What to Do If You See a Zeppelin

Sunday 1^st August: The adjutant of the 2nd Battalion tells us that they have received instructions on what to do if they see a Zeppelin. These menaces to civilization have, since January this year, been inflicting terror on innocent women and children all over this country, now, it seems, they are being used over the front line. The Battalion is to report sightings as follows:

(a) Name of individual who saw the airship.

(b) Its general appearance.

(c) Its estimated height and speed.

(d) Whether any noise of engines was heard.

(e) Whether any signal lights were fired.

“The telegraphic report is not to be delayed for inclusion of this information, which should be transmitted by letter to the nearest Squadron Royal Flying Corps with least possible delay”.

Source: X550/3/wd