number slightly injured.

_Times History of the War._

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"_He was a brave 'Zepp,' he had already killed over one hundred women
and children_"

The outrage (see preceding page) was quickly avenged by a young British
naval airman, Flight Sub-Lieut. R. A. J. Warneford, in one of the most
brilliant aerial exploits of the war.

On the morning of June 7 at 3 A. M. he encountered a Zeppelin returning
from the coast of Flanders to Ghent, and chased it, mounting above it
and sailing over it at a height of 6,000 feet. Zeppelin and aeroplane
exchanged shots, and when the Zeppelin was between one and two hundred
feet immediately below him he dropped six bombs on it. One bomb hit the
Zeppelin fairly, causing a terrific explosion, and setting the airship
on fire from end to end. Warneford's aeroplane was caught by the force
of the explosion and turned upside down, but he succeeded in righting it
before it touched the ground. He was forced to alight within the German
lines. Nevertheless he restarted his engine, though not without great
difficulty, and in due course returned to his station without damage.
Only the framework of the Zeppelin was left, the crew being all burned
or mangled, and the body of the machine being completely destroyed.

_Times History of the War._

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_THE GREAT SURPRISE_

_Moses II. leads his chosen people through the channel to the promised
(Eng.) land_

From a military or political or economic point of view one should look
at the matter (the capture of Calais) with the eyes of Great Britain and
define the Calais idea as a possibility for a seafaring continental
power to conduct a war against Great Britain from the continental coast
channel and with all military resources while holding open communication
between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.

COUNT VON REVENTLOW.
_June, 1915._

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_BOTHA TO BRITAIN_

"_I have carried out everything in accordance with our compact at
Vereeniging_"

On July 9, 1915, a despatch from General Botha was published stating
that he had brought his campaign in South-West Africa to a triumphant
close, and had received the unconditional surrender of Governor Sietz
and the German forces of 3,500 men. The campaign, commencing in
February, had lasted five months. The patriotic devotion of General
Botha and the loyalty of the great majority of the Dutch people to the
cause o