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Show ANTI-AIRCRAFT WORK IMPROVES British Demonstrate Increasing Effectiveness in Finding and Surrounding Zeppelins With Hail of Shrapnel London, April 6, 7:08 a. m. The increasing effectiveness of England's anti-aircraft defenses was demonstrated demonstrat-ed last night when the single Zeppelin Zeppe-lin which undertook the fifth raid in six days was prevented from penetrating pene-trating the northeast coast and was forced to flee after the briefest visit of the kind yet made. The night was clear with moonlight moon-light and without wind. Searchlights discovered the raider coming over the sea and never once lost him during his stay. As he reached the coast he was flying comparatively low and tho smallest guns found him such an easy target that he was forced to rise to a great heights. The larger guns then found the range and, aided by tho searchlights, they surrounded the Zeppelin with a terrific hall of shrapnel shrap-nel and high explosive shells After maneuvering near a northeast coast town for about ten minutes during which only a few bombs wore dropped, drop-ped, tho raider was seen to turn and sail homeward. oo |