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GERMAN AIRPLANESIN RAID ONBRITAINTwo Persons Killed, Two Badly Wounded, AndTwenty-Nine OtInjuredTWO OF THE RAIDING AEROPLANESatARE BROUGHT DOWN BY THE BRITISHCONDONJune 6.—Sixteen German I tary establishmentsplanes came over the North Sea this e\ening and dropped many bombs ' small towns and villages of Essexand the west. Only fourteen of them returned home, for two of them were brought down by the British guns.So far, late reports show' that only two persons were killed and 29 injured in the bombarded districts.The raiders met writh a lively reception. Extra precautions were taken by the British authorities after the recent yen serious raid on the South Coast of jwas practically negligible. The raiding airplanes were engaged by gun fire and pursued by aircraft. After having lost two machines they made off seawards. The casualties so far reported are two killed, two dangerously wounded, and twenty-seven wounded.FortnightEngland in wTiich 250 persons werekilled of wounded.This is the third raid on England in the past fortnight by German airplanes, which apparently have been substituted for zeppelins by the Germans in making their attacks on the British Isles.The Germans were attacked by British aviators before they had an opportunity to carry out their raiding intentions to any great extent.The British- anti-aircraft guns were \erv effective.SixteenLondon, June 5Raiders-The official an-For six months before the last three raids no attacks of thisnature were made, the last efforts of the zeppelins having proved disastrous to them.nounc^ment of the air-raid says:An airplane raid this evening was carried out by a squadron of about sixteen airplanes. They crossed the Essex coast about 6.15 and dropped some bombs in the country on small towns in Essex. They then proceeded to attack the naval establishments in the Midlands.A considerableOn May 23 four or five German aircraft flew over the Eastern English Counties and dropped bombs whichkilled one man. On May 25 a squadron of about sixteen airplanes passedover the Southeast of England, dropping bombs which killed seventy-six persons and wounded one hundred and seventy-four, the largest casualty list from an attack by air since Germany began these raids on the unprotected towns of England. The principal damage in this raid was done in Folkestone.number of bombsthewere dropped, an*! a certain amount ofdamage done to houses and property, but the damage to the naval and mill- ifrom the sea and were made prisoners.According to a local report, pilot and observer of one of the air raiders brought down, were rescued
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St Johns Daily Star GS
St Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Wed, Jun 06, 1917
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