The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-22
NORFOLKTO NORTHUMBERLAND


 Now let us see with what success the other ships of the Zeppelin flotilla that started out on the raid to England met. base the following facts on the reports of the commanders submitted after their return Later we got the following report from L-5S:
 Undiscovered we have reached the coast of Norfolk Harwich is our first destination which, in peace times, is al- ways an important torpedo boat base, but now it is the mobilization point for patrol boats and watch ships as well a torpedo boats We fly over the harbor in a wide circle, and we can see the ships beneath us anchored close together.
 AS soon as the first bomb is dropped, the searchlights break forth and show us clearly the position of the units of the fleet and that they are anchored close to one another. The explosion from the bomb extinguishes the bright searchlights on the ships, but the larger searchlights on shore now take up the operations. and the defense guns attempt their deadly task of bringing us to earth. Quietly and without being shaken, the air cruiser makes another great circle, and then the second volley of bombs is dropped and those below are again visited with death, destruction and panic. Several of the ships appear to have been damaged by CllS Illle, anu tuOSe tlldL otli Stii di . heating for the open sea at full speed.
 Right on the shore line there is ob- served something which is very disturbing. , We see the peculiarly we'll known out lines of a building in the middle of wide field It is a hangar. but it's purpose here no one knows. Of course, we are aware that the British and neutral press have told of the new giant air cruisers that the English are supposed to have | ovaI hA nrfo l,ox coi these are even more deadly than our Zeppelins, but the news had sounded too ! English to be believed. Of course, it was quite possible for them to build such I a monster but then the question was: Would it fly? And it certainly requires considerable experience to steer an air l ship.
 "Of course, we can afford to spend one bomb on that building. It disappears in 1 the center of the roof and leaves a great 1 opening. Then we see a small blaze that 1 spreads rapidly until the whole structure i is afire. But it is impossible to tell what l it is burning inside. Perhaps, they are 1 the wooden defense goods that the
 thoughtful government had paraded through the streets, but what could
 they have shown the populace to resemble
 an airship?'
 ! THE WORK OF L-51 | In this way we hear of the activities
 of L-51 from the report of her commander;
 "We selected Yarmouth and Norwich i as the target of our activities, and we met with an energetic defense which,
 however, did not halt our work of bomb ing. We aim first at the tracks of the
 Great Central railway which runs between the two cities, and we rain bombs on the roadbed that tear up everything. The i tracks are bent and twisted as if made of thin wire. S
 Then we spy railroad station, and
 we aim a bomb at the center of the
 switching machinery. The result is flying bricks and pieces of bent steel, but from such a great height we cannot tell whether we have accomplished our pur-