"_How We Drop Bombs on the Enemies' Cities_"
_Told by the Air Raiders Themselves_
The first stirring sensations of the Great War, which aroused the
imaginations of the people, were the sailing of the fleets of ships
in the air and under the seas. The world was indeed startled when
the squadrons of Zeppelins rose from Germany, crossed the seas,
and hovered over England, dropping bombs on ports and cities, and
hurling death from the clouds. Here are two stories of German raiders
in which they tell how it feels to drop bombs from the skies on
European capitals. The German authorities permitted the publication
in a Hamburg newspaper of a very exciting and detailed account of a
Zeppelin raid upon London by one of the crew of the airship. This
account was designed to arouse the enthusiasm of the German nation
for the daring and difficult work done by the Zeppelins, and to
make them realize the havoc and terror they created in England. A
translation of the narrative follows: