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Show BRITISH DESTROY Airmen Fly From Grand Fleet to Germany and Bomb Sheds. By Universal Service. LONDON, June 20. A detachment of the British grand fleet has now returned to its base, following a cruise off the coast of Jutland, during which successful success-ful bombing- raids were carried out by-naval by-naval airmen operating from the ships, declared an official statement by the admiralty ad-miralty today. The raids were directed at Zeppelin sheds at Tondern, in northern Germany. The communique's text'follows: A detachment of the grand fleet operating off Jutland (the western coast of Demniirk . on the morning of Friday, has returned to its base, having rarrit-d out a bombing attack on the Zeppelin sheds at Tondern, in y'hU-sv;--Hoisiotn, by the royal air forces that were dispatched from the vesst Is. In tlie first flight, which was made eariy in the morning, all the machines ma-chines readied their objective and j ma-le direct hits on a large double shed, which was completely uestroved, the c on f 1 a g r a i i o n rising i o ;) feet i n I the air. A second flight followed the first, all of our machines but one r.-.idling their objective. Following the drooping of bombs, !' i s were o bs e r ved . Four of the British machines failed 'o return. Thn.-t of these were be lieved to have been compelled to make I a landing on Danish soil. 1 Tn thp second flitxht bombs were dropped on two sheds, one having a large hole blown in it. it was impossible im-possible to observe whether the destruction de-struction of the second sherl was complete. com-plete. The attacks were made from a height from 7'"'0 to piO feet. |