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f sulnnica and the Anglo-French camps on March 27th. An plrt of s lio" bietTed in a shed near the railway station and on an tiplosion wa? > e eneray's aeroplanes attacked the Germans with- enJBiy ship- ^^ of ^ enealy's aeroplanes were forced to land. ^^"^JwMODlanes have shot dawn four French aeriplanes °" war uSnTand Mogeville (in the Woevre). wuich fell -l0e^,rlL and also one each near Vilie-an-B* and south of *l£hmor which came to earth direct behind the enemy line. JSbTwJrcfreely dropped on the French flying ground at Rosnay (*«t of Rhemr,)." Berlint AprU znd » Great activity has been displayed by th: aviators of both sides, A m-rnus aerial battles terminated in our favour. In addition She enemy aeroplanes brought down beyond oar lines, an English biplane was shot down near Hollebeke (north-west of Wenricq), and the occupants were taken prisoners. Ober-Lieutenant Berthold has by this success put out of action his fourth enemy aeroplane. Further, south-west of Lens, an enemy aeroplane was brought down in flames by a direct hit from our anti-aircraft guns. Bombs were freely dropped upon Domrjaste-en-Argonne (west of Verdun) which is strongly garrisoned with troops, and the aerodrome of Belfort. Austrian. Vienna, March 39M. " Our aviators dropped bombs on a few buildings and on the railways in Venice." 1 Vienna. March JM#. " A squxdron of oir seaplanes dropped a great number of bombs on the enemy batt.-ries at the mouth of the Sdobba (the left branch of the Isonzo)." From Other Writing to the Duly Telegraph from Suez, on Much 27th, Mr. W4"lSKrita by an air attack of ar.important reser- the attack should be made from two points. "It was planned that four machines should proceed from one p,int and two from another, the latter being timed to joUo»^ the foraer flight and complete the destruction which the four machme. had begun. The whole scheme was carried out as arranged, and he enely found that work which had taken ^^S^ destroyed in half an hour. The airmen dt0PPedff/°f the descrip the reservoir, buildings and trenches with great effect,Mwp tioa of an observer being that the camp presented the *PP^an" ° a volcano in eruption. When the work appeared to b; «^ed a p.lo^ noticed that some infantry were firing on the aviators He wooped down upon them from behind, and, greatly daring;, *'£"*££ within 200 ft. and opened machine-gun fire, scattering *«?««» the desert. Some officers in a marquee were sent helter-skelter. " All the airmen returned safely after a flight of 200 miles Writing regarding the air-raid on March 27th, the Daily Man correspondent at Salonica says '.— , /-;„_-„ "The operations of the French airmen against the five: German aeroplanes which attacked this place to-day were even more succev nil than was supposed. The Frenchmen managed to cut on tne Germans and fought a dozen engagements in the air- " Four German aeroplanes were brought down. The first tell in Lake Amatovo (25 miles north-west of Salonica), and will^ be re covered and brought here. The second fell at Soho, to the north of Langaza (12 mifes north-east of Salon.ca) The third feUjrt Likovan (22 miles north-east of Salonica) ; the fourth near Ghevgeli, in the enemy's lines." The Times correspondent at Salonica says «— --.tine "The people, backed of their mended mdignaUon meeting, joined in the funeral cortege of the thrae Jew.sh victims of thea^ raid. The procession of several thousand persons thus formed indulged in furious shouts of « Down with Germany ! Down wun Hulgaria ! Down with the murderers I" _ The correspoadent of the same paper at Athens says: "All the newspapers give expression to the popular indignation »t the German air-raid on Salonica. f-u.-,v..r The "Sharp protests have also been made in the Cumber- 1 he Fremier, in reply to Deputies who sought to elicit the> >«««£™' ™ the Government, declared that discussion of the matter would be against the interests of the country." ., , . ftnm Milan ".Mr. A. Beaumont, writing to the Daily Telegraph from Milan on March 29th, says:— , ... „r»-ni<:ed on "This Austrian offensive was preceded by air '«*;W^ a large scale. Squadrons of aeroplanes set out fro«' ALSO*/* ^ some flying over the Adriatic and then turning north into Veneua «rritor£,Tnd others heading direct for the district of Pmve.Treviso, and Cervignano. But before they had «co»p« «»J»• ££ of them were compelled to land, and their W^J^ taken prisoners. A squadron of enemy aircraft »RP"£* °E™£ nigh over Susegana at sunrise on Monday morning, dropping b^m at haphazard over the quiet landscape, without doing «*«"££ The anti-aircraft guns got into action, and soon oneofthe enemy aeroplanes fluttered haplessly, and then came dow\£plt'|£ between Susecana Station and Susegana Village. •<- °fi*rs, its occupants, hurriedly destroyed it, causing a bomb to explode, and then they tried to escape across country entenng hJuseThere and there, threatening the inhabitants w th «»o.»