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AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. BTJMII. General Headquarters, April ijth. i' Yesterday there was considerable aerial activity. One of our machines is missing." War Office, April 20th. " Jlfcsefattimia.—Aeroplane reconnaissance after the enemy's counter-attack on the night of April I7th-l8th discloses the fact ibat a large number of Turkish ambulances were busy all day amoving their casualties." War Office, April 21 si. "Mesopotamia.—The 18th was a stormy day and has made air craft reconnaissance very difficult." War Office, April 24M. »Egyp>.— On April 23rd there was fighting in the Katia district. Aerial reconnaissance indicated that hostile parties, strength from 200 to 500, had been assembling in the desert, and were in the neighbourhood of Duweidar (15 miles from the Canal), and a strong attack by about 500 of the enemy was made at 5 a.m. on the post held by us at that place. The attack was beaten off after reinforcements had been brought up, and the enemy with drew, leaving 30 prisoners in our hands. Their known casualties amounted to 40 killed. The enemy was harassed during his retreat by a column of Australian troops acting in concert with aeroplanes, and suffered heavy casualties both from the fire of the troops and from tombs and machine-gun fire from the aeroplanes." General Headquarters, April 24/A. " A hostile aeroplane was brought down by anti-aircraft gunfire near Ploegsteert. Pilot and observer killed. One of our machines is missing." General Headquarters, April 25/A. " Yesterday there was considerable aerial activity. Twenty-nine combats took place. One of our reconnaissances was persistently attacked. All the attacks were driven off, and two hostile machines were seen to fall to the ground in the German lines. All our machines returned safely." Admiralty, April 26th. " On the morning of the 23rd inst., in spite of most inclement weather, a bombing attack was carried out by naval aeroplanes upon the enemy aerodrome at Mariakerke. The machines were heavily fired upon, but succeeded in returning safely. As far as could be observed, good results were obtained. " One of our fighting machines attacked an enemy aeroplane and drove it down. The hostile machine when last seen was close to the ground and out of control. " On the morning of the 24th inst. a further attack was carried out on the same objective in co-operation with our Belgian Allies, and a large number of bombs were dropped. Heavy fire was encountered by all machines, but there were no British casualties. The results obtained appear to have been very good. " During the course of the same day (24th inst.) a British aero plane attacked an enemy seaplane about five miles off Zeebrugge. The enemy pilot was killed, and the machine dropped, the enemy observer falling out while the machine was still at a height of .1,000 ft. The hostile seaplane crashed into the sea and sank. ".During the operations against the German Battle Cruiser Squadron, which appeared off the East Coast on the morning of tbt 25th inst., two Zeppelins were pursued by Naval land machines oter 60 miles out to sea. Bombs and darts were dropped, but apparently without serious effect. " An aeroplane and a seaplane attacked the German ships off Lowestoft, dropping heavy bombs. Four enemy submarines were also attacked by bombs. "One seaplane came under heavy fire from the hostile fleet, but the pflot, although seriously wounded, succeeded in bringing his adenine safely back to land. " It is regretted that one pilot is reported missing. He ascended oaring the course of the Zeppelin raid earlier in the morning and * *!