The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-01-31
ENEMY AIR CRAFT
IsBROUCHT DOWN
MEMBERS or CREW cREMATED
AS MACHINE FALLS.
FIGHT 10000 ABOVE LONDON
Fifteen German Airplanes Make An.
other Raid Over British Coast
cities-American Air Men in
Action over German Lines.

London, Jan. 29.-Fourteen men,
seventeen women and sixteen children
were killed in the two air raids which
were made over London and the coast
towns last night by the Germans, &C.
cording to an official statement is.
sued by Lord French, commander in
chief of the home defense guards this
evening.
Almost all of these were in Lon
| don" the commander in chief asserted.
/ THE material damages were not
serious" he added.
Daring Fight in Air.
| London, Jan. 29.--German air raid
ers twice tried to drop bombs on
London last night.
The official statement said that
they crossed the Kent and Essex
] brought down by British airmen at
Essex in fight ten thousand feet in
| the air.
Crew Is Cremated.
The enemy machine fell in flames.
1 Her crew of three were burned. No
| official statement of the damages or
| the casualties had been issued up to
noon today by Lord French COM
mandcr-in-chief of the home defend
ers. -
French however said that fifteen
machines participated in the raid,
In the first attack four or five ma
chimes succeeded in reaching London
and dropped bombs and in the later
attack one machine reached London
| and dropped bombs.
Londoners Breathe Defiance.
The attacks lasted internationally
for nearly five hours and for two
hours there was heavy and almost
continuous gun fire.
The members of the Royal Geo
graphical society, with many ladies
in the large audience were assem-.
bled to hear speech by Lieut.. Gen.
j.. 0. SHUTS. Sir Thomas Holdich,
the president, announced that notice
J had Just been received Of an air raid
and that the police informed him the
audience would be safer if they went
to the basement of the building. There
were loud cries of Garry one" and
the audience remained in the hall.
General SHUTS spoke calmly for an
hour amid reports of the guns.
A majority of the theaters went
through with their performances
| with decreased audiences, but some
were idle because of the failure of
actors to arrive on account of the
lateness of suburban trains.
American Air Men In Action.
With the American Army in
France, Jan. 29.-Four American
| aviators attached to French squad
ron have participated in a daylight
bombing raid over Germany. All
| returned safely. Because the wealth
er was foggy the aviators were I'M
able to determine just what damage
was done, but as they flew fairly low
over the targets it is believed the re-
suits were good. After recrossing
the lines the bombers were fired up
| on vigorously by anticraft guns of
| the enemy.
.s Fighting In Italy
Berlin, Jan. 29-Violent fighting on
the Italian front Monday evening was
| reported by the war office to have
extended from Asiago to the Bretna.
The Italian forces are the heaviest
| attackers reported on this front.
Activities On Western Front
London, Jan. 29-Hostile raiders
were driven away from British posi-
tions along Arlehrs, Field Marshal
Haig reported this afternoon in his
official statement.
At night around Monchy he report
cd great activities of hostile artillery
ing. Northeast of Ypres one British
patrol of Sunday night had not re-
turned he added.
British Lisses $3.50.
London, Jan. 29.-British casual
ties during the week ending today
were $3.50, divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds-OfIicers
Is; men, Las.
Wounded or missing-Oficers, 1913;
men. 6,721.
British casualties the preceding
week were 1908 Two weeks ago
the high total of 24,979 was reached.
Four American Deaths.
| Washington, Jan. 29.-Four deaths
from natural causes were cabled by
General John j. Pershing to the war
department today.
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