Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-02-01 | Page 1 | Raid on Paris is Abandoned

uu RAID ON PARIS IS ABANDONED French, Warned of Approaching Approach-ing Airship, Turn on Searchlights Search-lights and Prepare for Battle. ENGLAND GETS FEW Six or Seven German Dirigibles Dirigi-bles Pass Over Eastern, ' Northeastern and Mid- i land Counties. ' i Paris, Feb. 1, 4:50 a. m. A Zeppe- . j lin started in the direction of Paris last night at 9 '45 p. m. A warning was sent out from Compiegne that a German airship had been cited In movement The military-governor of Paris gave orders that preparations , be made to give the alarm if necessary. neces-sary. When the Zeppelin, however, got Into the field of searchlights, on tho French front It turned back and la . supposed to havo abandoned a projected pro-jected raid. London, Feb. 1, 11:40 a. m The . press comments at length upon the Zeppelin raid of last night but no official offi-cial details have been made public in addition to the war office statement state-ment to tho effect that six or seven airships passed over ithe Eastern, northeastern and midland counties of England, dropping a number of bombs. At tho time the announcement was mado, no considerable damage had j been reported. i j on- I !