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The British Answer to Zeppelin Raids

Tens of thousands of people witnessed the first doomed airship descend to earth like a flaming meteor, and many districts rang with the cheers of the excited spectators

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A dozen German airships attacked this country on Saturday night, and two were brought down in Essex. This is by far the most salutary answer we have yet made to German air raids, and, as the enemy accomplished no military damage whatever, they may in time be compelled to realize that attacks of the kind are unprofitable.

The raid was made over a wide area, including the Eastern and East Midland Counties, and three of the airships succeeded in reaching certain districts of London. The provincial attacks may be dismissed at once, for with one exception they were harmless. The exception was an unfortunate town in the East Midlands, where two persons were killed and eleven injured, while two more are believed to be buried