21 AUGUST 1915, Page 3

On Friday week the Admiralty announced a further air raid

on the East Coast. Incendiary and explosive bombs were dropped at various places, killing four men and two women and wounding three men, eleven women, and nine children, all civilians. The Zeppelins, though engaged at several points, succeeded in getting away from our aircraft patrols, but one is believed to have been damaged. Another Zeppelin raid, also on the Eastern Counties, took place on Tuesday night. Some houses and other buildings, including a church, were damaged, and the casualties amounted to forty- six—ten killed and thirty-six wounded—again all civilians. Our air patrols engaged the enemy, but owing to difficult atmospheric conditions the Zeppelins managed to escape, though it is believed that one was hit.