The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . as realizedthat the Zeppelin campaign against London had been foundunprofitable. There had been a distinct cessation of attackssince the ill-starred appearances of the big dirigibles in theprevious autumn, and this was ascribed not to so much as to the disposition of Germanleaders to abandon these attacks on England. The chiefreason was believed to be the increasing strength and effi-ciency of the air defenses, not to mention th
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . as realizedthat the Zeppelin campaign against London had been foundunprofitable. There had been a distinct cessation of attackssince the ill-starred appearances of the big dirigibles in theprevious autumn, and this was ascribed not to so much as to the disposition of Germanleaders to abandon these attacks on England. The chiefreason was believed to be the increasing strength and effi-ciency of the air defenses, not to mention the effect the raidshad on neutral opinion. Then the world was startled on Jlarch 8 to learn that Countvon Zeppelin had died of pneumonia at Charlottenburg. Journal of the Proccpdings of tlip Tnited States Naval Institute. 300 AIRPLANES AND THE LAST ZEPPELINS A contributing cause of his death was believed to be dis-appointment over the failure of his cjirigibles as militaryfactors. They were expected to terrorize England, but hadproved instead Britains best recruiting sergeant. Zep-pelin will probably go down in history as one of the most. FRENCH OFFICIAL PHOTO. A FRENCH ANTI-AIRCRAFT OTN THAT BROUGHTDnW.\ A ZEPPELIN spectacular figures in the war, Ilis dirigibles raided Eng-land forty-two times and left behind them more than 426dead and 864 injured, all non-combatants. In 1916 sevenZeppelins that raided England were destroyed, and forty-onewere destroyed elsewhere. Zeppelin was a lieutenant of cav-alry at the age of twenty-three, and* two years later, in 301 ON THE WESTEEN FRONT April, 1863, had come to the United States as a Prussianmilitary attache with the Union Armj in the Civil was attached to the Army of the Mississippi, in whichCarl Schurz commanded a brigade. It was while here thathe had his first experience as an aeronaut. He went up ina captive balloon belonging to the corps to which he wasattached and came down a convert to aerial observation andwarfare. Twenty
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