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<p>[Page 5]</p><p>Unfortunately, the high hopes we had for our Zeppelins have not come true. A large-scale attack on England with about 10 Zepps was thwarted by a colossal storm, resulting in the destruction of 5 of them. Some of these airships were blown all the way to southern France and even into Italy, where they were either downed by engine problems or enemy fire. They say that at the beginning of the war the Zepps inflicted quite a bit of damage on England, but it seems we didn't have enough of the airships at that stage to cause real havoc. Now that anti-aircraft cannons and other protective measures have been perfected, the airships have to fly too high and thus lose accuracy of aim when dropping the bombs.</p><p>5th/11/17.<br />On 1st of October, a German newspaper, the "World on Monday", saw the light of day here in camp. The idea is to fill the gap since the English daily newspapers don't come out on Monday, and to report events in camp and other interesting developments, maybe even reprint some articles from the German newspapers that find their way into camp.</p>