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--Japanese aeroplanes wreck two forts at Tsing-tau. Sept. 23--British drop bombs on Zeppelin shed at Duesseldorf; London fears Zeppelin attacks and reduces lights to minimum. Sept. 24--Zeppelin drops three bombs in Belgium; French capture five Taube machines from Germans; destruction of Zeppelin by Russians near Sieradz. Sept. 25--Duel between Belgian and German aviators over Brussels; Zeppelin drops bombs in Ostend; London prepares to repel attacks. Sept. 26--Zeppelin raids Warsaw. Sept. 27--Man killed and child crippled in Paris; three killed in Warsaw. Sept. 29--Zeppelin drops bombs on two Belgian towns. Sept. 30--Japanese aeroplanes attack Kiao-Chau Harbor. Oct. 1--Zeppelin drops bomb near Antwerp, but is driven off. Oct. 2--Germans report capture of thirty French aeroplanes; it is learned that aviators patrolled the Straits of Dover during passage of British expeditionary force; German aviators drop messages to Russian troops. Oct. 5--Searchlight tests made in London in preparation for Zeppelin raids. Oct. 6--It is announced that German airship aided in sinking British cruisers; commander and crew decorated by Kaiser. Oct. 7--London insures against damage from Zeppelin raids as air fleet is prepared at Wilhelmshaven; French aviators set fire to German aeroplanes. Oct. 8--German aeroplanes drop bombs on Paris and Antwerp. Oct. 9--British air squadron destroys Zeppelin in hangar at Duesseldorf. Oct. 11--Three killed, fourteen injured from bombs dropped on Paris by German aviators; Zeppelin over Ostend driven away by guns; Japanese drop bombs in Tsing-tau. Oct. 12--Six more bombs dropped on Paris. Oct. 13--French rout German aviators near Paris. Oct. 14--French aviator decorated for bringing down German; Cossacks bring down Zeppelin near Warsaw; bombs dropped on Nancy. *AMERICAN INTERESTS.* July 26--Americans are leaving Carlsbad and other resorts. July 29--Tourists in Paris abandon plans to go eastward; many in London take chances and go into Austria. July 31--Exodus from Geneva; war panic among American tourists in Paris; President Wilson directs State Department to ask Ambassador Herrick to remain at his post; many left in London as sailing of the Imperator is canceled. Aug. 1--Many demand passports in France; Americans in London will organize for relief work. Aug. 2--Americans in Paris form committee to aid countrymen; refugees from Continent arrive in Lond
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