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1915 - 0588.PDF
AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION. FRONT. THK following note was officially issued in Paris on the 5th inst. :— " One of our aeroplanes was forced, in consequence of motor trouble, to land near Moulin-sous-Touvent in our lines, at a short distance from the enemy's lines. The machine no sooner landed than it caught fire. The aviators are safe." In a communique issued in Paris on the 5th inst., it was stated:— "On Tuesday and Wednesday a French battleship and two cruisers, with torpedo boats, mine-sweepers, and an aeroplane ship, made a demonstration before Sigha- Dajik and Scalanova, on the coast of Anatolia." In the communique issued in Paris on the afternoon of the 6th there was the following :— " Two German aeroplanes threw about ten bombs on Fraize, in the valley of the Meurthe, which killed two women and a soldier." The following note was officially issued in Paris on the 6th :— "There have been no striking facts to report at the Dardanelles since the beginning of August. There have been intermittent artillery duels and great activity among the aircraft." The following note was officially issued in Paris on Saturday:— "The Germans have been trying to destroy two Allied waterplanes off Nieuport (Belgian coast) by means of big calibre shells. Our artillery has rapidly reduced the hostile batteries to silence. One of the waterplanes returned under its own power; the other was towed to shore undamaged." In the communiqut' issued in Paris at midnight on Monday there was the following:— "This morning a squadron of thirty-two bombardment aeroplanes, escorted by aeroplanes for pursuit purposes, left to bombard the station and the factory of Sarrbriick. The atmospheric conditions were unfavourable, the valleys being shrouded in mist and the sky cloudy. Never theless, notwithstanding the difficulties of finding the direction, twenty-eight aeroplanes reached the goal, and dropped on their objectives 164 shells of all calibres. The escorting aeroplanes kept off the Aviatiks which attempted to bar the way to the squadron. Numerous columns of smoke and fires were observed above the points aimed at." In a communication issued in Paris on Monday, and correcting certain statements in the German communiques from August 2nd-7th, there was the following :— " AVIATION.—No French aeroplane has been s down by the German artillery." In the midnight communique issued in Paris Tuesday there was the following :— " Four of our aircraft which took part in the bomba ment of Saarbriick have not returned to our lines. C of them is reported to have landed in Switzerland, m Pay ere, in the canton of Vaud." The official communique issued in Petrograd on Augi 9th, in reporting the naval attack on the Gulf of Rij stated:— " Our seaplanes by throwing bombs contributed to 0 success." In an official Note on the subject issued later, it w stated:— " Seaplanes as well as warships took part in the actic to repel the enemy, whose attacks were repulsed." Communiques issued in Rome on the 6th inst. stated :- " On Thursday night one cf our airships bombarde the enemy's camp around Lake Doberdo (Carso Plateau and, although fired at by the hostile artillery, returne undamaged to its base. "Another airship effectively bombarded the railwa line from Opcina (about four miles north of Trieste On its return it was attacked by an Austrian seaplam which dropped three incendiary bombs at it from above but was put to flight by the fire of the airship, whic returned undamaged to our lines. " One of our dirigibles last night dropped bombs oi Pola, where repeated incursions had been made witl good results. For reasons which it is not possible ti ascertain the airship fell into the sea. The crew, com posed of three officers and three men, are safe, and havi been made prisoners by the Austrians." The following semi-official statement was issued ir Nish on the 4th inst. :— " On the morning of August 2nd one of our batteries in the fortifications of Belgrade engaged an enemy howitzer battery posted on the heights of Rejania. One of our aviators was very successful in directing our fire the accuracy of which was very marked. The enemy battery, whose shelters we destroyed, was reduced tc silence. Two other enemy field batteries fired fifty shells at our aeroplane, without success. Some of our aero planes successfully dropped twenty-six bombs on the enemy aerodrome at Bavaniste." THE "X" AIRCRAFT IN view of the decision of the Government not to allow details of aircraft raids to be published we are as before (see issue of June nth, 1914) giving to each one an index number. Eventually, when details are available, we shall give the respective information under these index numbers, which will facilitate easy reference to each particular raid. The following announcement has been issued by the Admiralty, the date in the brackets indicating when the statement was issued:— "X4" Raid, August 9th (August 10th). A squadron of hostile airships visited the East Coast last night and this morning between the hours of 8.30 p.m. 588 RAIDS. and r2.3o a.m. Some fires were caused by the dropping of incendiary bombs, but these were quickly extinguished and only immaterial damage was done. The following casualties have been reported :— 1 man, 9 women, and 4 children killed. 5 men, 7 women, and 2 children wounded. One Zeppelin was seriously damaged by gun fire of the land defences, and was reported this morning being towed into Ostend. She has since been subjected to continual attacks by aircraft from Dunkirk under heavy fire, and it is now reported that after having had her back broken and rear compartments damaged, she was com pletely destroyed by explosion.
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