«». and trying to obtain civilian disguises. i.The»fl.w."efi°d , sh3t however, »d as they showed fight an Italian officer*"J » »* into the air, whereupon one Austrian surrendered, whilst the otne 30 Sources. continued his flight. Being, however, also overtaken, he drew out a revolver and threatened, to shoot, when an athletic Territorial resolutely pjunced on him, threw him down, and disarmed him. " Another Albatros was brought down near Campolongo. It was manned by a major and a junior officer, born at Genoa, of Austrian parents. The pilot said he was at about 3,000 ft. elevation when he was surrounded by exploding shells. The major was mortally wounded and the motor disabled. He was descending in a vol plani, trying several times to restart the motor without success, and when about to land he jumped from the machine, which saved his life. The Austrian major's legs were broken and his skull was injured, and he expired when lieing carried to a farmhouse. " A third aeroplane landed near Vittorio, the motor being dis abled by a shell. Seeing that they were unable to escape, the officers set fire to the benzine and burnt the machine. They also tried to escape, telling the peasants they were French aviators. They concealed themselves in a field, but were finally discovered, and one of them, resisting capture, was knocked down by a sergeant and disarmed. " A fourth aeroplane fell into the sea, near Grado, and the machine and its occupants were captured by sailors. The rest of the aerial raiders were compelled to return to the Austrian lines. Th; Austrian offensive thus on land and air alike ended in failure." Writing on the following day Mr. Beaumont said :— " Four different French aviation squadrons flew on Sunday last successfully over the district between I'firt, Altkirch, Sircnz, and Mulhausen. They were seen by passengers in trains between Frei burg and Leopoldshohe, and caused no small amount of alarm, but, although more than thirty aeroplanes were seen and they were shot at with great violence by all the anti-aircraft guns along the Rhine, none of them were struck, and the four squadrons returned to their base with perfect safety." The Salonica correspondent of the Daily Mail on March 29th reports:— "To-day seven German aeroplanes attempted again to raid Salonica, but their route was barred by a French squadron that pursued the enemy as far as Serres (46 miles north-east of Salonica), where they abandoned the chase. Later the Germans returned to wards the British lines at Orphanos (east of Salonica), where they threw bombs, wounded two men, and caused insignificant damage. Writing on the same day, Mr. G. Ward Price says :— " Last night five enemy biplanes dropped bombs on Stavros, on the extreme right of the British line. It is believed that at least one of the four machines brought down on Monday owed its end to being hit by one of our anti-aircraft suns. The aeroplane which fell at Suho, twenty miles north-east of here, was seen to lose part of a wing tip as the result of the bursting of an English shell, Over 500 rounds were fired at the raiders.'' The Times Paris correspondent, writing on March 31st, says :— " The last few days have been characterised by great aerial activity. Railway stations in the neighbourhood of Metz have been severely bombarded, and yesterday there was much fighting in the air above Verdun. Five German machines were brought down without a single Frenoh casualty, while in Champagne a Fokkerfell in flames into the German lines. The young airman of next year's class, Degaillard, who recently brought down a Fokker in the course of his first flight at the front, has received the Military Medal and the War Cross. The Foehrer Zcitung states that on March 25th two Danish fishermen from Nebel who were cutting seaward observed a large seaplane resting on the water near the shore and apparently unable to rise. They reported their discovery to the military, and, having taken a small detachment of soldiers on board their boat, went to investigate. The hydroplane proved to bs British, and was carrying three men, who tried hard to make the machine rise and thereby escape. The propeller, however, refused to act, whereupon the three men surrendered to the Danish authorities.
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