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1914 - 0906.PDF
L/jjGHT aeroplane, which came from the direction of Brussels, was fired on by Dutch patrols between Oostburg and Harbenburg in Zeeland. It is stated that of six shots fired three did such damage to the engine that the machine descended, and the pilot was taken prisoner. On the 21st, a German Taube monoplane was seen over Antwerp, but disappeared when Belgian machines, one of them piloted by Olieslaegers, ascended. While passing over Asche, near Termonde, on the 22nd, a German machine caught fire and fell, both the pilot and passenger being killed. Early on Tuesday morning a Zeppelin passed over Antwerp and dropped eight shrapnel bombs, which killed several people and did considerable damage to property. The following is the account of the outrage sent out by the Belgian Legation i— "During the night of August 24th-25lh a Zeppelin flew over Antwerp at medium height, dropping eight bombs of great destructive power. According to the inquest held by the judicial authorities ten people, all civilians, including four women, were killed, and eight wounded, some mortally. One bomb exploded over the Royal Palace, where Her Majesty the Queen and the young princes are staying. The material damages are considerable. "Such a bombardment constitutes a violation of Article 26 of the Fourth Hague Convention." It is stated that another attack was attempted on the following night, but that it was frustrated. According to a message from Amsterdam the United States Minister has protested against the Zeppelin's attack on the peaceful citizens of Antwerp. A report from Paris states that in the fierce fighting round Charleroi, a German aeroplane was shot down at Solre-le-Chateau, and that another met with a similar fate at Nerles. Although exact details as to the work of aircraft are not available, a hint as to the part they are playing is given by a reference in the French official communique dealing with the operations round Mulhausen. It stated : " We knew by aircraft reconnaissances that the Germans had left between the French frontier and Mulhausen a relatively small number of troops, and that the bulk of their forces were on the right bank of the Rhine." In its protest to the Hague Convention relative to the bombardment of Pont-a-Moussons, an open and unde fended town, the French Government pointed out that the Germans, by the aid of an airship stationed above the batteries, directed the fire more particularly upon the hospital, an historic monument, properly denoted by a Red Cross flag. During last week French aviators flying over Alsace and Lorraine distributed a number of leaflets printed in German and French, relating how Germany had violated the neutrality of Belgium and Luxemburg, and explaining Great Britain's intervention and Italy's neutrality. It also set forth Belgium's heroic resistance and Russia's advance, and concluded : " To-morrow your sacred land will be delivered for ever from the yoke of Imperialism." Similarly on Sunday week a French aviator scattered ® ® Cody's Assistant Killed. MANY who were brought into contact with the late Col. Cody will remember his son-in-law, James Carroll, who used to assist him, and will regret to hear that he died on Friday of last week. It appears that when near a railway bridge at Aldershot he was challenged by a AUGUST 28, 1914. handbills over the neighbourhood of Liege, reading, " Keep up your courage, people of Liege ! We win." On Thursday of last week Pegoud was in Paris, and in an interview stated that he had flown 180 miles into German territory and had dropped bombs on two German convoys. He also stated that Capt. Finck had destroyed the Frascati airship shed at Metz, together with the Zeppelin and three Taube monoplanes. There was a touching ceremony in the Place des Armes at Belfort on Monday last, when General Pan pinned the Cross of the Legion of Honour on the breast of Capt. Langlois, who, although wounded during a reconnaissance, brought his machine safely back to the French lines. The ceremony took place in the presence of the assembled troops, and before a long line of captured guns, while the accolade is said to have been given with a sabre taken from a German officer. The Morning Post correspondent in Paris reported that on the afternoon of the 26th a German aeroplane flew over Cambrai, dropping several bombs, of which only one took effect, damaging the railway bridge. The troops guarding the railway station opened a vigorous fusillade upon the aeroplane, which was hit many times and collapsed into the public gardens. The pilot was badly injured, but his companion was unhurt. It was also reported that as a result of being fired on by French Customs officers a German aeroplane caught fire and fell in the British lines in the Quesnoy district, the two officers being killed. From St. Petersburg comes a story that a party of village women have captured some Austrian aviators who descended at Bamen on the Austro-Russian frontier. The Austrians threatened to use their revolvers, but they were, nevertheless, overpowered. In a Russian communique, dated August 23rd, it is stated that an Austrian aeroplane was brought down to the south of Groubeschove and that two officers were killed and a third wounded. A telegram from Friedrichshafen to Paris says that Count Zeppelin, who is now seventy years of age, has volunteered for service, and will take command of a Zeppelin airship. Count Zeppelin, it is stated, saw active service in 1870 as a lieutenant in a Hussar regiment. In a statement in the Echo de Paris as to the rdle so far played by aircraft in the war, M. Bleriot says : " I think that the last word is with the guns. It is true that at the present moment the aeroplane has rendered signal services to our arms, especially in connection with re connaissances. From this point of view our pilots and aviation officers seem to be more daring and particularly more experienced than their adversaries. But so far as the combatants are concerned, they have practically no part to play. To achieve a really efficacious result it would be necessary to have some thousands of them, whereas we only have hundreds. I do not think that the dirigible has distinguished itself by any remarkable prowess." It was reported from Paris on Wednesday that M. Voisin, who volunteered for service with the French airmen, had been mentioned in despatches for signal services rendered to the Army. © @ sentry, but as he was very deaf Carroll did not hear the challenge, although it was repeated six times. The sentry therefore fired, and he died from the wounds the following day. This sad occurrence illustrates how extremely careful sufferers from deafness should be just now, when near military works, important bridges, &c. 906
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