Arizona republican., 1917-07-08
NAVAL AIRMEN IN
 PURSUIT AT SEA BRING DOWN THREE
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" Republican A. p. Leased Wire1
 LONDON, July 7.-The second de- scent upon London by squadron of airplanes was made this morning be- tween and 1G o'clock when the busi ness section of the metropolis was most crowded. Although the German con- tingent was larger, more daring, more deliberate in it's movements, and de- Scended much lower than on the visit of June 13, the number of killed and wounded was, according to the first official roll, roughly one-third the previous casualty list. The destruc- tion of property may have been greater but that is impossible to estimate.
 The flight of the Germans over Lon don lasted about 20 minutes. British airmen engaged the enemy for several minutes over the metropolis and anti aircraft guns were firing briskly dot ting the sky with shrapnel puffs, but without success so far as concerned the destruction of any of the twenty or more machines which constituted the invading force.
 The admiralty was able to report to- night, however, that naval airmen who followed them to sea brought down three machines. A British squadron sent up from Dunkirk to intercept the returning raiders did not encounter them because they had taken a more northerly route but the British airmen met and destroyed seven other German machines.
 The morning was one of haze, weath- CT most favorable for crossing the channel without being observed. On their former visit, made in similar weather, the Germans kept high up in the mists but today when they neared their objectives most of them de- scended. Their formation was like flock of wild geese as they approached, and neither the British pursuers nor the guns were able to scatter them until they spread out before letting loose the bombs Hundreds of thous- ands of people on roofs from windows and gathered in the streets saw the remarkable spectacle All London heard the noise of battle. At first there were a few minutes when the anti aircraft guns were crashing sharply and the machine guns were rattling aloft. Then came three or Jour minutes when the heavy explo- sions of bombs and the shattering of glass was the dominant sound; then few minutes when the artillery fire re- ceded into the distance.
 The Germans steered course across -b'itppiA AAOilh tlpl lilWtSl lO SOuIledSt. They dropped the last of their supply of bombs on a section of workmen's dwellings and crossed the Thames. Some observers say that giant air plane piloted the squadron and that the bomb carriers were in the center, flanked by scouts for fighting off the British airmen.
 The low altitude and slow pace at which the Germans crossed London and the daredevil way they circled over their Objectives caused great sur prise When first seen they were steering steady course from the north west evidently in the act of making long sweeping curve which would ul- fimately bring their heads in the direc- tion of home. They completed the maneuver over the Thames and as the British machines came into the picture the raiders quickened their pace
 fierce running fight ensued be- tween strong force of British ma chimes and the raiders toward the mouth of the river. The machines flew fairly low and the rattle of ma chine guns was distinctly audible
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