The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-02
From the London Daily Mail"

mary there were in all ffty-one Ger
man air raids over the British isles,
which caused the deaths Of 49S and the
injury Of 1885 civilians, and the deaths
Of So and the injury of 121 soldiers and
sailors. or women, All were killed,
1910 injured; Of children, 295 killed.
772 injured.
With this summary 1t is stated that
the greatest losses of life inflicted by
Zeppellns in London were in the raid
Of October 10, 1915. The greatest in
flicted by airplanes were in the raid OF
June 10, 1917, which was in every re-
spect the most serious of the airplane
raids. Next after it, as to London,
came the raid Of January IS. 1918.
Boosted LONDON Was in Ruins.
Tho Germans boosted to their peo-
pie at home that London had been laida
In ruins by their raiders. Publicly the
English in their own fashion made
light of the danger as dauntlessly as
the French, except for the demands in
Parliament or by publicists In the
daily press for vengeance. Although
the German satisfaction was unjusti-
",
which gives definite information with
held during the war, shows that they
had some reason for believing they
had accomplished a great deal. The
London docks on the Thames seem to
have been aimed at repeatedly and
missed. The Royal dockyard was
three times struck. The clusters or
hits In or near several parks indicate
that the Germans supposed the parks
were being used for military purposes.
How far this supposition was correct
We do not yet know
The map shows black clusters Of hits
within the city propcr-bombs dropped
on the very vitals of the financial CAM
tai of Europe and the military CAPITAL
or the Allies. The large and dense
cluster Just north of the Thames and
northwest of the Tower can only mean
repeated attempts to destroy tho Bank
of England. The significant continu-
Gus trail OF hits that runs east of north
from Streatham and footing, crosses
the city west of its heart and proceeds
northward to Stone Newingtou. must
nave been the work OF Zeppelins. which
necessarily held more to a charted
route than airplanes were Obliged to.
Follows the Brixton Road.
South Of the Thames this trail seems
to follow the BriXton road. II would
cross the S. T.. and Chatham and tho
City and South London railroads. on
both of which, so far as can be Judged.
the raiders made particular efforts to
score. Nearing the river the trail
turns TO overpass a considerable dis
lance OF the important Southwestern
Railroad as that line approaches Wa
terloo Junction, for which the bombs
appear to have CROPPED in vain. Most
OF the Zeppelin raids approached Lon
don from the north, so that this one
may have moved in way just opposite
to the description
Westminster Abbey and the Houses
or Farliament southwestward and close
to the river were narrowly missed nv
a number Of bombs.
An important munitions factory in
the small suburb of Enfield, where a
large proportion OF the small arms for
the British forces were manufactured
was repeatedly tried for during tho
zeppelin orgy, which weather condi-
tons made possible during September
and October. 1915. OF the raids at this
time, all that passed over the CITY
proper suggested a special German an
linus against Trafalgar Square.
The Germans always said thew vera
out to destroy "the Fortress of Lon
don as such" and had successfully born-
harded docks and military works"
They missed st. Pauls Cathedra,
wrecked part OF the Liverpool street
railroad station and several times gave
attention to Woolwich Arsenal without
serious results.
The British reported no military
damage worth mention from the great
raid OF October l3.
The Gotha squadrons which rs,ded
pVor London on June 10, 1917. mada n
Hople bag of school children. hut The
"A minutes they spent in sowing death
and injury again resulted in no mill
,ary damage. They tried II again in.
July with twenty-five planes In six
sauadrons. The British air defence
took toll Of this raid. bringing nine
eothas down, ss4S-.-lt-l Z. L., u