*"* from reports to have attacked a Zeppelin off Lowestoft at 41)0,111 • 5 a. m. He has not been heard of since." ^aco- Paris, April 17M. Afternoon. *n the night of Sunday-Monday one of our air squadrons, com- P08*^ of nine aeroplanes, despite a thick mist, carried out an R1P3r'aDt bombarding operation on the Conflans-Pagny-Amaville- Ko™h»(,h region. The following projectiles were thrown : 12 shells T iH Confl*M Railway station, 16 shells on the Rombach factories, she!!., on the Amaville railway station, and 11 shells on the ™*»y lines from Pagny and Ars-sur-Meurthe. In the night of Saturday-Sunday one of our armed aeroplanes *n*ek»d in the North Sea from an altitude of 100 metres".an enemy *"P> opon which it fired r6 shells, most of which took effect." . Paris, April IJtk. Swung. During the night of the 16th our bombarding aircraft dropped twenty-two bombs on the stations at Nantillois and Brieulles, fifteen bombs on Etam and on the bivouacs in the forest of Spincourt, and eight bombs on the cantonments of Vieville and Thilloi (north-west of Vigneulles)." Paris, April J8M. After****. "On the night of the 17th enemy aeroplanes threw seven bombs, including an incendiary bomb, on Bellort. Three pertoni are reported killed and six wounded. The material damage it unimportant." Paris, April Zand. Evtnimg. " One of our bombardment squadrons threw twenty bombs into the enemy camps near Aiannes and Villcrs lea Mangicnnes (north east of Verdun)." " Eastern Army.—In reply to an enemy air raid on villages on the Greek frontier one of our aeroplanes dropped four bombs on the town of Sofia." Paris, April 24/A. Afternoon. " In Belgium yesterday and last night our air squadrons twice bombarded the station of Wyfwege, east of the forest of Houthulst. Thirty and eighteen heavy calibre bombs were dropped on the station buildings during the two raids, and many of the projectiles struck the objects aimed at. All the machines returned safely." Paris, April 24/*. Evening. " During the night of April 33rd-24tb our air squadrons carried out several bombardment operations. Twenty, one shells and eigh* incendiary bombs were dropped on the station of Longuyon, five shells on the station of Stenay, twelve shells on bivouacs to the east of Dun, and thirty-two shells on bivouacs in the Montfaucon region and on the station of Nantillois." Paris, April ayk. Afternoon. " A German aeroplane dropped six bombs on Dunkirk this morning. A woman was killed and three men were wounded. The material damage is insignificant." Paris, April 2 5/A. Evening. " Near Vauquois (Argonne) an enemy aeroplane tried to descend in its lines, but was destroyed by our guns. In the region of Verdun, one of our chasing aeroplanes fought a German machine, which fell on Pepper Hill, S° yards from our trench**. A third enemy machine was brought down by one of our pilots in the Boit des Forges. Finally, a Fokker, riddled by machine-gun fire at point-blank range, fell vertically near Hattoncbatel. " On Monday night one of our airships dropped ten 6 in. and six 8J in. bombs on Conflans Station (near the frontier)." Russian. Petrograd, April IJth. " The enemy is using aeroplanes bearing our distinctive circles on the wings." Petrograd, April tgtA. " One of our submarines, although attacked by an enemy aero plane, succeeded in sinking a steamer and a sailing ship near the entrance to the Bosphorus. She was heavily fired upon by enemy batteries." Petrograd, April 2211a'. " In Galicia hostile aeroplanes made a raid on Tarnopol, where some bombs were thrown. South of Nowo Olexinetx we found a German aeroplane which had been destroyed by fire. It apparently belonged to the squadron which made the raid on Tarnopol." Petrograd, Ajpril 23rd. " Bnemy aeroplanes flew over the Dvinsk region." Petrograd, April 24th. "Enemy aeroplanes dropped several l>orobs on Dvinsk. A Russian aeroplane of the Mouromeu type dropped thirteen bombs, each weighing 40 lbs., on the station of Doudsevas, south-east of Friedrichstadt. On the rest of the front there were exchanges of artillery fire." I'etrograd, April 25M. " Our aviators threw 36 bombs on important points behind the enemy's front, particularly on the railway station of Jelovkaj west of Illukst. " Enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs in the region of Molodetchno. Italian. Home, April i8fA. " Yesterday one of our seaplanes and three French seaplanes, escorted by our torpedo-boats, effectively bombarded important military positions near Trieste and returned safely in spite of violent enemy fire. Four Austrian seaplanes, which endeavoured to attack our torpedo-boat escort while they were returning, were counter attacked by three Italian aeroplanes and put to flight. 363
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