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1/ycHf] AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT JULY 23, 1915- IN the communique issued in Paris at midnight on the 16th there was the following :— " A squadron of ten aeroplanes this morning dropped forty-six shells of 75 mm. and six heavy bombs on the railway station at Chauny, where important depots of material are concentrated. The outbreak of two fires was noticed. A barge blew up on the canal of the Oise." In the evening communique on Monday it was stated :— "One of our aeroplanes pursued an Aviatilc and brought it down with machine-gun fire. The machine, which was in flames, fell in the German lines near Soissons. Our artillery completed its destruction." The following correction to a German communique was also issued in Paris on Monday :— "AVIATION.—One of our aeroplanes came to earth near Souchez in our lines. The aviators were slightly wounded " In the communique issued in Paris on Tuesday after noon, it was stated :— " A squadron of six aeroplanes, on the morning of the aoth, bombarded the station at Colmar. Eight shells of 150 mm. (6 in,) and three of 90 mm. (3^ in.) were launched upon the buildings, the rails, and the trains. The main station and the goods station must have been damaged. No shell was dropped on the town. The French machines returned undamaged. Four aeroplanes, on the 19th, dropped forty-eight shells on the junction station of Challerange, to the south of Vouziers." In the evening communique, there was the following:— " Last night one of our dirigibles dropped twenty- three bombs on the military railway station and on an ammunition depot at Vigneulles-les-Hattonchatel. The airship returned unharmed to our lines." The communique issued in Rome on the 17th contained the following:— "During the night of the 16th two of our dirigibles bombarded the enemy's works around Gorizia and the enemy''s camps on the northern slopes of Mount San Michele in Carso with satisfactory results. The dirigibles, OFFICIAL INFORMATION. which were continually lit up by the enemy's flares and made the object of heavy artillery fire, returned safely to our lines at daybreak." According to an official statement issued in Rome on the 17th inst., three Austrian aeroplanes flew over Ban this morning, dropping eight bombs. Six persons were killed and several injured. The population kept quite calm. No damage was done to property. On Sunday the following official note was issued :— "One of the Austrian aeroplanes which yesterday dropped bombs on Bari was hit during its return by our rifle fire, and dropped into the sea near Barletta. The machine was reached by a fishing boat manned by two infantry soldiers and two official guards, who captured the two Austrian officers." In the communique issued in Rome on Monday it was stated :— " Since the date of the last communique on the 7th inst., the navy has had to develop an intense action with warships and aerial weapons against the enemy's coasts on the Upper and Lower Adriatic " Among the most remarkable feats carried out by our aircraft should be rnjimtioned the bombardment on July 7th by one of our dirigibles of the Stabilimento Tecnico at Trieste, which had already been seriously damaged in the preceding attack on July 4th. On that occasion the bombs dropped on these important works caused an outbreak of fire, which was visible at a distance of 40 kilometres (25 miles). " Bombs were dropped by our waterplanes on Austrian destroyers concentrated in the Fasana Canal, near Pola, on July 14th. A bombardment was effected by two of our waterplanes against the batteries near the Salvore Lighthouse on July 14th. A heavy bombardment, which had excellent results, -was carried out by one of our dirigibles against the railway station at Grignano and the neighbouring works of the Trieste-Monfalcone railway on July 16th. "On July 17th, an enemy waterplane, forming part of a squadron which had flown over Bari and Barletta, was captured with the two officers who manned it." THE BRITISH AIR SERVICES. UND$R this heading are published each week the official announce ments of appointments and promotions affecting the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) and Central Flying School. These notices are not duplicated. Byway »f instance, when an appointment to the Royal Naval Air Service is announced by the Admiralty it is published forthwith, but subse quently, when it appears in the LONDON GAZETTE, it is not repeated in this column. Royal Naval Air Service. THE following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 15th inst.:— Flight-Commander H. C. Fuller to " Manica," vice Mackworth. July 13th. Surgeon Probationer (R.N.V.R.) C. R. Mackenzie transferred to R.N.A.S. as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant, on probation, for temporary service. To date July 14th. H. Sherwood and F. U. V. Weldon have been entered as Proba tionary Flight Sub-Lieutenants, for temporary service, with seniority of July 14th and 17th respectively. Temporary commissions as Lieutenants (R.N.V.R.) have been granted to J. K. Curwen, II. C. Greenwood, D.Sc, and B. T. Hamilton, with seniority of July 2nd, 13th, and 14th respectively. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 16th inst.:— Flight-Commander (late Lieut., R.N.) C. Homby placed on the Emergency List of R.N. as Lieutenant-Commander, with seniority of December 31st, 1909, and appointed to " President," additional, for Hendon Naval Air Station, in command. The following entries have been made: L. F. Paine, as Proba tionary Flight Sub-Lieutenant, for temporary service, with seniority of July 18th; C. J. Walters and A. C. Wright, as Warrant Officers (2nd Grade), for temporary service, with seniority of July 15th; and all appointed to "President," additional, for R.N.A.S. ; W. P. Nicholls granted a temporary commission as Sub-Lieutenant (R.N.V.R.), with seniority of July 15th, and appointed to " President," additional, for R.N.A.S. (Armoured Cars). The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 17th inst.:— Temporary Sub-Lieuts. (R.N.V.R.) W. G. Chambers, R. B. Hay, and T. S. Sharratt all promoted to temporary Lieutenants, with seniority of July 15th. The following have been entered as Probationary Flight Sub- Lieutenants, for temporary service, with seniority as follows: P. Laing and C. R. Carr, July 9th; and S. J. Goble, July 13th, all appointed to " President," additional, for R.N.A.S. Temporary commissions have been granted as follows: H. E. Hickmott, E. E. Adams, and D. C M. Hume as Lieutenants (R.N.V.R.); E. F. Turner, B. Thomson, C. A. Crow, and T. M. Wilson, as Sub-Lieutenants (R.N.V.R.), all with seniority of July 16th, and all appointed to " President," additional, for R.N.A.S. 528
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