The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-20
German |tZeps, :" Much HeraZded and Feared,
 Are Failure m War
This Hun Bogey Has Been Laid or Greater Part of Terror Has Vanished, in Face of Facts Showing Destruction of These Machines
 in Every Contest

monsters no fewer than 90 of which arc known to have been destroyed in one way or another, as is shown by the fol- lowing list
 L1--DestrdSed just before the war, when it fell in the North sea near Hel- goland
 I2-Burned at Buhlsbuettel just before the war.
 L3-Descended at Fanoe in Denmark at beginning of the war and was burned by it's crew.
 L4-Descended at Blaavands Hulk, Dem mark, at beginning of the war and was burned by it's crew.
 L5-Brought down on the Belgian front in 1915; part of crew saved.
 L6-Burned at Buhlsbuettel in it's han gar in September. 1916
 L7-Brought down by British destroy CTS off Jutland, crew being drowned. in 1915.
 L-Brought down by machine guns in Belgium, part of crew being killed, in 1915. L9-Burned at Buhlsbuettel in its han gar at same time as L6.
 L1o-struck by lightning near CuSha- ven during it's initial flights, and lost with it's crew. L12-Destroyed at Ostend in 1915 when
  L15-Brought down in the Thames, England, in 1916. Ll6-Destroyed on October 19, 1917. L1S-Burned in a hangar at Tondern in 1916. L19-Fell in the Baltic while returning 1 from raid on England. L22-Burned accidentally while coming | out of it's hangar at Tondern. l I423-Fell on the English coast. L25-Destroyed while being employed as a training balloon at Wildpark. 1 LS1-Fell in London in 1916. 1 L32-Brought down in London in 19lt l (September 23-2D. ] L33-Brought down in England Septem- l Der 23 1916, and crew interned. l L35-Brought down in England. l L39-Brought down at Compiegne France, March, 1917. i L40-Fell in the woods near Emden. ] L4s-B Brought down in July, 19l7 al Terschelling. l I4EBrought down afire at Salnt-Cle 1 ment October 20, 1917. l I45-Brought down and burned at Sis l teron, October 20, 1917. | L4s-Brought down in England, June ] 1917
 I4e-Brought down at Bourbonne-les- Bains, October 20, 1917 l I50-Fell at Dommartin, October 70 1 1917 I57-Rroke up on its first voyage.
 The last named is the highest num- i her believed to have been in the serv- ] ice. Missing numbers in the list given above are accounted for as follows: | L-11-Put out of service in 1917 and l believed to be in shed at Haze. 1 I-l3-In the shed at Haze since May l 1917.
 1 L-14-Schoo1 airship at Nordholz | L-17-Believed to have been de- strOyed at sea. l L-20--Dismantled l L-21--Dismantled, believed burnt at Tondern.
 L-24-Dismantled l. L-26-Planned but never construct ed
 L-27, L-2. L-e9, L-3o-Planned. bu never constructed L-34-Believed destroyed off Eng land.
 L-37-Attached to Baltic squadron, but believed destroyed. L-3S-Whereabou unknown. L-41, L-42, LAG, L-47, L-51, L-52, L-53, L-54, L-55, L-56-In service in the North sea.
 No information is obtainable as to the fate of the remainder of the Zep- pelins, nor as to whether their con struction was ever completed, but the few other types of dirigible aArships used by the Germans have not been l better served by fate than their more renowned sisters.
 The Schuette-Lanz dirigle is some