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Show !m" j VOTE TUESDAY FOR CIW OFFICIALS. (LOOK FOR POLLING PIACES ON PACE THREE) I TWENTY-SEVEN KILLED ID FIETY-TlEE HURT IN DIG AIRSHIP RAID PETROGRAD, Oct. 20. The southern Moon sound and Moon island have been abandoned by the Russians under the pressure of superior hostile naval forces, it was officially announced today. The statement in part says: "We discovered mine fields sown by the enemy with the intention of closing to our ships the entrance to the Gulf of R 'Si Vw from Moon sound, -which the enemy landing at Dago IV"' island show it is the enemy's desire to destroy our naval forces f here." LONDON, Oct. 20. Twenty-seven persons were killed and fifty-three injured in the last night's Zeppelin raid. The following official announcement was made public: "In last night's Zeppelin raid the casualties in all districts were: Killed, 27; injured, 53. There was some material damage'to houses and business houses." After an interval of twelve months, London last night experienced another Zeppelin raid. Nobody saw the raider, which flew at a great height and dropped only one bomb on London and a few missiles in the outlying .districts. People Are Warned. The people who had been given an early warning of the , approaching aircraft, had left their shelters and were going home when a bomb fell from an unseen and unheard airship, breaking many plate glass windows. The sound of the bomb X was unlike that of any in a previous raid. I t-was-less -shrill & and heavier. The Evening News, commenting on the raid, says: "Last night another of our fond war delusions due, we suppose, to the phlegmatic perversity of our national char-: char-: acter was shattered. Statements from authoritative quarters made at various times had led us to believe the airship menace had been mastered. How far this is from being the case is shown by the official report. "It may be pointed out that the moon, which was a feeble gj one, set at eight minutes past seven. It seems therefore, the moon is not a factor in German calculations which most peo-eig peo-eig pie sup-jft osed. " IAN EAST COAST TOWN, Oct. 20. Seven or more iNew Zeppelins crossed the east coast at about eight o'clock last ; night, four going in one direction and three in another. At SLoaI :30 o'clock one Zeppelin passed out on the homeward journey. The airship dropped six bombs at 1 1 o'clock and .three at 1 1 : 1 5. The noise of its engine was heard for twentv minutes. fON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, Oct. 20. F our German Zeppelins were destroyed or forced to 'land in various parts of France in the course of a raid undertaken by these hostile aircraft during last night. PARIS, Oct. 20. A Zeppelin was brought down in flames late last night at Rambervillers, near the Alsatian border, and two others were forced to land. They belonged to a squadron composed of a. large number of Zeppelins which flew over the Vosges. PARIS, Oct. 20. Heavy artillery firing is in progress on the Aisne and Argonne fronts the war office statement announced an-nounced today. Strong German patrols which attempted to approach the French lines were repulsed. Review of War Situation. Just when it appeared that the Germans had virtually abandoned the use of the Zeppelin for air raids on England, another Zeppelin has penetrated the eastern and northeastern counties and reached at least the edge of the London area. The bombs dropped by the raiders killed 27 persons and injured 53 others, it is officially announced. These casualties cover all the districts visited. The Germans have landed troops on Dago island which lies to the north of Oesel island and forms the northern boundary bound-ary of Kassar baj'. This is the last of the large islands in northern part of the Gulf of Riga yet in Russian hands and bars the way to the Gulf of Finland. On the Flanders' battlefront the British aerial and artillery artil-lery activity continues intense, probably in preparation for another stroke against the German positions east of Ypres within the next few days. Field Marshal Haig's artillery has been shelling the Zonnebeke sector and other points northeast north-east of Ypres heavily. |
