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1915 - 0734.PDF
AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. British. (19 miles west of Riga). It was bombarded by our General Headquarters, Sept. nth. troops, and came down rapidly behind the German "OUR aircraft yesterday carried out a successful raid trenches." on the enemy's communications near Valenciennes. A . , Pctrograd, Sept. 24m. railway train was hit and the line cut in several places." " German aviators appeared at the Gulf of Riga, but „ , „ . . . .: ,,, were driven off by our seaplanes.' General Headquarters, Sept. 20th. " Our aeroplanes to-day bombed and derailed a train near Loffres, east of Douai, and another which was full of troops at Rosult, near St. Armand. Valenciennes Station was also bombarded." Press Bureau, Sept. 2jtn. "The War Office announce that recent operations on the Gallipoli Peninsula have been confined mainly to attacks on either side by aircraft, bombardments by artillery, and some mining. " More than once enemy aeroplanes have attacked our aircraft base, but the bombs they dropped did no damage. In return our aeroplanes counter-attacked, and with bombs blotted out a hangar, and did some damage among shipping at Burgaz." General Headquarters, Sept. 2&tk. " Our aeroplanes to-day bombed the railway line near Bapaume, wrecking a train. They also damaged the railway near Achietle-Grand." Italian. Rome, Sept. 24H1. "An enemy aeroplane dropped three bombs on Tonnezza, but no one was injured and no damage is reported." Serbian. Nish, Sept. 24th. " A hostile aviator flew over Aliona, and was descending the Danube when our artillery fire obliged him to cross to the Roumanian side. Immediately afterwards the same thing occurred with another enemy aviator. The enemy's artillery from Aliona then opened fire, but our artillery succeeded in reducing the enemy's to silence." French. Paris, Sept. 22 nd. Afternoon. "Our aviators bombarded the enemy's cantonments at Middelkerke, and also a train between Bruges and Thorout. A party of eight aviators effectively bombarded the railway station at Conflans, on the line from Verdun to Metz." Paris, Sept. 22nd. Evening. " As a reprisal for the bombardment by the Germans of open towns and the civilian populations of France and England, a squadron of aeroplanes this morning left to bombard Stuttgart, the capital of Wurtemberg. "About thirty shells were dropped on the Royal palace and on the station. Our aeroplanes, which were cannonaded at different points on their long journey, returned uninjured to their base." Paris, Sept. 2$rd. Evening. " One of our dirigibles last night bombarded several railway stations where enemy movements were reported. Our aviators compelled several enemy captive balloons to descend. French aeroplanes bombarded the railway stations of Offenburg, Conflans, and Vouziers, as well as the enemy cantonments at Langemarck and Middel kerke." Paris, Sept. 23rd, l>j> Wireless. "A despatch from Cologne pretends that the aero planes which bombarded Stuttgart carried German iden tification marks. This assertion is absolutely false. The aeroplanes carried prominently the cockade, with the French colours. Besides, they were bombarded fre quently from the German lines both going and returning." Paris, Sept. 25th. Afternoon. " One of our air flotillas dropped some forty bombs on the Sablons station at Metz yesterday." Russian. Petrograd, Sept. 23rd. "A German aeroplane threw bombs on Schlok German. Berlin, Sept. 22nd. "At 8.15 this morning enemy aviators, with German marks on their aeroplanes, attacked Stuttgart, and dropped several bombs on the town, killing four persons and wounding a number of soldiers and civilians. The material damage was quite unimportant. The aviators were fired at by our anti-aircraft guns and troops, and disappeared in a southerly direction at 8.30. " Owing to the fact that shortly before, at 7.45 a.m., the military authorities had been informed of the approach of a German pilot the population could not be warned in good time. This German aviator arrived over Stutt gart at 9.30, and was fired upon from below for a short time until he was definitely recognised as a German. He landed unhurt near the town." Berlin, Sept. 23rd. " North of Ste. Menehould an enemy aeroplane was brought down by our fire in a burning condition. Another aeroplane was forced to descend after an aerial battle south-east of Vouziers. The occupants were taken prisoners. Above Pont a Mousson a German airman, fighting against two French airmen, shot down one of them. The aeroplane fell in a burning condition between the German and French lines." Berlin, Sept. 24th. " In the course of yesterday artillery and aerial activity has increased along the entire front. " On the coast an English aeroplane was shot down. The pilot was taken prisoner." Berlin, Sept. 25 In. " Near Friedrichstadt a German aviator shot down a Russian aeroplaue." Berlin, Sept. 26th. " In air battles our aviators achieved successes. One of our warplanes shot down an aeroplane west of Cambrai. South of Metz Lieutenant Boelke, while on a trial flight, shot down a Voisin aeroplane. Flight- Sergeant Boehm went up to repulse an attack on Freiburg by a squadron of three French warplanes. He shot down two of them; only the third escaped." 71%
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