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Show GERMAN AIRSHIPS BOMBARD PARIS TWO DIRIGIBLES RAID FRENCH CAPITAL AND ARE PURSUED BY FRENCH AEROPLANES. 8olssons Cathedral Has Been Bom-barded 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 tho boulevards and squares at an early hour In tho morning, takes precedent In tho latest lat-est incidents of tho war. Two dirigibles diri-gibles reached Paris, although four started, and It is bolloved that all ol thorn returned to tholr base In safety. Thoy dropped bombs on tho city of Paris and outlying towns and villages, injuring, so far as known, sevon or eight persons, but doing no material damage. Guns wore turned on the Zeppelins from house top und fort, and a Hock of French aeroplanes start ed In pursuit But tho Zeppelins flow high and escaped In the hazo of the upper air. German submarines also have been nctlvo and sent to tlio bottom the British stoamer Garntow of 2,303 tons, off Bcachy Head In tho English channel, chan-nel, Tho Germans havo seized another Bteamer tho Batavlor 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 selzuro of tho Zaun gtrom. In Franco tho Solssons cathedral has been again bombarded by Germans. Ger-mans. Berlin explained that this action ac-tion was duo to tho discovery of a French observation post on tho cathedral cathe-dral protected by a Red Cross flag, Tho French war offlco denies either that a Red Cros flag was flown from tho cathedral or that tho edlflco was used as an observation station. Tho fighting lu tho wostorn zono has been confined to Champagne nnd the Vosges. In tho latter territory German Ger-man nnd French havo had spirited en-gagoments en-gagoments for tho height known as Reich Ackerkopf, and tho battle continues. |