The mont remarkable "part of Commander "Ravwlinson's be "The Defence of London 1016-101 (Melrose, 7s. 6d.), is the account of the last Zeppelin raid on London fon the night of October 19, 1917, when the metropolis was completely, at the merey of seven or nine airships, and #0 narrowly escaped a very ' great disaster. Those in charge of the defence of the city that night were aware that this fleet had been built to fly at altitudes which could not be reached by aeroplanes, and that the un-derides of the airships had been coated with a certain. black paint which rendered them invisible from the glare of a searchlight, even when full in ite beam, Tt was obviously the intention of the enemy to assemble at Watford and to float down wind over London at a hi altitude with engines stopped.
The entire Zeppelin fleet, knowingly, was over the heart of London. The single bomb dropped in Pieadilly Circus, which damaged the premises of Messrs. Swan'and Edgar, was discharged with the object of inducing, the searchlights to uncover, but an order had been issued that they should remain masked and this undoubtedly saved mercifully the darkness ud silence below still remained impenetrable and unbroken. The minutes' were charged with such an anguish of anxiety, and the horror of the awful tragedy which appeared likely to he enacted at any moment was so great, as to cause me an absolute spasm of nervous agony.
'A north-easterly wind increasing: to a gale sent the fleet away to its doom. With regard to the future: defence of our cities. -against "air attack the author says that efficiency can only be attained by unity of control.
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