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Show GEiaiiipr GOMBARD PARIS TWO DIRIGIBLES RAID FRENCH CAPITAL AND ARE PURSUED BY FRENCH AEROPLANES. Soissons Cathedral Has Been Bombarded Bom-barded by Germans. Austria Reports Re-ports Capture of More Than Thousand Russians. A Zepplin air raid on Paris which brought Parisians to their windows and balconies and into the 'boulevards and squares at an early hour in the morning, takes precedent in the latest lat-est incidents of the war. Two dirigibles diri-gibles reached Paris, although four started, and it is believed that all of them returned to their base in safety. They dropped bombs on the city of Paris and outlying towns and villages, injuring, so far as known, seven or eight persons, but doing no material damage. Guns were turned on the Zeppelins from house top and fort, and a flock of French aeroplanes start ed in pursuit. But the Zeppelins flew high and escaped in the haze of the upper air. German submarines also have been active and sent to the bottom the British steamer Garntow of 2,393 tons, off Beachy Head in the English channel. chan-nel. The Germans have seized another steamer the Batavier V of Dutch registry, reg-istry, which according to an Amsterdam Amster-dam dispatch, has aroused indignation indigna-tion in Dutch shipping circles, following follow-ing the recent seizure of the Zaan-Btrom. Zaan-Btrom. In France the Soissons cathedral has been again bombarded by Germans. Ger-mans. Berlin explained that this action ac-tion was due to the discovery of a French observation post on the cathedral cathe-dral protected by a Red Cross flag. The French war office denies either that a Red Cros flag was fiown from the cathedral or that the edifice was used as an observation station. The fighting in the western zone has been confined to Champagne and the Vosges. In the latter territory German Ger-man and French have had spirited engagements en-gagements for the height known as Reich Ackerkopf, and the battle continues. con-tinues. In the eastern arena, having taken possession of Memel, the Russians look for a lull on this section of the front. They expect, however, a deci-Ive deci-Ive struggle soon for Czernowitz, the capital of Bukowina. Austria reports the capture of more than a thousand Russians near Uzsok pass in the Carpathians, where another heavy engaement has been taking place. All operations in the Dardanelles have been delayed, but the admirals of the allied fleets are said to have , unanimously decided to renew the general attack on the straits at an Early date. |