accord
ing to belief now generally held here.
They have the necessary machines.
and better aviators. but heretofore pre-
ferred to use them solely against the
fighting men.
Defenses Good.
The defenses of England against at
tack have proved to be almost as ef-
fective against airplanes as they were
against Zeppelins. which have pracuc-
ally been eliminated since the death
oftheir inventor. But the fact that air
planes can scatter and present such a
small target makes them more difficult
to deal with
This is shown by the experience OF
one British squadron in Franco which