Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-06-07 | Page 1 | Teutons Resume Offensive on Western Line

a T Resume Offensive on Western Line Lin BRITISH AIRMEN BLOW ZEPPELIN TO 10 PIECES IN BElGIAN AIR BATTLE FIVE KILLED FORTY INJURED MIRED AS BIRDMEN RAID EASTERN ENGLISH L COAST Naval Dirigibles Attack Fortifications s at Mouth Mout of Humbert Drop Inflammable Missiles on Naval Port of Harwich Har LONDON June 7 Tile The admiralty announced today thata that a a. Zeppelin had been blown to pieces over Belgium by British air air- men The statement follows This morning at 2 30 an attack was made on the airship shed at Evere north of Brussels by Flight Lieutenants J. J P. P Wilson Wits Wit Wil s son n R. R N. N Nt and J. J S. S Mills R. R N. N Bombs were dropped and the shed was observed to be in flames It is not not known on wilether a Zeppelin was inside but the flames names reached a great height coming out from both sides of the shed Both returned safely pilots At At 3 a a. a m. m today Flight I tenant R. R A A. J. J R R. R N. N attacked attacked attacked at at- tacked a Zeppelin in the air between be tween Ghent Client and Brussels At I feet he dropped six bombs bomba and the I airship exploded fell teU to the ground I and burned to for a considerable time The t force of or the explosion caused the monoplane to turn tom U upside upside up up- side down The pilot succeeded In righting the tho machine but had to tomake tomake tomake make a forced landing In the enemy's countr country However h lie he was able to restart his machine and returned sate safely to the tho aerodrome It was announced at th the admIralty admiralty admi ralty this afternoon that a Zeppelin visited the east coast of ot England last night dropping incendiary an and explosive bombs Five persons were killed an and forty were injured Two fires w were r re caused by the Ole incendiary bombs 7 7 7 rhe following statement em nt was given out oat hero here officially om- om daily today todar On Oh the night of Juno June 45 5 German i dirigibles attacked the fortified mouth of the Humbert on the east east coast of England the naval port of Harwich in Essex England and the harbor establishment at Harwich They were conspicuously successful Many bombs were dropped and there was a large number of explosions One particularly violent explosion was that o of a gas tank or oil tank which was was hit lilt Bombs were dropped on the railroad depot German airships were shot at vigorously vig viI by guns guus on land and arid on ships They were not hit and returned returned re reo turned safely