Another witness, who watched the coming of the raider from the north-east, has given the following account: ‘What struck me was the evident uncertainty of the crew as to where they were, or where they wanted to go. They stopped; they turned this way and that; they manœuvred in every direction in order to avoid the searchlights which were darting about all round them. But it was all to no purpose. The way in which the great beams of light followed the airship in all its desperate efforts to escape was really wonderful. A few moments passed, and the guns began to shell the Zeppelin. The shells burst all round—some of them so near that it seemed as though hits had been scored. Then, in a moment, a bright light burst out in the body of the airship, and in another moment she was a mass of flame from end to end. She seemed to turn over on her side, and then gradually sink to earth. While coming down, she broke into halves, and during the descent she threw off huge bunches of some flaming material. From the great height at which she had been floating it was impossible to tell where she would come down, and for some moments the onlookers did not know but that she might fall upon them. But the blazing remains plunged at length behind some trees, and that is the last we saw of her.’ The nearest view of this fourth airship débacle on British soil was enjoyed by a farmer at Potters Bar, on whose farm the Zeppelin came down. He has given the following interesting account: ‘We were awakened by the sound of the guns, and we got up. I went into my garden, and from where I stood the Zeppelin seemed to be right overhead. Thinking that she might be preparing to drop bombs, I brought my wife and two children into the garden away from the house. We had not been watching it many moments before the airship suddenly burst into flame. It was then apparently right over my house, and looked as though it would fall right across the roof. It was burning furiously, and blazing masses were flying away from it during its descent. I shouted to my wife to be prepared to run out into the road in case it should fall upon the house. But as it got lower and lower—it did not seem to fall very quickly—I saw it would fall into the fields behind my farm buildings. I ran through the stable yard and down a by lane leading to some grass fields. In the corner of one of these were some large haystacks, and I was afraid that these might be set on fire. When I reached the spot I found they were all right; but about 200 yards away the remains of the Zeppelin lay blazing furiously. I dared not go very near to it for two reasons: one was that the heat was very great, and another was that ammunition of some kind was exploding at intervals. I afterwards discovered that this was machine-gun ammunition, a large quantity of which seems to have been carried, for some was found in boxes unexploded. I only saw one bomb drop before the Zeppelin came down, but others were found among the débris.