Zeppelin Kommt! Children play a Zeppelin raid on London. Holding his bomb in the gondola is a doll of the airship's inventor, Count Zeppelin. The other children, playing the English, cower, and the British fleet — folded paper boats — remains in port. Prewar postcards celebrated the imposing airships and the excitement they generated with the same expression, 'Zeppelin Kommt!'. Postcard by P.O. Engelhard (P.O.E.). The message on the reverse is dated May 28, 1915.
P.O.E.? EnglandLondonZeppelin Kommt!Reverse:Message dated May 28, 1915Stamped: Geprüft und zu befördern (Approved and forwarded) 9 Komp. Bay. L.I.N. 5
"The Allied batteries at Ypres opened fire on a zeppelin that was surveying the gun positions early on the morning of April 13th [1915]. The craft was so badly injured it fell a complete wreck, near Thielt.A zeppelin arrived at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, April 13th, and aimed a dozen bombs at the arsenal and naval workshops, but though several fires were started, no material damage resulted."
British and French forces reconfigured their position in the first half of April, 1915, with the British taking over some of the French line on the British left, leaving only two French divisions between the British and Belgian armies. This extended the British line from 19 to 30 miles, and left them primary defenders of the Ypres salient. The departure of the French, who had better anti-aircraft weapons, left the British exposed to Zeppelin and airplane observation which improved German artillery registration. With the arrival of better weather, and the winds that put the Zeppelins at risks, the Germans were also able to expand their attacks on England.
King's Complete History of the World War by W.C. King, page 154, copyright © 1922, by W.C. King, publisher: The History Associates, publication date: 1922
1915-04-13, April, 1915, Zeppelin, Ypres
