6 OCTOBER 1917, Page 1

Several air raids have taken place since our last it18119.

On the night of Friday week German aeroplanes visited Suffolk. Essex, and Kent, but none of them reached London. Last Saturday night groups of German aeroplanes reached the north-eastern and south- eastern districts of London and dropped bombs there, as wall as at various places in Kent and EMS. The casualties were eleven killed and eighty-two injured. The material damage was not grant. Last Sunday night twe group; of German machines, follows 1 by others flying singly, attacked London. About ten machines penetrated the outer defences, but only four or five reached London itself. The casualties were nine killed and forty-two injured. Only two deaths were caused in London. One of the raider's was brought down off Dover. On Monday night, for the third night in succession, the enemy raided London. The machines came in four groups, and the raid Was the longest yet experienced. Bombs were dropped in the soutlowestern district and tho northmastera outskirts. The casualties on this occasion were ten killed and thirty-eight injured.