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The Brattleboro Daily Reformer
Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
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Russian artillery destroyed a German Zeppelin airship during a raid near Kalkun station on the Libau-Riga railway on the night of December 5, as reported from Petrograd on December 14. The crew's bodies were buried with honors.
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Russian Account of Fatal Ending of Raid on Kalkun.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 14. -- Russian artillery destroyed a Zeppelin airship the night of the 5th, near the station of Kalkun on the Libau-Riga railway.
The dirigible made its appearance from the direction of Novo Alexandrovsk, passing over the Russian positions going toward Dvinsk. Its position was revealed by a powerful searchlight and Russian artillery opened fire on it. The Zeppelin, however, then rose to a higher attitude and became lost in the clouds.
Presently the airship reappeared over Kalkun. Its motors had been stopped, which is usually the indication that bombs are to be dropped. At that time the machine was directly over the railway station and the artillery began shelling it. One of the shells made a hit and the aircraft became enveloped in flames. Under the glare of the searchlights watchers saw it disappear in a cloud of smoke and heard a loud explosion. What was left of the machine fell inside the Russian lines. The charred bodies of the German crew were extricated from the debris and buried. A cross was erected over their grave with the inscription: "Honor to the brave, though they were enemies."
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Kalkun On The Libau Riga Railway
Event Date
Night Of The 5th
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zeppelin destroyed by artillery fire; charred bodies of german crew buried with a cross inscribed 'honor to the brave, though they were enemies.'
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A Zeppelin airship appeared from Novo Alexandrovsk, passed over Russian positions toward Dvinsk, was fired upon by artillery after being spotted by searchlight, rose into clouds, reappeared over Kalkun with motors stopped indicating bomb drop, was shelled directly over the railway station, hit by a shell, enveloped in flames, exploded, and wreckage fell inside Russian lines.