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Title: The story of the Great War; history of the European War from official sources. Complete historical records of events to date ... Edited by Francis J. Reynolds, Allen L. Churchill (and) Francis Trevelyan Miller
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Reynolds, Francis Joseph, 1867-1937 Churchill, Allen Leon, 1873- Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York P.F. Collier
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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orth Sea 9 Though Zeppelins apparently had practically reached the endof their usefulness, a considerable increase took place in thenumber and extent of aeroplane raids, especially over England. A number of watering places on the southeast coast of Eng-land were raided on August 12, 1917. Twenty-five persons werekilled, fifty-two injured, and two German machines werebrought down. Dover, Margate, and Ramsgate were visitedon August 22, 1917, killing eleven persons and injuring thirteen.Eight of the attacking machines failed to return home. The east coast was again raided on September 2, 1917. Thefollowing day, September 3, 1917, an English naval station atChatham, near London, was bombed. One hundred and eightpersons were killed and ninety-two wounded, most of themmembers of the English naval service. The first moonlightraid of London was carried out during the night of September4-5, 1917. It resulted in the death of eleven persons and inthe wounding of sixty-two. THE WAR IN THE AIR 263
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1. A ZEPPELIN WAS DESTROY-ED BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNSAT 7 A. M. ON OCT. 20, 1917, ATST. CLEMENT. e. ZEPPELIN L 49 WASFORCED TO LAND ON OCT. 20AT BOURBONNE - LES - BAINS,AND WAS CAPTURED INTACT. 8. ZEPPELIN L 46 WASBROUCHT DOWN AT LARACNEON OCT. 20. SHE WAS SET ONFIRE BY HER CREW. 4. ANOTHER ZEPPELIN WASBROUGHT DOWN ON OCT. 20BETWEEN CAP AND SISTERON.AND WAS FIRED BY THE CREW. 5. A FIFTH ZEPPELIN WASLAST SEEN NEAR TOULONDRIFTING OUT TO SEA, AP-PARENTLY IN A DISABLEDCONDITION. :ale of milk* FIVE ZEPPELINS DESTROYED AFTER THE AIR RAID ON LONDON,OCTOBER 19-20, 1917 264 THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR The end of September, 1917, brought a large number ofraids on England. On the 24th the southeast coast and theLondon district were raided. Fifteen were killed and seventy-injured. Again on the 25th German machines appeared overLondon, killing seven and wounding twenty-six. On September29, 1917, another raid killed eleven and wounded eighty-two;two of the attacking machines being brought down. Thenext

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