100 Years ago.... 20 January 1915 19–20 January 1915: The Imperial Germany Navy airship L3, under command of Kapitänleutnant Hans Fritz and Leutnant zur See v. Lynckner, departed Fuhlsbüttel at 11:00 a.m., in company with L4 and L6, on a reconnaissance flight over the North Sea, then continued on to Britain, planning to attack during darkness. L3 reached the British coast at 8:50 p.m. and proceeded to the area around Norfolk. At 9:20 p.m., Captain Fritz and his airship had reached Greater Yarmouth. Flying in rain at 5,000 feet (1,524 meters), over the next ten minutes they dropped six 110 pound (49.9 kilogram) bombs and seven incendiaries on the city below. As L3 turned to leave the area, another four 110 pound bombs were dropped. Completing the attack, L3 returned to Germany, arriving at the airship base at Fuhlsbüttel at 9:30 a.m. L4, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Magnus von Platen-Hallermund and Leutnant zur See Kruse, dropped eleven bombs on Sheringham and King’s Lynn. L6 had returned to Germany prior to the attack. Reports are that a total of 4 people were killed and 16 wounded. Damage was limited. In the short history of aerial warfare, this was the first time that a civilian population center was the target. It would not be the last. thisdayinaviation/19-20-january-1915/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- French progress in the Bois-le-Pretre. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fierce fighting at the Hartmannsweilerkopf (Alsace). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russians take Skempe (north-west Poland), advance in the Bukovina, and repulse Austrian attack on the Kirlibaba Pass. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOROCCANS BRAVERY. SLAUGHTER IN A VILLAGE. A FRIGHTFUL MELEE. Paris, Jan. 19. During the retreat from Soissons a Moroccan force, posted at Crouy as a rear guard, allowed the Germans to advance in serried masses until they entered the village, and then opened a rifle and machine gun fire on them from every house. The Germans, unable to find cover, fell in heaps until the street was full of dead. The enemy then withdrew and later attempted to carry the village from the eastern flank. Three companies of Moroccans, refusing repeated orders to retire, rushed out, and a frightful melee ensued. The Moroccans, using bayonets and rifle butts, hurled the Germans back and retired under cover of darkness. nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28581331 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RISING IN ARABIA. SUPPRESSED BY THE BRITISH. London. Jan. 19. It is officially stated that British forces assisted the Sultan of Muscat (an independent State in the south-east corner of Arabia) to suppress a rising, and inflicted 500 casualties among the rebels. nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28581378 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Daily News, 20 January 1915 trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/7817801?zoomLevel=1 The West Australian, 20 January 1915 trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2797425?zoomLevel=1
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