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Show Official Statement Issued Is-sued by Sir John French Says Several Hostile Airships Crossed the East and Northeast Coasts Near Midnight. BOMBS DROPPED IN SOME PLACES One Zeppelin Reported Off the South Coast; Some Casualties and Damage Are Reported London and Berlin Dispute Over Saturday's Satur-day's Raid. (5p:lBl Calile by Arrangement with London Dtllf Telegraph and International News Strvicfl.) LONDON", Sept. 25. Another Zcp-pcJin'raiu" Zcp-pcJin'raiu" on the cast coast of Knglaiul occurred tonight. The following statement was issued at midnight by Sir Iohn French: Several hostile airships crossed the east and northeast coasts between be-tween 10:I!0 o'clock and midnight. Bombs were dropped in some places in the northern midland counties. One airship was reported off the south coast. No report of casualties or damage dam-age has been received. Later the following official statement concerning the air raid, was made public: Several hostile airships, probably six, visited the northeastern and southern counties during tho night. Bombs were dropped In the northern counties coun-ties and some casualties and damage are reported. Kull icporls have not yet been received. re-ceived. GREAT ACTIVITY AMONG THE AIRMEN ON FRENCH FRONT PARIS, via London. Sept. 2T., 2:45 p, m. The French official communication this afternoon, In ita reference to aerial activity, reads: Enemy aeroplanes yesterday, ftr S:30 o'clock, threw bombs down for about ten minutes in the reel on of L,uneville. One woman was slightly wounded: the material damages were Insignifica nt. During the day of yesterday an enemy en-emy aeroplane, attacneej by one oi our machineH, was disabled and fell to the ground north of Miseiey. Three other machines were seriously damaged dam-aged 'and compelled to make landings. land-ings. I Miring the night of September 24-25 twelve French aviators threw Mown ninety-eight shells upon the village " and the railroad station of Culsciud. Jjurlng tbe name night seven Krenn airmen threw down fifty bombs upon fa-ctorleH at Thionville and nombjjch, as welt as upon the railroad station of A udiin-le- Koma n. Following the bombardment of Kombaeh flames nail seen to break out. BERLIN REPORTS ON AIR RAID OF SATURDAY NIGHT BERLIN, Sept. 2&, by wireless in Pay-vj Pay-vj He. T!ie of t'H -la I statement regarding the air raid on iMicland, issued today, reads: On 1 be nieht of September !'3 a nd 24 several scjuadions of navM airships extensively bombed London nd places of military Import a nee nti the Humber and In the middle counties nf England, among which were N"tilnc-ham N"tilnc-ham and S-IWdHd. Success ecu y-wbere y-wbere was visible from thp henvy contlagratiotis which could be seen for a 'out; while. The MitsMps. when n pproa cl il ng Kngb'nd and hefr" i-Misinc the Ki'lilisil const, were shelled hv pattol bo,-tf. and during the a1takby defensive de-fensive I a 1 1" i l--s, which i t-c d hi'-pn -d.rv prole. -tiles. Tbe airships silenced si-lenced home baMeiies i,y well-directed volleys. Two airships fell victims In the defensive lire around LmupIop, All the others returned undamaged, BRITISHDISPUTE GERMAN STORY OF ZEPPELIN RAID I. ON 1 'OX, Sept. 2$. --Re-,'ardinz the Cer-man Cer-man otri.-iai report on the '." Hn raid, the ofr.ciM press bureau todny states: "In addition to the diet that no antiaircraft anti-aircraft defenses or places of military im- Continued oa Pago Two.) ZEPPEU1 m IE COAST Or EiLD (Continued from Page One.) p nr i a n e we re d a n i a i; ed , t ! i s account s full uf the lineal niiHstateriu.-nts." Hanish lis iie r men re nor t having nb-ier nb-ier ed four Zeppelin airships yesterday traveling In a .utheasterly direction, savs a dis'.-iMcli inim Copenhagen to the Kx'-hange vIc-lei:rapli. One of the Zeppelins Zeppe-lins was iri a damaged condition and was btniig accompanied by torpedo-boat de-siri.'.vers. de-siri.'.vers. Air Cattle in Russia. BKltLlN. Sept. hv whele&s to Say-vim-. "Three large Russian aeroplanes on September attacked, without success, suc-cess, the naval aerodrome on Lake An-gcrn. An-gcrn. near the Gulf of Riga." says a semi-ofheial semi-ofheial statement siven out here today. "Geiman battle planes pursued the Russian Rus-sian aeroplanes, forcing one of them to land at a point east of Dunauumde. All tiie German aeroplanes returned safely." Accept the Loss. BKRI.IN, Sept. jfi, p. m.. via London, Sept. liti, a. m. The Berlin newspa pers and public appear to accept philosophically philo-sophically the loss of two Zeppelins in the raid on England. The Kreuzzeiluug discusses briefly the possibility that the British might be able to copy the Zeppelin from the airship they brought down, which was not completed com-pleted destroved. It dismisses this, however, how-ever, in view of the fact that France, which 4ias long had possession oj a captured cap-tured Zeppelin, has never been ble to duplicate it. Forty Germans Killed. AMSTERDAM, via London, Sept. -ro, 10:ll p. m. The Telegraaf says that fortv Germans were killed or Injured in the British air raid on St. Denis Westrem, Belgium, on Friday. Two sheds and three aeroplanes were burned. |
