The Times history of the war (1914) (14577986867)

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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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n, andhid decoration wad universally regardeil asthoroughly well denerved. One ol the raiderti on the night of Sep-tember 23 reached outer London from the«outli, dropping bombd at irregular intervals.Its activities striking!v rovonlod tho ii.sst»ntial destroyed. In another outlying East Londondistrict another Zeppelin dropped bombs ina poor quarter and killed or wounded somemore folk, but the outrages affected Londonas a whole no more tlian a pin prickwould affect a liealthy man. Most Londonersknew nothing of what had happened untilthey read about it next morning in the news-pa;)ers. The main current of life in the metro-polis was not so much affected as it would beby a stoppage of traffic at Ludgato Circus forhalf an hour. It became clear that to affectLondon as a whole, not one or two but a hun-liod raiders, allowed to work their wiU freely,would be necessary. The individual sufferings of the few familiesconcerned aroused natural pity. But inLondon, whore a man often does not know
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THE OBSERVATION CAR FOUND IN EAST ANGLIA. Interior and Exterior. futility of this form of attack against thepopulation of a great city. In one way theGermans were able to claim a certainamoiuit of success. Some of the bombs fellon houses—small, two-storied suburban homes—and destroyed them. A certain nvmiber ofthe inmates of these houses and of people inthe streets were killed or mutilated. Onebomb fell in a front garden and killed orwounded people. The pecuniary total ofthe damage did not, it is true, amount toa fraction of the cost of the two Zeppelins the name of his next-door neighbour andwould not recognize him by sight, therewas no sense of common suffering such asaccompanies a tragedy in a smaller district.A retired shopkeeper and his wife lived in avilla facing the main road. Aroused by thenoise they came to the front door to findout what was the matter. A bomb droppedin the garden in front of the house, andkilled both of them. A man was found standingdazed outside his hou