New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
French Fight Home-Bound
Fleet From Channel to
Alsatian Border
27 Dead, So Hurt,
English Casualties
One Bomb Killed l3, In
cluding Mother and 7
Children

way across France French sirplane
squadrons, aided by anti-aircraft guns.
brought down five of the eleven or
more Zeppelins which last night killed
twenty-seven persons and wounded
ffty-three others in London and other
parts of Southeastern England. This
is the greatest number of Zeppelins
ever destroyed in a single day.
As soon as the airships crossed the
English Channel and appeared over
French soil they were attacked. The
raiders broke and scattered. apparently
unwilling to give battle. Not single
bomb was dropped, probably because
the Germans had used all their missiles
while over England.
The big dirigibles proved no match
for the French anti-arcraft guns and
pursuit squadrons. Land guns brought
one down at St. Clement, near Lune-
Vile, and another al Lamarche, in
Haute Marne. Aviators overpowered
third in the Department Of Cote dor.
A fourth Zeppelin was chased and
harried through Central France, pass
ing over the districts Of Lyons, Dijon
and st. Marcellin. and was finally
brought to earth at Gap, in the Hautes-
Alpcs High Halps).
Fifth Raider Brought Down
A fifth raider was destroyed at RAM
bervillers, near the Alsatian border.
One report tells OF the downing Of .
Zeppelin a. Bourbonne- les Bains. but
this apparently refers 10 the Rambler
yillers incident.
A curious feature of the raid was
that the one or more Zeppelins which
hoyered over London were entirely
unseen and unheard. They seem 10
have had a nuffling device on their
engines In an east coast town which
was visited BY seven raiders, however,
the noise OF the motors was plainly
heard.
A single torpedo dropped in Lon
don residential district wrecked three
houses. and IN one of them killed
mothe. and seven childrsn--an infant,
four girls and two boys-besides a
lodger. In all, this torpedo caused the
death OF thirteen persons and the in
Jury of many more. Bombs in the
shopping district here killed seven.
Damage in Country Slight
Seven of the invading dirigibles
spent several hours over an eastern
county, but although they dropped
fifty bombs, many of them incendiary,
TO one was killed or injured. Two
horses we're the only victims. farm
building and an inn suffered damage.
A warning was given mere of an
impending raid early last evening. but
most Of those who had taken refuge
in the underground shelters had left
and we're on their way home when
the missiles began 70 fall Much glass
was broken. A new type of bomb was
used by the Germans. II was heavier
and did not make such shrill sound
"The Evening News commenting or
/ the raid, saws:
Last night another Of our fond wal
delusions-due, we suppose, 10 tnt
phlegmatic perversity of our natlona
! character-was shattered. Statements
from authoritative quarters made a.
various times had led us to believe thtt
airship menace had been mastered
How far this is from being the case Il
/ shown by the official report.
at may be pointed out that the moor
"A feeble one-set at eight minutes
/ mast :. II seems. therefore, that tn'
moon is not factor in German air cal
culations. which most people suppose.
The French War Office tonight 49,
sued the following bulletin:
During the night number Of hep
nelins flew over French territory with
out causing damage. In their passage
they were bombarded by our anti-aerlaI
defence posts. Several of the machine:
which we're dispersed were brought
down or compelled to make landing
/ One Zeppelin was brought down IN
/ Hames at st. Clement. ten kilometre'
southeast Of Lunevilie. second. at.
/ tackled by our avietors. vas compe led
/ TO land near Bourhonne-les- -Bsirs. Inc
crew were taken prisoner, the machine
being intact. The other Zeppellns, ir
/ a damaged condition; fell in the IN
l tcrior zone