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1915 - 0204.PDF
ffiJGHTl different British methods are, in making military strong holds only the objective of their air attacks. Rather than risk the harming of innocent members of the enemy community, our flying officers have repeatedly refrained from loosing their weapons of destruction where they have failed to identify with certainty the point of attack. What those objectives of our pilots and those of our Allies are may best be judged by the bunch of " excur sions," of which report is made, almost immediately following, and by way of a set off to, the assassins' mid night visit to Paris. In these only moving troops, railway stations, military centres of aviation, barracks, batteries, captive balloons and such legitimate targets were aimed at—we hope with telling effect—whilst again, The Roll of Honour. THE following casualty in the Expeditionary Force has been officially reported from the General Headquarters (undated) s— Captain R. Cholmondeley, Rifle Brigade and R.F.C. It is unofficially announced that Second Lieut. S. P. Cockerell, of the Royal Flying Corps, died suddenly from acute smallpox in Egypt on the 20th inst. Aerial Attacks on Steamers. DURING the past week several reports have been made regarding attacks on steamships from German aeroplanes. On Sunday, the Belgian Relief Ship " Elfland," bound for Rotterdam, when near the Maas lightship, had five bombs thrown at her, but fortunately was not damaged. The Dutch steamer •' Zevenbergen " was also attacked off the North Hinder, one bomb ex- MARCH 26, 1915. by way of contrast, in retaliation the Germans, amongst other gallant deeds, replied by bombarding a Red Cross hospital, the range of which was given by an aeroplane, and by dropping bombs on Lillers, St. Omer and Estaires, the latter efforts effecting a bag or 3 women and 4 civilians killed and a dozen other civilians wounded. How much the German pilots cared where their missiles landed so long as they hit something may be gauged from the fact that they launched their bombs from heights of some 9,000 feet. Their bomb operations by aeroplane on the high seas against merchant vessels are as con temptible as they are ineffective, and we do not doubt but that they will ere long receive a telling lesson from our aerial fleet. ® ® ploding about seven yards from the vessel. About the same time and place the s.s. "Pandion" had seven bombs launched at her. The s.s. " Teal," on arrival in London on Wednesday, reported having had four bombs dropped on her about thirty miles off the Dutch coast. It was also reported that the aviators used a machine gun and dropped a shower of darts. German Aeroplane off Dover. SOME excitement was caused in the vicinity of Deal on Saturday morning by the appearance of a German aeroplane, which dropped several bombs in the Downs, and turned back as soon as fired on by a patrolling cruiser. The machine was first seen about 11.35 a-m- coming in over the eastern part of the Goodwin Sands. One bomb fell near the derelict " Montrose " on the Goodwins, others fell alongside the U.S. barque " Manga Reva " and the Dutch s.s. " Flora." PARIS, AS SEEN FROM AN AIRSHIP.-The Quunp. El,Se«, the Piace de U C ! of 500 metres ** k C°QC°«^ •*! the Sane, from a height 204
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