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TJGHTI OCTOBER 9, 1914. W™lMn"e5 a StronS sq^dron of aeroplanes, under X • nUnder Samson, complete with all transport tW?h«U1P.m^nt- was als° sent over, the aeroplanes flying thither vta Dover and Calais. ,nla'nWdVa">Ced baSes have ***" established some distance ni£? k • °" 8eVeral occasions skirmishes have taken Uhlans " afmed motor-car suPP°rt and bands of rrJ' *U thCS? a,ffairs bave been successful, with loss to car* 2TY "\ kllled and P»soners. The Naval armed aftitl, rv aer°P,anes have a^o assisted French forces of artuitry and infantry on several occasions. nffi/vr 5 thC COUrSe of these actions the Allowing MarinL Tn»°f the R°yal Naval Air Se™ce, Royal re™S f • R7al Naval v°l™teer Reserve are reported as having been wounded :— Capt Cuthbert Williams, R.M.A., slightly wounded. Sub-L.eut. Alexander Nalder, R.N.V.R., wounded. Pte. Charles Farrant, R.M.L.I., O-N. Portsmouth 8883, slightly wounded. Pte. Harper, armourer, seriously wounded. Leonard William Walsh, A.B., seriously wounded. " All the wounded are doing well. "Commander Samson has performed distinguished services in this work. Captain Williams, R.M.A., is also mentioned as having shown much coolness and capability in a difficult situation. " Air reconnaissance by the Naval airmen has extended for considerable distances into the enemy's country. " Squadron Commander Gerrard is in command of a detached squadron of aeroplanes, and his machines have crossed the Rhine and made the attack on Dusseldorf previously reported. "Good work has been done in dropping bombs on positions of military importance and railway communica tions." ® ® ® ® THE BRITISH AIR SERVICES. Royal Naval Air Service. THE following promotions were announced in the London Gazette of the 2nd inst. : — The undermentioned probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenants have t>een confirmed in the rank of Flight Sub-Lieutenant, and pro moted to Flight Lieutenant: Hugh Clarence Fuller. Dated August 28th, 1014. Arthur Nickcrson. Dated September 14th, 1914. William Hayland Wilson. Dated September 15th, 1914. The undermentioned probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenants have been confirmed in the rank of Flight Sub-Lieutenant: John Philip Wilson, Harry Stewart, Denys George Murray, Eric Bentley Baumann, George Bentley Dacre, Norman Sholto Douglas, Ralph James Jean Hope-Vere, and Ralph Whitehead. Dated September 16th, 1914. The undermentioned Acting Flight Lieutenants have been con firmed in the rank of Flight Lieutenant: Lancelot Tomkinson and Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet. Dated August 1st, 1914. The undermentioned Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenants have been confirmed in the rank of Flight Sub-Lieutenant: Frederick Melville Llewellyn Barr, Herbert Graham Wanklyn, and John Marten Rush Cripps. Dated August 1st, 1914. The following appointments were announced by the Admiralty on the 3rd inst. :— Allan K. Robertson, entered as Flight Sub-Lieutenant, for temporary service, and appointed to the " Pembroke," additional for Kastchurch Naval Flying School, September 30th. Rupert E. Penny, entered as Flight Sub-Lieutenant on probation, for tempor ary service, and appointed to the " Pembroke," additional, September 30th. The following were announced by the Admiralty on the 5th inst. :— Acting Flight-Lieutenant H. Delacombe to the "Pembroke," additional, for Farnborough Naval Airship Station. Dated October 5th. The undermentioned have been entered as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieuts., and appointed as follows : E. J. M. Bird and T. Spencer, to the " Pembroke," additional, for course of flying; G. W. Price, to the " Pembroke," additional, for course of instruc tion. All to date October 5th. ® ® Mr. Griffith Brewer a Pilot. FROM the official notices of the Royal Aero Club it will be seen that Mr. Griffith Brewer, who is one of the pioneers in aeronautical work in Great Britain and is well known for his work in connection with the Wright Brothers, qualified for his pilot's brevet during his last trip to the Wright headquarters at Dayton, Ohio. Flying to Court. HAVING to appear at Pewsey Police Court as a witness, on Monday, Lieut. Gould, R.F.C., flew over from Netheravon on his machine, explaining to the magistrate that as he expected to be ordered to the front at any moment he did not wish to be away from head- 1018 Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing). THE following appointments were announced in a supplement to-the London Gazette issued on the 1st inst. :— Supplementary to Regular Corps.—To be Second Lieuts. (on pro bation) ; Oct. ist, 1914 : Albert T. Crick, Cyril M. Crowe, Robert M. Pike. The following correction appeared in the London Gazette of the 2nd inst. :— The appointments of the undermentioned are those 01 Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, and not as notified in the Gazette of August 25th, 1914 : Brevet Major H. R. M. Brooke Popham, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and Lieutenant Jl. H. Barrington-Kennett, Grenadier Guards. The following were announced in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 3rd inst.:— Capt. Andrew G. Board, South Wales Borderers (an Instructor at the Central Flying School), is advanced from Flight Commander to Squadron Commander, and is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst so employed. September 9th, 1914. Flying Officers to be Flight Commanders, and to be granted the temporary rank of Captain. September 16th, 1914 : Lieut. Leonard Dawes, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), Lieut. Donald S. Lewis, R.E., and Lieut. Reginald G. D. Small, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). Officers, Special Reserve, to be Flying Officers: Second Lieut. Horatio C. Barber. August 12th, 1914. Second Lieut. William B. Rhodes-Moorhouse. August 24th, 1914. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenants (on pro bation) confirmed in their rank : H. C. Barber and W. B. Rhodes- Moorhouse. The following appointments were announced in the London Gazette of the 6th inst.:— Capt. (temp. Maj.) Herbert Musgrave, R.E., from a Dep. Asst. Director at the War Office, to be a Squadron Commander. Sep tember 15th, 1914. Flying Officers advanced to Flight Commanders, and to be temp. Capts. : August 7th, 1914—Lieut. Walter Lawrence, 7th Batt. Essex Regt., and Lieut. Philip B. Joubert de la FeruS, R.A. ® ® quarters longer than necessary. He added that it took him ten minutes to fly there, whereas it would have taken three-quarters of an hour by road. A New Bomb and a Camera. AT a meeting of the Academy of Sciences held in Paris on the 22nd ult., reference was made to a new projectile designed for use by aviators. Although details were withheld, it was stated already some marvellous work had been accomplished with the new bomb. Mention was also made of a new camera, which although used at high altitudes, takes photographs in which the details of military positions can be clearly seen.
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