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(/Offl FEBRUARY 24, 1916. AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. ^^ ^ ^ British. General Headquarters, Feb. 20M. " A successful night air raid was made by oar aeroplanes against Cambrai aerodrome, bomb* being dropped on and exploding inside the shed*. The machines returned safely." General Headquarters, Feb. Sir/. " An attar\ on the depot at Don was carried out by twenty-six aeroplanes yesterday. Extensive damage is believed to have been done to the stores and railway. All machines returned safely. "Tht enemy's aircraft has during the last few nights made several attacks on the various towns in our area, with no military results. A few civilians were, however, killed." War Office, Feb. 21st. " Mesopotamia.—Information has been received from the General Officer Commanding the troops in Mesopotamia that on Feb ruary '7th and 19th bombs were dropped by nontile aeroplanes on our camp at Kut, and that no damage was done. There is other- wite no change in the situation." " Egypt.— A telegram received from the General Officer Com manding-in-Chief in the Mediterranean states that in the course of an aeroplane reconnaissance of the enemy's advanced posts east of the Canal on February 20th one of our aviators, descending to 600 feet, destroyed the enemy's power station at El Hassana with a loo lb. bomb." French. Paris, Feb. 20th. Evening. " An enemy aeroplane dropped several bombs on Dunkirk without doing any damage. Another machine last night dropped two bombs, which fell in a field south of Lunevill;." Paris, Feb. 2lst. Afternoon. " A squadron of five aeroplanes bombarded the German munition depots at Chateau dc Martincourt and Chateau Azondange, south west and south-cast of Dieuze. " German aviators last night dropped some bombs on Luneville, Dombale, and Nancy, which only caused very slight damige." Pan's, Feb. 21st. Evening: " The day was marked by numerous fights in the air. Over Tagsdorff, east of Altkirch, one of our aeroplanes attacked at very close quarters a Fokker, firing fifteen shots at it. The enemy machine side-slipped on its right wing, and then fell. " In the region of Epinal an Albatros was brought down by our artillery fire. " In the region of Rures, north of the Forest of Parroy, a German machine was attacked by two of our aeroplanes and fell within our lines. The pilot and the passenger were killed. " A squadron of seven French machines fought four enemy aeroplanes in the region of Vigneulles les I lattonchatel. Two of the latter were forced to land. The two others fled. " Enemy machines bombarded Fismes, Baric Due, and Revigny. Near this last point a German air squadron of fifteen machines was attacked by one of our chaser squadrons, and was forced to fight. One German machine was brought down near Givry-en-Argonhe. The two aviators were made prisoners. A second enemy machine which was pursued dived suddenly into its own lines. " One of our bombarding groups, composed of seventeen aero planes, dropped seventy bombs of heavy calibre on the aerodrome of Habsheim and on the goods station of Mulhouse. " Another group of twenty-eight machines dropped numerous bomlw on the enemy's munitions Factory of Pagny sur Moselle. At the conclusion of these several operations all our machines returned to their landing grounds. "A Zeppelin flying south from Sainte Menebould was brought down by the motor-gun section of Revigny. The Zeppelin was snot through with an incendiary shell, and fell in flames in the neigh bourhood of Brabant Ie Roi." Russian. Petrograd, Feb. 15M. "German aviators appeared over the Riga sector. The firing on both sides has been lively on the whole of the sector. ** On the Middle Strypa our artillery fired upon four enemy aeroplanes. One of the aeroplanes was hit and fell in the enemy's lines." Pelrograd, Feb. 19A*. "Our heavy artillery forced a captive balloon which was ascending near Yezerno, north-west of Tarnopol, to descend." " Enemy aeroplanes appeared at several points over the Riga district, and a tomb was dropped on Riga. " In the region north of Kreuzburg a German aeroplane dropped several bombs. North of Dvinsk two Zeppelins flew over Mischtel." Belgian. Havre' Feb- lVk- "The activity has diminished during to-day on our front. As reprisals for the recent bombardment carried out by enemy airmen one of our squadrous dropped sixteen bombs with success during last night on the aerodrome at Handzaeme (east of Dixmude)." Italian. Kome> Feb- 1Sik- " Enemy air raids are reported on Brentomco (Lagarma Valley), Schio (Lesgra Valley), and Latisana (Tagliamento Plain). The damage done was strictly limited, and there were but few victims, all of them civilians. The bombardment of Schio was checked by the intervention of our air squadron. Near Gorizia one of our aviators attacked an enemy aeroplane and forced it to take to flight." Rome, Feb. igth. " In reply to the numerous, indeed all too frequent violation by the enemy of the right of the civilian population, perpetrated with persistent intensity ever since the outbreak of the war, yesterday morning a squadron of 'Caproni' aeroplanes carried out an incursion over Laibach. Although subjected during the whole of their flight to the fire of numerous and powerful enemy anti aircraft batteries, and attacked by literally enormous crowds of enemy aeroplanes, our daring aviators succeeded in reaching and attaining their objective. Between gaps in the dense clouds our aviators were able to drop some grenades and bombs on the town. One of our ' Caproni' machines, attacked and surrounded by six Austrian aeroplanes, was compelled to come to earth on enemy territory ; the others returned unharmed to their lines." German. Berlin, Feb. 17th. " Our airmen attacked Dvinsk, and the railway establishments at Wilsika." Berlin, Feb. 18M. " Nocturnal enemy aerial attacks in Flanders were immediately returned by our aviators with an aerial bombardment of Poperinghe. " Enemy aviators attacked the railway station of Hudova, in the Vardar Valley, to the south of Strumitza." Berlin, Feb. 19M. " Our airmen successfully attacked the Abeele flying ground, south-west of Poperinghe, and the railway stations in the vicinity." Berlin, Feb. 20th. " In an aerial battle east of Peronne an English biplane armed with two machine-guns was shot down. The occupants of the machine are dead. Our aviators have dropped bombs on various points behind the enemy's northern front and also on Luneville. "German aviators have bombarded Logischen and the railway establishments of Tamopol.'' Berlin, Feb. 21st. " Our aeroplane squadron attacked several enemy positions situated behind their lines, such as Fumes, Poperinghe, Amiens, and Luneville. Many successful results were observed." " Yesterday naval aeroplanes heavily bombarded the aerodrome and camp at Fumes, south-east of La Panne, and returned safely." Austrian. Vienna, Feb. l^th. " Three aeroplanes reached Laibach and dropped bombs there and at several places in the neighbourhood, but entirely unsuccess fully. When they returned our aviators attacked the hostile aeroplanes and brought down a big machine of the Caproni type." Turkish. Constantinople, Feb. tyth. "Irak Front.—Oat of our aeroplanes flew over enemy artillery positions at Kut-el-Amara, successfully dropping twelve bombs, which had a great effect." Constantinople, Feb. i$ti. " Caucasus.—Two Russian aeroplanes were damaged by our fire and were compelled to descend. Otherwise there is nothing fresh to report." Constantinople, Feb. 20th. " On the 17th one of our airmen bombarded a transport anchored near Mudros. The fore part of the vessel was set on fire." From Other Sources. A message from the Austrian War Press quarters, received in Amsterdam on February 15th, said that on February 13th three Russian and French aviators raided Cteroovitx, dropping six bombs. The Austrian anti-aircraft guns did not hit the aviators, who returned safely to their base. 164 Writing to the Daily Telegraph from Milan on February 15th, regarding the recent fighting in Southern Alsace, Mr. A. Beaumont said :— " Last Saturday an aerial battle took place over Schoenbrunn, in which some twenty aeroplanes were engaged."
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