2 JUNE 1917, Page 2

-• A daylight raid by a large squadron of German

aeroplanes— the first .raid of anything like this magnitude—occurred on the evening of Friday week. It is believed that there were at least six teen aeroplanes. Those who heard them overhead when they were travelling fast compared the noise of their engines with that of Zeppelins. :The chief damage was done at Folkestone, . which . was approached from the north-west after a sweep inland. Not many people saw the aeroplanes, which were at an enormous height.

• We regret to .say that 76 persons were killed (including 27 women and 23 children) and 174 injured (including 43 women and 19 children). A few. of the injured afterwards died. Three. of the German aeroplanes were destroyed by our machines over the sea during their return journey. It is obvious that guns can do little against aeroplanes at a height of about 15,000 feet. Only aero- planes can subdue aeroplanes under. these conditions.