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(/jjGHTj JANUARV 20, 1916. AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. British. Delhi, Jan. 11th. " General Aylmer's force carried the Turkish position at Sheikh Saad at mid-day on January 9th, and has now concentrated there. The Turks are retiring northwards along the Tigris. The weather is cold and wet. Aero plane reconnaissance is hampered by the storms." British Headquarters, Jan. \j,th. " Four of our aeroplanes sent out yesterday have not returned." French. Paris, Jan. 1 ith. Afternoon. " In the course of yesterday afternoon three of our armoured aeroplanes were engaged in a series of air combats with enemy-pursuing aeroplane of the Fokker type, above the German line, in the neighbourhood of Dixmude. One of our machines, attacked by a Fokker, was forced to come to ground. But the enemy machine, being in turn attacked from our side, and being fired upon at a close range of 25 metres with machine-gun shells, was also brought down. The third French aero plane also attacked another of the enemy's Fokker aeroplanes, which fell into the forest of Houthulst, south east of Dixmude." Paris, Jan. 12th. Evening. "Two enemy aeroplanes dropped eight shells on Dunkirk, causing only insignificant material damage." Paris, Jan. 15th. Evening. "Army of the East.—On Friday enemy aircraft dropped bombs on Janes (north-west of Kukus) and on Dogandci (on the lower Vardar, North-west of Salonica). Some Greek soldiers were wounded and one was killed." Paris, Jan. 17th. Evening. "Two enemy aeroplanes which were flying towards Dunkirk were bombarded by our special guns, and were compelled to turn back. They dropped four bombs on the dunes without result." Russian. Petrograd, Jan. 17tA. "German aeroplanes carried out raids over Schlok, Kurienhof, and Dvinsk." Italian. Rome, Jan. 12th. " On both sides there is great aerial activity. One of our air squadrons in a strong wind bombarded the enemy's aviation field at Gandolo to the north of Trent. On the way back it dropped bombs on the railway stations at Trent and Rovereto and the barracks near Volono. Enemy aviators threw bombs on several places in the Isonzo plain without doing any damage." Rome, Jan. 15th. "Along the whole front artillery activity continues, assisted and supplemented by aeroplane action. On Tuesday one of our aviators dropped bombs on the enemy barracks between Tione and Brogezzo in the Giudicaria valley, returning to our lines uninjured." German. Berlin, Jan. nth, "A French aeroplane, equipped with a 38 centimetre gun, was forced to make a landing at Woumen (south of Dixmude) by our anti-aircraft guns and one of our battle aeroplanes. The aeroplane, with its occupants, fell into our hands undamaged. At Tournai an English biplane was shot down after an aerial engagement." Berlin, Jan. 13th. "Lieutenants Boelke and Immelmann each shot down an English aeroplane to the north-east of Tourcoing and near Bapaume. In recognition of their exceptional ser vices, His Majesty the Kaiser bestowed upon the two- intrepid officers the Order Pour le Merite. " A third English aeroplane was brought down in aerial battle near Roubain, and a fourth by the fire of our anti-aircraft guns near Ligny (to the south-west of Lille). Of the eight English flight officers six are dead and two injured." Berlin, Jan. i$th. "A hostile aeroplane which Lieutenant Boelke shot down north east of Albert fell in the British lines and was set on fire by our artillery." Austrian. Vienna, Jan. 12th. " In the district of Gorizia our aviators bombarded Italian camps." Turkish. Constantinople, Jan. 14th. " On Wednesday one cruiser, nine torpedo boats, and one monitor opened an intermittent fire from outside the Straits on CapeTekke, Seddul Bahr, and in the direction of Kilid Bahr (at the Narrows). The monitor was attacked by one of our aviators, and was obliged to withdraw enveloped in flames. " In the afternoon the aviator Boddicke shot down a fifth aeroplane near Seddul Bahr. The pilot was killed and the observer wounded. Another Turkish aviator attacked an English aeroplane flying over Saros. The English machine was forced to descend on Imbros." Constantinople, Jan. iyth. " Our seaplanes dropped bombs on enemy ships at Mudros." ® ® ® ® AIRCRAFT AND THE WAR. THE Echo Beige on January 10th published the follow ing :— " A railway train has been hit by a bomb dropped by an Allied airman near the village of Orwyck, at the junction of the Brussels- Termonde and Antwerp-Alost lines. The damage done was considerable." The Salonica correspondent of the Tribuna, in a message on January 8th, said :— "Every day towards noon enemy aeroplanes arrive and drop bombs on the encampments ot the Allies, but up to the present there have been no victims. " These raids have cost much to the enemy, who has lost six aeroplanes, two of which were burned, two destroyed, and two captured. " Yesterday there was a thrilling aerial battle between French and hostile aeroplanes. After two hours' fighting, shrapnel set fire to an enemy aeroplane, and the other hostile aeroplanes fled." The following account of an air combat has been circulated as a supplement to the Corps summary, and appears in the Times of the 6t h inst. :— " A recent fight, in which two airplanes from the squadron with our corps were engaged against heavy odds, deserves description in some detail. One of our machines, to which another was acting as escort, was engaged in reconnaissance wcrk over Cambrai on the morning of December 29th. They were attacked by six German Fokker machines, firing through the propeller. The Fokker is a monoplane, expressly built and contrived for fighting and for pursuit of the enemy, to which duties its activities are by strict order con- 64
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