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1915 - 0509.PDF
JULY 16, I9i5> " Mersey," there were the following references to the assistance rendered by aeroplanes :— " The position of the • Konigsberg' was accurately located by aircraft, and as soon as the monitors were ready the operations were begun. On July 4th .. . "As the 'Kdnigsberg' was surrounded by jungle the aeroplanes experienced very great difficulty in ' spotting ' the fall of the shot. She was hit five times early in the action ; but after the monitors had fired for six hours the aeroplanes reported that the ' Konigsberg's ' masts were still standing .... " In order to complete the destruction of the ' Konigsberg ' the Commander-in-Chief ordered a further attack on July nth, and a telegram has now been received from him stating that the ship is a total wreck." [ftiCHTl In the communique issued in Paris on Saturday afternoon it was stated :— "Our aeroplanes bombarded yesterday the railway stations of Arnaville and Bayonville as well as the military huts at Norroy. Twenty-two bombs and 1,000 darts were dropped." In Sunday afternoon's communique there was the following :— " One of our airmen this morning brought down a German Aviatik in the vicinity of Altkirch (Alsace), the enemy machine falling in sight of our lines." In a note issued in Paris on Saturday dealing with the French operations in the Dardanelles from June 9th to 24th it was stated :— " The men also warmly cheered the continually passing aeroplanes, which, in spite of the small number of aviators available, made eighteen reconnaissances a day between sunrise and sunset, that is to say, fifty hours of flight. On June 22nd, our air squadron added another exploit to those of the previous day by regulating the fire of our howitzers on a German Albatros, which had fallen on the field after a fight disastrous to itself with a British aeroplane." In Tuesday afternoon's French official communique it was stated:— " An aerial squadron, consisting of thirty-five aero planes, despite a wind blowing at the rate of 18.50 metres, this morning flew over and threw bombs on the strategic railway installed by the Germans at Vigneulles- les-Hattonchatel. " This station serves both the region of the Colonne trench and that of the Forest of Apremont. Very important supplies of every kind, and particularly munitions, were concentrated there. "Our aviators threw 171 24-centimetre bombs on these stores, and caused several outbreaks of fire. " Our aeroplanes returned safely, although they were vigorously shelled." In Wednesday evening's communique there was the following :— "Our flying corps, continuing its bombing raids, yesterday succeeded in effecting great destruction at the station of Libercourt, a military junction between Douai and Lille. A squadron of twenty aeroplanes dropped on the buildings and the lines twenty-four 3^-in. and sixteen 6-in. shells. " The gun-aeroplanes which accompanied the squadron bombarded a train which had stopped between two stations and obliged an Albatros machine to land." In the communique from the Russian General Staff, issued in Petrograd on July 9th, it was stated :— •' In the Pissa valley we captured a hostile aeroplane." Photograph hy Miss M. Monty. A snap on Folkestone Leas last February, after tbe return of the warplane from a scouting expedition during which the pilot had sighted an enemy submarine. Note the broken wing and propeller. 509
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