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1915 - 0696.PDF
THE "X" AIRCRAFT RAIDS. IN view of the decision of the Government not to allow details of aircraft raids to be published we are as before (see issue of June nth, 1915) giving to each one an index number. Eventually, when details are available, we shall give the respective information under these index numbers, which will facilitate easy reference to each particular raid. The following has been officially issued, the date in brackets indicating when the statement was issued:— " X7 " Raid, September 7th (September* loth), " Since the casualties caused by hostile aircraft on the night of Tuesday, the 7th, were published, the bodies of the three persons who were described as missing have been found, and four of the persons who were seriously injured have died. "The total number of deaths due to the attack on the 7th is, therefore, seventeen—five men, six women, and six children." "X8" Raid, September 8th (September 9th). " Hostile aircraft visited the Eastern Counties and the London District last night and dropped incendiary and explosive bombs. " At midnight a few casualties had been reported, and some fires, which were then well under control. " The number of casualties will be communicated to the Press in the course of the day." Later. " The total casualties reported from all areas as the result of last night's attack by enemy aircraft are as follows:— Men. Women. Children. Total. Killed 12 2 6 20 Injured— Seriously ... 8 4 2 14 Slightly ... 38 23 11 72 Total 106 58 29 19 " All the above are civilians except four soldiers (one killed, three injured)." German Versions. Berlin, Sept. gth. " Our naval airships attacked during the night of September 8th-gth with good results the western part of the city of London, great factories near Norwich, and the harbour works and iron works at Middlesbrough. ® ® Another Z:ppelln Wrecked. THE Morning Post correspondent at Amsterdam on September 10th, claim:d that a British aviator had a few days previously, totally destroyed a Zeppelin at Berchem, near Brussels. According to the 'I'yd, however, the airship when about to land came into collision with a chimney stack and was completely overturned and de5trbyed. As nobody is allowed to approach the wreck, it was impossible to state what became of her crew, but it was generally believed that the crew perished. The Zeppelin Raiders. TUB Maasbodc reported from Roosendaal that on the night of the 9th inst. a Zeppelin was sighted travelling at a great height from Belgium. It was immediately fired at by the Dutch frontier guards, whereupon it returned in a southern direction. According to the German papers Count Zeppelin personally directed the recent attack on London. Some say that the Count only directed the expedition from the base at F.mden, but others state that he was on board one of the airships. From Hippolitushoef, on the Island of Wieringen, the Het Vo!k learnt that at five o'clock on Monday morning a Zeppelin passed over the island, coming from the south-west and travelling north east. The dirigible was flying rather low, so that the crew could be " Heavy explosions and numerous fires were observed. Our airships were heavily fired at by hostile batteries. All returned safely. " CHIEF OF THE ADMIRALTY STAFF." Berlin, Sept. gth by Wireless). " During the night before last and yesterday the docks as well as other port establishments of London and the vicinity were bombarded with explosive and incen diary bombs. The effect was very satisfactory." "Xo" Raid, September 11th (September 12th). "A raid was attempted by Zeppelins last night on the East Coast. " Bombs were dropped, but there were no casualties and no damage was caused." German Version. Berlin, Sept. 12th. "During the night the docks of London and their environs were successfully bombarded." " Xto" Raid, September 12th (September 13th). "The East Coast was again visited by hostile aircraft last night (Sunday night). " Bombs were dropped, but there were no casualties, and the only damage reported is that some telegraph wires are down and some glass broken." "Xll" Raid, September 13th (September 13th). " A hostile aeroplane visited the Kentish coast this afternoon and dropped some bombs, which resulted in one house being seriously damaged and four persons being injured. " She was chased off by two naval aeroplanes." Sept. 14.1/1. "Three further cases of injury, caused by the aero plane which visited the Kentish coast yesterday, have been reported, making a total of seven—one man and six women injured, two of the women seriously." "X12" Raid, September 13th (September 14th). " A Zeppelin visited the East Coast last night, September i3th-i4th. Bombs were dropped. Anti aircraft guns, fixed and mobile, were in action. " So far as can be ascertained there were no casualties and no damage has been done." ® ® observed, but it showed no flag. The noise of the motors was clearly audible. Messages from Amsterdam on Tuesday stated that, according to information from the island of Ameland, only three of the five Zeppelins which sailed westward on the previous evening returned that morning. They were going in an easterly direction. The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Rotterdam writing on Tuesday afternoon said : " From several parts of Holland news is to hand of the great activity of the Zeppelins during the last twenty- four hours. Late last evening no fewer than five were sighted from the northern island of Ameland, flying in a westerly direction, but so far to-day the return of only two has been reported. These passed the northern coast flying eastwards at 5.30 this morning. " At ten o'clock last night there was another infringement of the neutrality of Holland by a German airship. This time it was in quite a new district, namely, the famous Dutch seaside resort, Scheveningen. The Zeppelin flew southwards over territorial waters, and was fired at by Dutch sentries as a warning." The Te'tgraaf on Tuesday learnt from Hippolitushoef (Island of Wieringen) that at 6 o'clock this morning two airships flew over Wieringen in a north-easterly direction. The noise of motors was audible throughout the night. A telegram from Maassluis says that a Zeppelin was sighted yesterday evening at 10.30 off the Nieuwe Waterweg near the Hook of Holland. She was flying west. 606
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