On Monday night the raiders came in at different places
in Kent and Essex, and a few of them followed the line of the Thames to London. Never had so terrific a bombardment been heard in London since the war began. Such noise as there was from dropping bombe was entirely swallowed up in the noise of antiaircraft guns, which produced something resembling a barrage. Not more than two or three German aeroplanes at the most ventured to pursue their way through this curtain of fire. The casualties amounted to fifteen killed and seventy injured. Not very much material damage was done. A German report spoke of numerous fires in the London district, but nobody who had the advantage of living on the spot was able to discover these. On Monday night there was also a Zeppelin raid on the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire coast. Hardly any damage seems to have been done. On Tuesday night there was another aeroplane raid, when the Kent and Essex coasts were again crossed, and the curtain of fire was repeated on the outskirts of London. It is believed that a single German aeroplane found its way to the fringes of London, and the casualties were seven killed and twenty-five injured.
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