The first aeroplane raid on London took place on Tuesday
between 11.30 a.m. and noon. A German aeroplane flying at an immense height—it was seen by a few persons as a speck in the haze— dropped six bombs. Nine persona were injured, one of them (a woman) seriously. The material damage was slight. As the last thing people expected was a daylight raid, the reports of the bombs were generally attributed even by people near by to gas explosions or gun practice—anything but German bombs. The sequel to the raid was as satisfactory as that to the Zeppelin raid on Monday night. The French reported to the Commodore at Dunkirk that they had brought down an aeroplane at 2.15 p.m. carrying two naval Lieutenants who had with them a large-scale map of London. The circumstantial evidence is complete enough to convict.
