Two air raids—the nineteenth and twentieth visits of hostile aircraft
to this country—were made on Tuesday and Wednes- day nights. The official statement made on Wednesday after- noon reported fifty-six casualties in the Eastern Counties, All were civilians, except one soldier who was seriously wounded. Fifteen small dwelling-houses were demolished or seriously damaged, but no other serious damage was done, several fires being promptly extinguished. The report adds that anti- aircraft guns were in action, and that aeroplanes went up but were unable to locate the three Zeppelins employed. The raid on the London district on Wednesday night was a more serious affair, the casualties -reaching a total of one hundred and six, of whom twenty were killed, while fourteen were seriously and seventy-two slightly wounded—all civilians except four soldiers. The answer of people in the London district to these criminal exercises in frightfulness may be given in an episode related in the Manchester Guardian. A recruiting sergeant has been addressing crowds from a platform made of the clibris of ruined homes, and the results have been excellent.
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