26 SEPTEMBER 1914, Page 2

Among miscellaneous items of news we may mention the daring

raid of English airmen into Germany, their object being to destroy the German Zeppelin bases at Cologne and Dusseldorf. Unfortunately, owing to the misty weather, the attack on the Cologne sheds was a failure. Our airmen were

afraid that in the mist they might by mistake damage dwelling-houses and churches—i.e., the cathedral. They obviously banished from their minds the notion that the destruction of the cathedral at Reims could be made good by destroying great architectural monuments elsewhere. The attack on Diisseldorf was more successful. The airman most pluckily came down to within some four hundred feet of the sheds before letting fall the bombs. It is not known what amount of damage was done.