Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-10-22
ATTACK ON PARIS
PROVES ONLY SCARE

Paris, Oct. 2l.---AsiAough at first II
was believed that the visit of the Yep
pelin fleet to France yesterday was
an independent raid and the first step
toward carrying out the. threat made
in German wireless message which
said 1t had been decided to destroy
Paris in reprisal for French air raids
on German towns, II now is generally
believed that these eight Zeppelins, of
which four were destroyed or cap
tured, we're returning from England
and had lost their bearings in the
fog and probably had lost touch with
their, wireless COMMUNICATIONS.
The, log book of the Zeppelin which
landed intact shows that she had been
to England, and prisoners from three
other airships confirm this. One OF
the men captured said it was the lack
of gasoline that forced his Zeppelin to
descend, The raid Is widely pro-
claimed by French observers as being
definite proof Of the superiority OF
the aeropiane over the Zeppelin. The
days Of the Zeppelin for lombard
ment, one expert says, is over. The
sudden resumption of the use OF the
German dirigibles is explained by
the theory that the raiding Zeppelins
belang to a new type which lately
had been reported TO be in the course
of construction ~ Lake Constance:
No reports have been yet received
that, any damage was done, by the
Zeppelins or that bombs were drop
ped anywhere in France.
Crews Burn Machines.
OF the four Zeppelins lost two were
destroyed and two were forced TO
descend. The two disabled airships,
under attack by avaitors. and anti-air
defense posts descended In the Zaone
valley and were forced to land In
the neighborhood of Sisteron, in Bas-
ses-Alps. The crews, after setting
fire to the airships, attempted to flee,
but were taken prisoners.
The first Zeppelin brought down
fell at Saint Clement. The Zeppelin
was first seen at $40 a. m, travelling
with two other airships. An anti
aircraft post fired a volley and the
Zeppelin arose with a bound, A Sec
ond volley pierced the envelope and the
airship bursting into flames, took
vertical position and crashed down
at 6:43 a. m.
: About 2:20 p. m. the Zeppelin Las
was forced by chaser planes to land
near Bourbohne- les Bains intact
naval lieutenant and his second OFF,
Ger and crew of twenty-seven men
were made prisoners.
One Lost In Fog.
Somewhat later q third Zeppelin,
the L-50, landed near Dammarin,
not far from Montigny- le- Roi, and
two officers and fourteen men, in
cluding two slightly wounded, de-
barked. The crew detached one car
and destroyed it. The airship thus
lightened departed with four men
aboard. One of the prisoners said
this Zeppelin had left Oldenburg on
the North sea at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon bound for London. It be-
came lost In fog and, being unable
to reach its objective. started to re-
turn.
An official note issued by the war
office gives the following summary
OF the Zeppelin raid:
The first Zeppelin was brought
down by artillery at Saint Clement.
The second was forced by an aviator
to land near Bourbonne- les Bains.
The third was forced down at La
dangne, near Ssteron. The crew of
four officers and fifteen men, were
taken prisoner after they had burned
the airship.
The fourth Zeppelin was brough
down In the same region about
p. m,
THE fifth and sixth airships were
reported passing above Gap and were
out Of control
The seventh landed at Montigny.
les-Roi debarked its wounded occu.
pants threw out ballast and then
departed. 1t was chased by aviators
in the direction of Eole and Besan-
con and later was signalled. together
with the eighth Zeppelin as passing
over Pontailler. in Cote dor, making
for Switzerland"
Machines Heard in Night.
The Matin says that signal posts on
the French front and behind 1t report
ed during the night that motor sounds,
apparently those of Zeppelins. could
be heard. AS this information was
confirmed from Campaigne and
Meaux. the aerial de-,nse Of the en-
trenched camp at Paris took meas
ures to repel an attack and prelimi-
nary warning was given to the city.
The Zeppelins. however, did not come
toward the capital.