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AOGUST IO, 1916. [/TiGHTl AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. British. General Headquarters (France), August 2nd, 9.54 p.m. " During the last 24 hours our artillery, in co-operation with the Royal Flying Corps, has destroyed seven gun em placements and six ammunition dumps near Grandcourt, and also further gun emplacements in other parts of the Front. " A few hostile aeroplanes have crossed our lines for a short distance, but were quickly driven back. One was brought down aftd another damaged. " The enemy appears anxious to avoid aerial combats." General Headquarters, August 3rd. 10.28 p.m. " The enemy shelled villages near Arras and Armentieres, and dropped bombs on the outskirts of some villages without doing any damage. " Two enemy aeroplanes were brought down in the northern section of our line, one of which seems to be of a new pattern. ThreefjT our machines were brought down by gun fire." General Headquarters, August 4th, 10.5 p.m. " A patrol of four of our aeroplanes engaged seven enemy machines in a fight which lasted 45 mins. Three of the enemy's aeroplanes were driven down, and two of ours are missing." War Office, August 4th. " A report has been received from the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in Egypt to the effect that on the morning of August 3rd two enemy aeroplanes attacked the shipping in Lake Timsa and the town of Ismailiv A large number of bombs were dropped, but no damage was done on land or water. " On August 2nd an aerial combat took place between one of our machines and an Aviatik. The Aviatik was driven down, and was wrecked near Salmania." General Headquarters, August $th, 10.18 p.m. " The enemy's aircraft showed little enterprise. Eight of their machines scattered when engaged by three of ours." General Headquarters, August 6th, 9.50 p.m< " The improved weather enabled useful work to be carried out by our artillery in co-operation with aeroplanes, and we destroyed several gun emplacements." The despatch dated August 5th, 11.15- P-m-. from the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt, describing the successful repulse of the Turkish attack near Rorrtani, con cludes :— " . . . The work done by the Royal Flying Corps was excellent." French. Paris, August 1st. Afternoon. " Adjutant Non-commissioned Officer Lenoir brought down an enemy aeroplane—his fifth—which fell in its own lines north of Verdun. Another aeroplane was attacked by one of our machines west of Etain and was smashed on the ground." Paris, August 2nd. Afternoon. " On the Somme front our chaser planes were very active yesterday. Thirty-three combats were fought with the enemy over the enemy's lines. One German machine, which was attacked by two Nieuports, was seen to fall in flames, and 14 other German machines, which were seriously damaged, were obliged to come down or to drop headlong into their own lines." Paris, August 3rd. Afternoon. " On the Somme front Sergt. Chainat fought two air battles yesterday, and on each occasion brought down his adversary. These fresh successes bring the number of German machines brought down by this pilot to eight. Another German machine was attacked at close quarters by one of our machines, and fell in a damaged condition near Channy." Paris, August 3rd. Evening. " During the night of August 2nd~3rd our bombardment aeroplanes dropped projectiles on the stations of Ham and Noyon. This morning an enemy aeroplane dropped a bomb on Nancy. There were no victims, and no damage was done. Pont a Mousson was also bombed, but to no effect." Paris, August 4th. Afternoon. " Last night one of our bombarding squadrons dropped 80 bombs of heavy calibre on the railway station of Noyon and on a munitions factory. Fifty bombs were dropped by another air squadron against the enemy's railway stations and bivouacs in the region of the Somme." Paris, August 4th. Evening. " A German captive balloon, hit by our fire, was destroyed near Ennemain, south of Peronne. " During the night of August 3rd~4th our air squadrons carried out several bombardments in the region of Verdun. " Thirty-two shells were dropped on the station of Stenay and 83 on the stations of Montmedy and Sedan, and onJ:tie bivouacs in the region of Danvillers." Paris, August $th. Afternoon. " On the Somme front our chaser aeroplanes fought 17 battles, in the course of which two enemy machines were badly hit and came precipitately down in their own lines. Two other German' aeroplanes were brought down in the region of Verdun, one falling near Avocourt and the other near Moranville." Pans, August 6th. Afternoon. " Last night our air squadrons dropped 40 bombs on the region of Combles, 84 on the station of Noyon, 30 on the stations of Stenay and Sedan, 40 on .the station of Conflans, 60 on the station and railway works of Metz-Sablons, and 40 on the military establishments of Rombach (north of Metz). Several of these squadrons made two consecutive flights, and one of them no less than seven during the same night. " On the Somme front two German captive balloons were set on fire by our aircraft. One Cierman aeroplane dropped four bombs on Baccarat. There was no loss of human life, and the material damage was insignificant." Parti. August 6th. Evening. " This morning one of our pilots brought down successively two enemy machines in the region of Verdun. One of them fell in the French lines and the other between the trenches of the Germans and our own. Also this morning, after a fight with one of our aeroplanes, another (Jerman machine was forced to land in our lines at Moyenneville, north of Estrees. The two enemy aviators were captured. The machine, which is of a new pattern, is intact." Paris, August yth. Afternoon. " On the Somme front our flying corps fought a number of battles yesterday. Three German aeroplanes were brought down, one near Roiglise (south-east of Roye), a second near Omiecourt (south-east of Chaulnes), and the third north of Nesle. Three other enemy machines were badly hit and forced to land in their own lines. Finally, two German captive balloons were destroyed by our aeroplanes. Last night our squadrons carried out the following bombardments : 20 bombs were dropped on the Metz-Sabkms railway station, 30 on Thionville railway station, 25 on the factories at Kombach (north of Metz), and 12 on bivouacs near F.tain." Russian. Petrograd, August 1st. Afternoon. " In the communiqui of July 25th it was stated by error that the aviators Staff Capt. Beridze and Lieut. Rtichtcheff perished as heroes after their machine was bombarded by the enemy's artillery. The correct version is that one of our Voisin aeroplanes was attacked by a Fokker, and after a duel caught fire, and fell into the enemy's front line." Petrograd, August 2nd. Afternoon. " An enemy aeroplane dropped bombs near Ussitchni, on the road from Vladimir-Volynsk to Lutsk, on a convoy of wounded, killing or wounding afresh 20 men. The aeroplanes also dropped bombs on a divisional hospital, killing one wounded soldier and eight attendants." Petrograd, August 3rd. Evening. " In the Vorobievka region, east of Czerny, nine enemy aeroplanes flew over our encampments. During the fighting south of the Dniester, in the direction of Stanislavoff, the regimental chaplain, Kastorski, was wounded." Petrograd, August 7th. Afternoon. " An enemy air squadron of seven aeroplanes bombarded several places in the region east of Stokhod, causing only in significant damage." Italian. Rome. August 2nd. " As enemy aircraft last Thursday had attacked Italian open towns on the Lower Adriatic, without any military 679
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