12 FEBRUARY 1916, Page 1
What the Times and other papers somewhat grandiloquently call an
" air raid on Kent " took place on Wednesday afternoon. In reality it was no raid, but simply a visit of two hostile sea- planes, which flew very high over Ramsgate and Broadstairs, and dropped three bombs in a field on the outskirts of Ramsgate and four near a school at Broadstairs. They caused three casualties, and did no damage except to-glass. This is, of course, very tiresome for the people of Kent, but, as Wordsworth reminded them a hundred years ago in his noble sonnet, the men of Kent have from time immemorial had the honour to stand the outpost of liberty and of England.
