20 APRIL 1918, Page 2

Four Zeppelins crossed the East Coast late on Friday week.

One reached the Midlands and another nearly reached the North- West Coast. The airships kept at a great height and dropped most of their bombe in the open country. Five persons were killed, and fifteen injured ; little damage was done to property. On the same night enemy aeroplanes made a raid on Paris. Two flew over the capital, dropping bombs which killed twenty-six people and wounded seventy-two. One of the raiders was brought down near Compiegne. These trivial raids were partly intended' to divert the attention of the Allied airmen, whose activity on the battle- front is disconcerting to the enemy. On two days last week our airmen destroyed sixty-one enemy machines.