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/UGHT] MARCH 2, 1916. ,, , ^ „u„„„ o«/i «f Hiffprent sized struts were employed, the clip would, of manner that the four bolts will secure the two plates. The lips of the plate are bent up at right angles to the clips will be required for the inner struts. For the outer struts similar clips will be employed, but having the lips which rest against the sides of the struts bent forward at an angle corresponding to the forward slope of the inter- plane struts. Yet a different clip will be required for the attachment of the rear chassis struts to the rear spar of IN view of the decision of the Government not to allow details of aircraft raids to be published, we are, as before, 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 announcement hat been officially issued :— 44 X 17 " Raid, January 31st. "War OMa, Feb. 25M. "The following are the final figures of casualties from the air raid of January 31st Men. illed 27 Jured 45 Women. 25 S3 Children. '5 19 Total. 67 117 base, two resting against the front and back of the strut, which is at this point of rectangular section, and two against the sides. A clip of this form would be quite eiy to make, and would effectively secure the strut to attachment ot the rear cnassis strms tu utc rCar Spar or the wiring plate. As shown, this clip is designed for the lower plane, but thai will be dealt with when the a dimension of strut ends of 2 ins. by i± ins. If question of chassis design comes to be considered. (To be continued.) ® ® ® ® THE "X" AIRCRAFT RAIDS. served military purposes were destroyed. Large fires were observed for a long time after the attack. « 4.—NOTTINGHAM. " Attacks were made on large factory areas and foundries, and very good effects were observed. A battery which had fired without effect upon our airships was reduced to silence. A munition factory and several factory areas were badly damaged. At Grantham, east of Nottingham, the railways were destroyed, so that traffic had to be stopped for several days. By far the greatest amount of damage was done at Sheffield and Nottingham ; London insurance societies estimate it at .£400,000. " 5.—BIRMINGHAM. "Two large Government works and two munition factories were completely destroyed, and a brewery was damaged. Great damage 74 78 34 184 was done generally in Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire, Leicester shire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire. At Ecclesnill, near Bradford, a munition factory and three spinning works were destroyed, and at Partington 22 houses were destroyed by one bomb. " 6.—HUMBER. "A battery which fired without effect upon our airships was attacked and reduced to silence. Guns and searchlights belonging to the battery were destroyed. Bombs were thrown upon a number of industrial areas on the Humber and on a large foundry, good success being observed everywhere. At Grimsby the shipbuilding yards and warehouses, as well as several cargo and fishing vessels, were severely damaged. A hay and straw warehouse was burned down, considerable damage being thus done. Between Hedon and Salt Enden (below Hull) a powder magazine was destroyed. Near Hull a smelting works was badly damaged. In Hull itself the devastation is said to have been very great, and to have almost equalled that in Sheffield and Nottingham. A block of houses in King Street was entirely destroyed. The railway and port areas suffered so much that there is great difficulty in carrying on work. Several trading ships lying in the docks are said to have been damaged. Above Goole a foundry was badly damaged. In the Humber the small cruiser ' Caroline ' and the destroyers ' Eden' and ' Nith' were sunk. The small cruiser ' Caroline' went down in six minutes; 31 men of the crew were killed, 58 wounded, and 47 drowned. "7.—GREAT YARMOUTH. ' A factory and various industrial areas were bombed, good effects being observed, and on the English east coast yet another battery was silenced and the English steamer ' Frant Fischer ' was sunk by one of the airships." Neutral Opinion. What is thought of this effusion in some neutral countries is indicated by the following extracts from Dutch papers : — The Handthblad comments: How are the German airmen to know the details so minutely ? Great Britain has given an absolute d&menti. Moreover, the Germans are exaggerating the moral effect. The impression we have received from a perusal of the English papers is that the effect is totally different from what the Germans think." The Telegraaf says : " If one compares the official British statement concerning the damage done by the Zeppelin raid with the conclusions set forth in the above telegram, one must come to the decision that the Wolff Bureau is possessed of a high degree of impudence. The British Government categorically denied the destruction of British war vessels as a piece of fertile invention." 9 ® Mr. Fell said he had the most explicit information that not only had they no orders to fire, but that there were actual orders not to fire at the Zeppelins, however close they might be. Mr. Tennant : I wish the hon. gentleman had been so good as to give me the source of his information. " These figures we greater than those previously gjven (59 killed, 101 injured), because several persons reported as injured have died of their wounds, and because the police have found on further inquiry that some children under 16 had been returned as adults and that several cases of slight injury had been treated at hospitals and sent home without any record being kept. "The number of bombs now known to have been dropped '» 393-" Another German Version. Surpassing all previous records in mendacity, the following story was circulated by the notorious Wolff Bureau to the German Press on February 34th :— '* From authoritative quarters we learn the following facts about the results of the air attack on the night of January 31st:— " 1.— LIVERPOOL. - The main objects of the attack were the docks and the port and factory areas. The effect of the bombs was good ; during the return voyage of the airships an enormous fire was still visible at a great distance. A number of bridges and harbour areas were so severely damaged that it is for the present no longer possible to use them. It is said that a number of ships in the Mersey were badly damaged—among others a cruiser lying below Birkenhead and a trans port ship of the Leyland Line. Stables containing 200 horses were destroyed by fire, and it is said that the horses and the Canadian troops guarding them were killed. Great damage was done at Birkenhead, Garston and Bootle. The Booth Line and Yeoward Line have been severely injured by the partial destruction of then- docks. Three ships suffered great injury. The neighbouring dry docks and engine works, as well as the ' Birkenhead Dry Dock, Engine and Boiler Works,' were completely destroyed. In all, more than aoo houses were destroyed by bombs or fire. At the mouth of the Mersey (in Boolle) a powder factory was completely destroyed. At Crewe, south-east of Liverpool, the railways were greatly damaged, so that traffic with London was interrupted. At this point military encampments also are said to have been set on fire. " a.—MANCHESTER. "The objects of attack were mainly foundries, which were sprinkled with bombs with good success. Two foundries and two large ironworks were completely destroyed. A number of other factories suffered considerable damage. «' 3.—SHEFFIELD. " In the south of the town two foundries were bombed, and one of them was in great part destroyed. Several large industrial areas and the railway were tximbed, and it is said that two sheds which ® ® Firing on Zeppelins. REPLYING to Mr. Fell, Mr. Tennant said that 'the orders, formerly announced, that all Zeppelins were to be fired at if and when they offered a target still held good. Ball cartridge was available for the purpose in the hands of the troops. I76
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