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The British Air Raid on Cuxhaven

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The British Air Raid on Cuxhaven.jpg Sketch of Eierhandgranate 39 (egg-type hand grenade, model 39)Thumbnails'Wilhelm Kaiser' On The Rhine, 1886Sketch of Eierhandgranate 39 (egg-type hand grenade, model 39)Thumbnails'Wilhelm Kaiser' On The Rhine, 1886Sketch of Eierhandgranate 39 (egg-type hand grenade, model 39)Thumbnails'Wilhelm Kaiser' On The Rhine, 1886Sketch of Eierhandgranate 39 (egg-type hand grenade, model 39)Thumbnails'Wilhelm Kaiser' On The Rhine, 1886Sketch of Eierhandgranate 39 (egg-type hand grenade, model 39)Thumbnails'Wilhelm Kaiser' On The Rhine, 1886Sketch of Eierhandgranate 39 (egg-type hand grenade, model 39)Thumbnails'Wilhelm Kaiser' On The Rhine, 1886

The very next day—Christmas Day—the Naval Air Wing, working in conjunction with its own branch of the service, carried out an extremely well-organized attack upon Cuxhaven, the strongly-fortified port at the mouth of the Elbe which protects the approaches to Hamburg.