The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-06
END OF ZEPPELIN
BOGY AS FIGHTER
Many of These DtriRibIe balloons That
Were Terrors of Germany at First
Have Met with Disaster.
MOST or TUE EARLIER
ONES CAME 10 GRIEF
Some of Those Launched Later Were
shot Down In Making Roads Over
Area in Control of England and
France.

France
French Front, Feb, 5.--The Zeppelin
boey has been laid or az loast. the
major part of it's terrors have van
ished since reliable information shows
the reported existence In Germany of
great armadas of these aerial dread
thoughts to have been absolutely myth
cal. Altogether Just over 100 OF these
dirigIbl have been constructed since
the late Count Zeppelin launched the
first one over Lake Constance.
Up to August, 1914. the total OF those
built had numbered twenty five; since
hostilities began the two great works
at Friedrichshafen and Staaken have
constructed between seventy ave and
eighty. probably nearer the lower and
the higher figure. This means ~ aver
age Of two per month, As the mean
period for the building Of Zeppelin
is known with certainty to he two
months there must always have been
four new airships IN the stocks at the
same time.
Most OF he Zeppelins launched
into the air before the war came TO
grief. thus leaving in thn service of
the German army and navy a fleet OF
less than a dozen when hghting be-
gan Since then nearly all the dirt
gibles. old and new. have been hand
Cd over to the German navv. which
~. ,,so.s ,barp for mnay lsinds Of
work. such as bombing expeditions
rrotactior Of mine LAYERS and small
.r no boatr AZ sen chasing s,1bmo-
~irse searching for mine fields. and.
last and most important. recon
noitering for the high seas feet.
Disasters TN flights.
Disaster has attended tho flight or
air monsters. no fewer than thirty OF
:, I'D IN ono wa,- or another, as is
49, ~, the following list
Tno TT ~ DESTROYED snr 1@iN just Terore the
,,,1 vban II feii in the North sea.
rear HnligoIsnd.
~ 81 I,,1r,,e4 a. RublsbuetteI lust
,.,er,ro 80 80
Descendnd At rramoa in Den
,,,...l. al l,..,innipp Of the war and
t''iT a, -. 49,. o,c,,.
'"t -,ru ~ 80 - -. MI, ,.,-5s T1ut
f,e,-,,s,.t- ~ beginning Of the war
md VAS burned by its crew
pro,,-5t down on he Eolgian
- re- ,.ra,y savas
f,,,rr,.a ~ RubJsbuottel in
- a. ee.,,,ov1sar tq1e
-Pro,,rht DOWN h British de-
s,,ovare Of Portland. crew being
1905 ,ras..e, in IN AK ''''
W r, -, down nv machine
s,,,. f, Relg-irn,. mart Of crew being
,t,f,, - 1ofs
I-q-}prned At Ruhlfr4et+el in its
- -. ~ $40 .. zinc a. rs
IA stuck ~. lightning near
-. -, ',,,-G,s to jni+jal fights
20 - ,,-4tt ,,s creu
90 r,,,trn,,ed at Ostend in 1915
-,,.,-.,f-,r-. V,on, a raid on Eng
IN. ,,d''
I115 - brought down in the
IA - r 80 on October 10,
az
-4s--r2rrned i, a hangar at Ton
5ar =, ~ f@is w. 49,
..,.,t,r So, a raid on England.
80 pr~7ad accidentaalv while
- a,,t If tte hangar at Tondern,
80 rsi1 an the English coast
| -f,ostro,-ed while being EN-
| ,lcx,es as training balloon at Wild
p.o$fo - d ''''''
~ a,--rei1 In London in 1915.
sa-Bronrbt down in London II
! ,o1e fGnntanber 22-24)
a. = 80 y,'1 f,rongbt down in England
/ c.r,1,,,l,n,. % Ia1f and crew IN
+o,',,e5
/ rsro,,ss},t down in England.
I-So---Rronght down At Compiegne
Z r7-spca March 1917.
-au I'm The woods near En-
~
! Brought down in july. 1917
! ., Ts~schalIfne
'49rn',eLt down afre at Sain
I r,a-nont 0rtoher TO- 1917.
4 If Prn,eht down and burned a
/ s,itar, Gc,aher 90 1917
Is rrcnqht down in England
ia 1o1-
"a rsro,rb+ down at Bour
hon1a.ico-paI6s October 90. 1917.
/ rrair ~ Dorin,artin. Octobe
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