26 FEBRUARY 1916, Page 2

The French motor-guns destroyed a Zeppelin near Bar-le-Due, on tho

Lorraine frontier, on Monday night. The Zeppelir, which was " 1277," of the latest naval typo, was moving against a fresh head wind when it was discovered by searchlight and wig hit by an incendiary shell. The envelope caught fire, and the airship, in glowing outline, could be seen falling to the ground. slowly at first, and then faster as the gas was consumed, followed by a wake of burning fragments. As the airship hit the grourid all the bombs exploded. Over twenty bodies wore found in the wreckage.