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LONDON, June 13...
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INCIDENTS IN THE CITY The City pigrons Wore stupeffed by the explosions and few in drunken
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-Air. Jestice Darling, who was sit...
15 hostile aeroplanes were heard tingg in the Law Courts, he tho crossing the Essex coust, passing in raid, and remarked; "I think we are the vicinity of The Nore, about as safe here as anywhere." And.. eleven o'clock this morning,
the examining Counsel, acquiescing, They provveded towards London Woolly procveiled. and separated when they had covered about half the distance.
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LATER. Landon was bathed in sunshine! hut there was a slight buze Wheir the i mälers arrived. Although they waid, which was the typical attitude at an' imaneuse insight, three of the absence of panic was, most, remarks. could be seen with the naked eyeable... and just underneath a cluster of tiny like clouds from the bursting shrapnel. They were taking for the
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The first annancement of the presence of the miders was terrifie! explosion eqnikog Zeppelin
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Crowds of people, in the streets, watched the riders and there was not the slightest panic.
Subsequently, the King visited the raided uren and received an enthusiastic reception. "
A FURTHER OFFICIAL:
STATEMENT. ·· ·
An offficial statement says that | bomb; then girparently the gunners; boabs were first dropped on the out- espied the enemy, for a tremendous skirts of the east of London at half- gun-fire ensued.
past eleven. Numerous bons fell in rapi succession in the East Erd. · one fell on a milway station, hitting an incoming train, killing seven and * ̈“A member of Renter's staff arriving injuring seventeen people. Another at a London station found that & Lomb fell on a school, killing ten train had been bombed and the fore children and infiring 30. A pumber. part blazing. Some of the station of warehouses were damaged and buildings were wrecked.
fires caused.
The casualties so far reported the London area are-41 killed, and 121 injured, but the final figures may be greater.
"A few bombs were also dropped) neur the North Foreland and on the opposite bunk of the Thames, where, tour people were injured.
Four German aeroplanes reached Loncion, Hying at least nt a height of 18,000 feet, and they looked like specks of turning silver. Heavy, and Eight guns opened a tremendous fire on the hostile airenuft. Two apparent ly sepurated when over the East End of London, but closed again when over the north side of the river. All the time they were closely followed by "bursting shrapnel like balls of
Guns engaged the raiders and cotton wool. Eye witnesses remark
many aeroplanes, both naval and ing upon the good shooting at a very military, "went up as soon as the difficulty target. The artillery 'firing enemy was reported to be off the shook buildings violently and rattled coust. Several engagements occur. windows. There was a great rush of red; but the results are at present city workers, both men and women, uncertain.
to the roofs which have never before
such accommodated
numbers. Others run into the streets to sce the sight.
CASUALTIES IN THE CITY. LATER.
The raid Listed for fifteen minutes og London.
THE BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, June 13. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Huig. reports:-
We drove off counter-attack.. Mr. Bonur Law stated in the against our positions, gained yester- House of Commons, that as far as day morning, astride the Souchez is known, twelve or fifteen enemy river. We repulsed raiders to the aeroplanes crossed the out at the north-east of Richebourg-la-Vous. North Foreland and proceeded across a successfully raided to the east Essex, straight to "Loudon Two of Leveguiet, to the north-east of bombs were reported to have been Lognicourt, to the west of La Basse dropped bear the North Foreland and and to the north-east of Neve bombs begun to drop in the East End Chapelle."
of London at twenty-four minutes
puet, eleven, and 13 fell in the City. GENERAL PERSHING IN FRANCE. The casualties in the City so fur ascertained are 81 killed and 67 injured. All the anti-aircraft guns
have arrived.
BotLOOSE, June 18 General Pershing, the American in Loudon were brought into Betion Commander-in-Chief, and his Staff and large numbers of aeroplanes went up in pursuit. The casualties in the metropolitan area are not yet known, but it is regretted that "a Council school, in the East End, was hit, and 10 children were killed und 50 injured. So fir, it is only de finitely known that one, raider was brought down.
40 KILLED AND 200 INJURED..
LATER.
AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK ST SUBMARINES
WASHINGTON, June 18.
A Cerroan submarine has sunk the American armed steamer Petrolite,
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In the House of Lords, Lord Derby bouts, stated that, up to the present it had been ascertained thut 30 people were killed and 290 injured in the air raid, and it was feared that these guros would be exceeded. As us he mew, no damage of military con sequence had been done, and, accord- ing to rumour, we had been success CHINA MAIL OFFICEful, to certain extent in debug
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