Last Sunday German seaplanes raided Lowestoft and Weimer. Two seaplanes
appeared over Lowestoft just when people were going to church. After dropping some bombs they climbed to a great height and disappeared, only to return a quarter of an hour later and drop more bombs. Altogether seventeen high explosive bombs fell. Considerable damage was done to house's, but there were no casualties. Two British seaplanes ascended, but were unable to overtake the raiders. Meanwhile two other German seaplanes wore making for the Kentish coast. One dropped bombs near the Kentish Knock lightship, the other reached Widmer at 11.27 a.m. and dropped sir bombs. One of these bombs •blew out the windows of a church during the service. The casualties in the streets were one boy killed and another injured. Two aeroplanes from Dover pursued the raider without result. The Press which fires lachrymatory shells freely into the public of course emphasizes our failure to catch the enemy. We do not, however, read any assertions of German inefficiency, either hero or in the German papers, when twenty-six British aeroplanes all return untouched from a flight over a strong German military position.
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