The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-26
MANY WOMEN
and CHILDREN
ARE VICTIMS
Seventy-six Persons Killed
and 174 Injured By
Bombs
THREE AIRCRAFT
ARE SHOT DOWN
Airplanes of Royal Flying
Corps Give Them Hot
Reception

London, May Fisherman air.
ships to the number of about six
teen raided southeast England on
Friday evening, according to an
official statement issued today.
Seventy-six persons were killed.
One hundred and seventy-four
persons were injured. Three of the
airshipS were shot down.
The following report was made by
Marshal Viscount French:
Large number of enemy airships
about sixteen in number between $50
and o'clock last night raided south
east England.
Bombs were dropped in number
Of places but nearly all the damage
was done in one town, where the
bombs fell into the streets. causing
considerable casualties among the civil
population. Some shops and houses
also were seriously damaged.
The Casualties.
THE total casualties reported by the
police from all districts are: Killed
76; injured 174.
"Of the killed twenty-seven were
women and twenty-three children
while forty-thre women and nineteen
children were injured.
"Airplanes Of the Royal flying corps
went in pursuit and the raiding air.
planes were engaged by a fighting
squadron of the royal naval Air service
from Dunkirk on their return journey.
The admiralty reports that three
enemy airpianes were shot down later
by the latter"
This is the second German air raid
on England within three m1ays On
Wednesday night four or ave German
air craft flew over the English coun-
ties and dropped a number OF bombs,
killing one man. For six previous
months no attacks on England had
been made from the air following two
disastrous raids in which three Yep
pelins were destroyed.
The raid occurred late in the after
noon while the streets were crowded
with shoppers. promenaders and work
ers returning to their homes. The
raiders dropped a large number of
bombs apparently in haphazard fash
ion, from a mile or two above the
town.
The first raider to arrive was the
leader of O squadron of five. 1t was
flying at such a height that II could
not be seen. against the brilliant sun
which flooded the cloudless sky except
by observers with good glasses. The
raider was followed by the other four
at a slight elevation.
They dropped bombs continuously.
Many persons in the streets first
learned of the air raids when they
heard explosions of bombs around
them. The zone in which the bombs
were dropped cut wide swath across
the city with the chief damage in the
shopping and residential districts.
The bombs, which were of large size,
demolished houses and
nhn fntz
Berlin, via London, May 26.-Ger-
man air squadrons yesterday dropped
bombs on Dover and Folkestone, says
the announcement issued today by the
German war department.
An admiralty statement issued today
says: Naval airplanes attacked the
airdrome at st. Denis Westre, near
Breus yesterday morning, dropping
many bombs.
I'm the evening several enemy air
craft returning on the raid on England
were engaged overseas. An encounter
took place between one British and
three hostile airplanes in mid channel
and one of the latter was destroyed.
Several also took place off the Belgian
coast in which two large twin -engined
hostile machines were shot down. All
our machines returned safe"
Italians Still Active.
Rome, via London, May 26.-The
italians have captured $500 more pris-
oners in the Carso. the war office an
Heavy fighting continues.
They have made progress in the coast
al region in the direction OF Trieste,
carrying trenches from the mouth OF
the Timayo river, on the Gulf Of
Trieste, to point east of Jamiano, and
also the heights between Folndar and
Medeazza.
The Italians also made progress east
Df Boscomalo in the region Of Castag-
nayizza, north OF Tivoli and in the
PLAYA zone.
The statement says the number of
prisoners taken on the Julian front
from May II up to yesterday is 22,419.