I have just heard from camp that last night the First Home Defence warning was sent to Liverpool Hospitals implying that zepps were on the way or thought to be. I believe this warning is when they have been observed flying Westwards. I suppose there must be a great many attempts beaten off that we hear nothing about. [Sampson Archive, SP8/1/2/10/18]

Letter written March 4 1915 by John Sampson (1862-1931), University Librarian, to his wife. This week’s war: 31