The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
ids Over England Told in Full for the First Time
Tactics of German Pilots and What Each of
Them Accomplished Described From
Official Reports

airplanes frequently rai1ed the southeast
coast penetrating farther and farther in
land. On May there a single airplane
over London which dropped bombs between
Hackney and Holloway. On June 10
squadron of fourteen airplanes flew over
London in diamond formation and attacked
the city at 1880 They dropped 10 bombs
within a mile radius OF Liverpool station,
which was itself badly bombed. There were
1853 persons killed and aga injured. Another
destructive raid was that Of September 3. in
which bomb dropped on naval bar
racks and 40 men were killed and eighty
eight wounded
From September "a to October / London
was raided every night except the 26th
and 27th.
Orders of General Staff
All the raids except that of September rs
were carried out by one of the bombing
squadrons Of the Fourth German Army and
under the express instructions not Of the
Army Commander but OF the General Staff
The raiders crossed in groups of five or
more machines.
Usually it was the East End of London
that suffered most. On September "a, for
example, machine that came through a
gap in the barrage by way of Tottenham
dropped bombs on a hotel in Southampton
row, and others on Burlington House and in
the Green Park. On October / one of sew
eral bombs that dropped in the west fell into
the Serpentine and killed many fish.
The bomb which dropped on Putney Com
mon September 2S was the farthest west.
The raid of September 80 was that in which
there were most airplanes over London dur
ing this week-probably eight-and also that
in which least material damage was done.
The casualties in the London area in this
series of raids was under $50. or less than
t.ofl - 49, u. In,r It-l,t g
June 10.
Gotha airplanes were used by the Germans
in 1917 but toward the end of the year a
new, larger and noiser machine was used
and in January, 1918, these giants became
fairly common. Their wing span was 1873 to
1877 feet and their speed was seventy or
eighty miles an hour They dropped bombs
of 300 Kilograms 100 Kilograms and fifty
Kilograms. often fitted with fuse which
delayed action for two seconds after landing.
Six raids were carried out by these giants
between January 2S and March Z. Bethnal
Green, the Savoy mansions and Messrs. Old
hams premises in Long Acre. In the last
named raid there were 126 casualties.
Chelsea Hospital Bombed.
The raid of February 16 was more serious.
A giant dropped 900 kilogram bomb on the
hospital at Chelsea. The next night St. Pan
cras station was accurately bombed. Three
giants were over on March 4 one of which
dropped bombs that wrecked Paddington.
On May 10 the biggest of the airplane
raids took place. No fewer than thirteen
Gothas were over London and great ma
terial damage was DONE but with small loss
of life. The raiders suffered badly, seven
machines being destroyed
This raid was the final effort of the Third
Bombing Squadron, commanded by Capt.
Brandenburg. He broke his leg while trying
a new machine and under a Capt. Klein,
whom the men disliked. the morale of the
squadron suffered. Its raiding capacity de-
creased. Some of the best of its pilots were
killed, taken prisoners or transferred
Finally, the squadron became notorious in
Client for the drinking and card playing of
its personnel. Except for few flights by
single machines it lay inactive The raid of
May 10 was it's final effort. The casualties
suffered then had damped the ardor OF the
once bold En1lundfHeger.
The last raid of the war was on August
S, 1918 Five ships came, including the L-70.
newest of the Zeppelins, which had on board
Capt. Strasser in general command AS she
was seen making for the Wash the English
airplanes went up to attack under Major
Cadbury He attacked the Zeppelin head
on, concentrating his fire on the bow. LILO
burst into flames and plunged into the sea.
Her flames were the signal for the other
raiders to return
The British attribute the defeat Of the
alrship TO the incendiary bullet. but they
admit that against the airplane the attack
was gaining on the defence and it grew pro-
excessively more grave toward the end OF the
war one thing helped. the deterioration of
the quality OF the crews on the airplane and
on the airship. The better the ship the
worse the men became.
1t is clearly realized that the problem of
defending a great city against airpane at
tack was not solved in the case of London
I'm the World War.