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APRIL 16, 1915. shot down by the Belgians near Pervyse ; both the officer occupants were killed, and the aeroplane was burnt up. The Allied aviators are also very active. At Aerseele, near Thielt, another Taube was brought down. " A Zeppelin last Thursday was seen over Thielt." A Central News message from Bale on Sunday evening said:— " On Thursday evening, although a storm was raging, 13 French aeroplanes dropped bombs on the railway station and repair sheds at Habsheim. The raiders were pursued by a squadron of Taubes, but dropped three more bombs on the windmill of Dietwiller." The Times correspondent at Mitylene reported the following on April 12th :— " An Italian resident in Smyrna, who has just arrived here, describes the performance of an airman who flew over the town on the morning and again on the afternoon of the 4th inst. as an awesome and thrilling spectacle. For over an hour in the morning he circled above the forts and town defying the storm of shrapnel and bullets with which he was continuously assailed, descending at times to an altitude of less than 500 yards and performing the most intricate and graceful evolutions. The afternoon performance was a repetition of that of the morning. Thanks to his snipe-like movements he got away unscathed, after giving the people of Smyrna, who assembled on th« quays, open spaces and terraces, some unusual emotions." The following details regarding the recent Zeppelin raid on Nancy were received in Paris on Monday :— " Shortly after I a.m. on April 12th, the people were awakened by two loud explosions, and the thrum of the airship motors was distinctly heard. The sky was streaked with searchlights, and a vigorous fire was opened against the enemy, who hastily withdrew to the frontier. " Fortunately, nobody was killed or injured, though a paint and varnish factory were set ablaze by an incendiary bomb, the damage done being estimated at ,£4,000. In two other places fires were quickly extinguished, in one ease mainly thanks to the presence of mind and pluck of a foreman, who seized a still burning bomb by the handle and placed it in water." The Telegraaf on Monday reported :— " British airmen coming from the sea yesterday morning flew to ® ® Austrian Bombs on Montenegro. SIR J. ROPER PARKINGTON, Consul-General for Montenegro, received the following official telegram from Cettinje on the 9th inst. :— " The Austrians have again been busy with wanton attacks on undefended towns. About half-past four on Thursday an aeroplane passed over Cattaro, and seven bombs were thrown on the market place at Podgoritza, killing or wounding seventy-two women and children. One poor wounded woman gave birth to a dead child before she could be removed to hospital. These repeated attacks on the women and children of entirely unfortified towns cause the most intense anger and indignation throughout Montenegro, especially as no military purpose whatever is served." This was supplemented by the following official telegram from Cettinje :— "The King, accompanied by the Crown Prince, on Saturday visited the victims of the Austrian aeroplane attack on Podgoritza. Unfortunately the number of sufferers is much larger than at first anticipated. "Up to Friday 109 wounded and twenty-eight dead have been discovered, many of the latter so shattered as to be unrecognisable." Honours for French Army Flyers. ACCORDING to a message from Paris the Academy of Sports has decided, in conformity with the suggestions of the Ministry of War, on the advice of General Joffre, to award its Grand Prix to the Aviation Mililaire in recognition of the heroic services rendered by it to the national defence. The message adds that families of 26 (/yGHT) Bruges, where it is reported they dropped bombs on the railway line." From its Antwerp correspondent the Tekgraaf, the next day, received the following information :— " Since the second air attack on Antwerp the German vigilance has increased, and observation posts have been placed in several parts of the town as well as at Hoboken. As the first English attack was made with a captured Tautw, the German authorities have taken precautionary measures. Airmen regularly leaving the flying ground at Wilryk are now giving signals with coloured fire arrows. The second air attack completely surprised the Germans. On April tst, at six. o'clock in the morning, a biplane suddenly emerged from the clouds, dropping two bombs in a courtyard at llobokcn before anybody noticed the airman, who probably intended to visit the Hotel Rheinischerhof, where numerous German officers were living.'" The following message was sent by the Morning Post correspondent at Amsterdam on April 13th :— " This morning a German biplane was seen over the islands of Walcheren and Zuidbeveland, in the province of Zeeland. When above Middelburg the biplane dropped a tin containing some papers. Soldiers of the military guard fired at the biplane, which returned and descended near Goes, the aviators, one an officer, being interned. The tin was found, but the documents had apparently been blown away. " A Zeppelin was seen yesterday near the island of Ameland going westward at a quarter past eight. The same evening a second Zeppelin was seen near the same island, also proceeding in a westerly direction." In the "Wireless" news sent out from Berlin on Tuesday there was the following :—• " In the Western theatre of the war the French assert that they dropped 150 bombs on the railway station near the beach in Ostende and the foundry in Bruges. As a matter of fact, nine bombs fell in the neighbourhood of O^tende, and two at Bruges, without doing any damage. M In return, we dropped numerous bombs during last night on the villages of Popperinghe, Hawbrouk, and Kassel, which arc occupied by the English. " An attack by enemy aviators in the region east of Kheims failed." ® ® dead and missing aviators will share ,£4°° of tne Deutsch Grand Prix. Heavy German Casualties. IN the latest casualty lists published by the Prussian War Office are included the names of seven aviators who have been killed, as well as nine wounded and eight missing, while it is mentioned that two Saxon and one Bavarian officers attached to the Flying Corps are missing. Precautions at Friedrichshafen. A MESSAGE from Lausanne on Saturday last stated that the German authorities had suspended traffic on Lake Constance for a grand rehearsal of the measures which are being adopted to prevent another raid on the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen. Included in the arrangement are thirty motor boats, armed with anti aircraft guns, which have been brought from Steetin. German Machines for Turkey. THE Messaggero recently received the following telegram from Dedra Gatch :— " Since March the Germans have supplied a squadron of Taubes to Turkey. These are the machines which have recently been carrying out reconnaissances above the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus." Dutch Bring Down an Aeroplane. ACCORDING to the Telegraaf, a biplane flew over the district of Goes on Monday morning. Dutch troops were called out at once, and firing on the aeroplane forced it to descend near Goes. Two officer occupants were arrested, and will be interned. The machine was seized.
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