The sun., 1917-09-06
ENGLISH AIR RAID
VICTIMS TOTAL 119
Third Attack in Three Days
Kills Eleven and Injuries
FOrty-nine.
ONLY ONE FOE rs FELLED
London Under BOmbardment
More Than an Hour
40 Shells Dropped.

LONDON, Sept. 5.-Eleven persons were
killed and forty-nine injured in last
nights air raid on England The enemy
is reported to have lost only one ma
chine. British losses in the three days
raids now total 119 dead
The success Of the German nicrs in
dashing down upon the coast. wreaking
havoc and then departing with nominal
losses, has caused another general storm
of Indignation with its resultant demand
for reprisals. Likewise there is in
sistence from the press that the much
heralded offensive Of the Allies be
launched
According to the official announce
ment the attack last night was made by
large number OF craft. The raiders
travelled singly or in groups OF two or
three. There possibly were as many as
twenty Of them. The operations on the
southeast coast lasted from 10 80 p. NJ.
to 2 A. NJ. At IL AS the first bombs
were dropped in the London district and
the bombardment was kept up more than
an hour, forty shells falling. Material
losses are reported slight. The Teuton
machine which was destroyed was
brought down in the sea off Sheerness.
Scarchlights Give Warming.
Flashing searchlishts gave the first
warning of the raid. bright moon
was going down. but there was consid-
cradle mist Only at intervals could the
enemy be seen. There were three dis
tinct charges upon the metropolitan dis
trict bOmpe being dropped each time
Some observers claim that an airplane
was hit at height of 5000 feet, but
there was little visible effect of the vio-
lent activity of the anti-aircraft guns.
The southeast coast apparently was
subjected to the attack of many more
airplanes than was London. The ma
chimes flew a. great height and dropped
many bombs, but reports indicate there
was little damage done. Some of the
bombs were of the large. heavy type
used In the Zeppelin raids. The Ex-
change Telegraph Company says at
least one aerial torpedo was fired at
London.
Added details of the attack Monday
night on the Chatham district, when l07
bluetackets were killed and sc wounded.
tell of the terrible suddenness of the
blow. Either one or two bombs struck
the naval barracks. The men in the
building had heard there was to be
aerial practice. and the whirring Of pro-
pellers attracted no attention until the
deadly missiles began falling. Those
killed outright never knew there had
been an enemy attack.
Good Discipline Prevailed.
Absolute discipline prevailed and the
greatest coolness was shown Scores
We're cut by living glass. Outside the
barracks comparatively few persons
knew there had been raid. One
woman who was killed lived in a row
Of cottages that We're attacked. Her
husband and daughter ran into the gar
den at the sound OF firing and escaped
injury
surprise Is expressed that the casualty
list OF last nights German exploit was
not larger. one shell struck a retail
store in which a number of girls were
sleeping and another hit theatre.
which. however, had been emptied more
! than an hour before.
Expectation was general to-day that
the raid on the city would be repeated
! tonight. The crowds in the streets
showed return to their old time curl
/ osity. and strict police measures were
needed TO keep them clear of the dam
aged section. American army officers
were among the official visitors to the
/ scene.
| Among the newspapers which display
! particular vgor in demanding air su-
! premacy is the Manchester Guardian
| although the entire press is stirred
| greatly.