Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-09-12
ANOTHER, RAID OVER LONDON.
Eleven Killed, 02 lnJuretl-1O7 Lose
Lives in Chatham District.

cially. One raider Is reported to have
been brought down off Sheerness.
Raid Made by Moonlight.
The raid last night was the first
moonlight attack on the London dis
trict
One bomb fell just outside a hos
pital, another smashed through a
theater and still another hit a retail
store in which number of girls
were sleeping. notwithstanding the
moonlight, nothing could be seen Of
the raiders, although their engines
could be heard overhead. That they
were invisible was perhaps due to a
slight haze which. however, was in
sufficient to obscure the moon. The
raiders were constantly ,shelled by
anti-aircraft guns and several Brit
ish machines took the air to attack
the invaders.
The streets were practically desert
ed at the time. it being long after
theatey hours. The few late street
cars that were running either put
out their lights or stopped. A mes
sage from a southeastern district
says that apparently the invaders
crossed tho North Sea in three sue
cessive groups, and that all were Sc
verely shelled, both arriving and re-
turning.
Reports from southeast coast
towns show that last nights raid was
carried out by very large number
Of airplanes. only a small proportion
Of which reached the London dis
trict.
In a few cases heavy bombs were
dropped, such as are remembered to
have fallen during the Zeppelin
raids, but, on the whole, the projec-
tiles were smaller.
Germany Leads in Air Offensive.
"Has Germany got her great air Of
fensive ready before ours?" Is a
question asked by morning paper
apropos Of the invasion of England
on three successive nights, and Field
Marshal Haig's overnight report Of
aggressive enemy aircraft Another
paper which assumes and frequently
warns Of Germany's intention to in
wade England with aircraft in very
large fleets says:
"The enemy seems to be getting on
rather fast with invasion plans. The
Carnlan aiccraft came, bombed a.l
departed, Our suns fred and out
aircraft wen. up. hut without >.
sult according ~ tho latest Dthcial
raid this summer, and Of 1877 ma
chimes which have crossed our coast
Germany only admits the loss OF
seven"
The paper refers to the growing
casualty list and the relative immu-
nifty Of the invaders, and adds:
1T cannot be said that we are get
ting on with our invasion plans faster
than the enemy
Deadly Work Done.
London, Sept. 5.-The Chatham
district for the first time experienced
an air attack on Monday night, when
one or more bombs fell on n section
Of the royal naval barracks, killing
107 bluejackets outright and wound
ing Sc others. Four bombs in all
fell about the barracks, but two were
harmless and, In fact, apart from
those which took such heavy toll
Of lives, the damage in the whole
area was insignificant.
The barracks was fitted with sleep
ing hammocks, and majority of the
men were asleep at the time Of the
attack.
The first indication of the presence
Of air raiders was the sound Of en-
gines overhead. The presence of high
powered machines overhead did not
cause much alarm, because notices
had been published earlier in the
evening that anti-aircraft practice
would be carried out that night, and
when the guns began firing 1t was as
sumed that the practice was in full
swing. Then came the unexpected
Loud explosions then ceased, but af-
ter few minutes they were heard
again, and, Judging by the sounds, it
seemed that the air raiders had cir
cled the town. In all, about seven
teen bombs were dropped and the
raiders are thought to have been over
the district nearly an hour. Search
lights sought out the raiders, but
they failed to locate them, the visi-