Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-11
Ten 20 Twelve squadrons Of Bomb.
iag AirplaDes Participa-
ted In Fray.
THlRiY.NlNE ARE WOUNDED
One OF the Raiding Machines OF the
- Go,ha Type Destroyed
During Fight.
CREW or FOUR ksE BURNED
French Aviators on Front lombard
Airdomos while Enemy
Over Capital.

PARIS Saturday, Mar s.--Ten or
twelve sauadrons OF bombing air
planes participated in the German
raid on Paris last night, according
TO official information. The casual.
ties we're nine killed ana thlrty-nine
persons wounded.
One OF tho raidins machines waf
destroyed, An official statement
says the airplane, OF the Gotha type
was found IN the Forest OF Com.
peisne whore II had faiien whiis
returning from the raid on the capi.
tai, The machine had been demoi-
lshed and Its crew OF four burned
10 death.
Some OF the raiders came By way
of the valley OF the Disc. others fol
lowed the route of the Marne, while
stili others came from the direction
or ureill.
French Artillery Opens
An official account Of the raid
says that the alarm was sounded at
sja7 o'clock Friday evening and was
preceded by ,cannopading, French
artillery opened fire mt s;Bt O'Clock
producing a violent curtain OF fire
from all military posts and north.
east Of paris. which was maintained
without interruption until the raid
ers departed.
Slxty-one defensive Hirplanss from
the entrenohed camps Of Paris took
the air A large number OF enemy
machines was repulaed by tho aerial
defense and did not succeed In
reaching Paris. These machinss
were forced 20 drop bombs In con-
siderable numbers In open fields
and In the suburbs.
a. Altho the raiders came IN larger
sriumbcrs than any preceding. the
bombs dropped IN the inhabitated
districts were far less numerous and
they aid very little or no damage.
President Potncars visited the
places where bombs had fallcp and
spoke n kindly word of encourage
ment 20 the people whose homes had
been destroyed.
while the raid on Paris was in
progress. French ayiAtors near the
front, who kept I'm constant com
municatlon with the capital took
the air and bombarded the air
dromes from which the enemy ma
chimes atoae
Effect II Reduced.
jacques l.. DumeHnli, under sec
Ieiary OF aviation, went 10 the prin-
cipnl airdrorie, when the first alarm
Was sounded and remained there
thruout tho raid. consrRtulating and
cheering the pilots and observers as
they rose In ths darkness on their
dangerous task
New arrangements for sheltering
the people and other precautions
worked well and the authorities are
generally satisfied that The effects
of the raids were reduced TO the
lowest degree possible.
The American Red Cross modified
lOb men at the first warning and
ten ears sped OF TO points where
bombs had fallen. A number OF
army ambuiances from Meuilly also
we're out and v NJ. g. A. workers
aided IN the rescue work.
The night was clear. but dark and
as the general impression Is that the
Germans reserve their rRidinE cf-
forts for moonlight nights the raid
VAS surprise 10 Parisians. but II
cnnnot Ia said TO have had much
moral effect A large number oi
people refused 10 seek shelter In the
subway stations. Some however
walked homeward thru the subway
tunnels the current having been cut
on az the first signal OF alarm.