Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1917 — GOTHA DOWNED BY BRITISH [ARTICLE]

GOTHA DOWNED BY BRITISH

Three Germans Captured During Raid on England. London, Dec. 24.—A German airplane was brought down and its crew of three captured in one of two German raids, announced by Viscount French, commander in chief of home defense forces. The first attempted raid was over the Kentish coast, the enemy flyers being sighted at six o’clock at night. Of this party of aerial bomb-droppers one machine, a Gotha, was downed. The second raid occurred at 9:30 p. m. A few bombs were dropped over the Isle of Thanet. “No casualties and no damages were reported tonight,” Viscomat French said.