He caught another glimpse of the Taube rushing away like a huge carnivorous bird that had already seized its prey, and then he ran swiftly down the street.

The bomb had burst in a swarm of fugitives and a woman was killed.

Several people were wounded, and a panic had threatened, but the soldiers had restored order already and ambulances soon took the wounded to hospitals.
John went on, shocked to the core.

It was a new kind of war.

The flying men might rain death from the air upon a helpless city, but their victims were more likely to be women and children than armed men.