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AUGUST 17, 1916. \pM\ AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. British. Admiralty, August 8th. " On July 30th, in conjunction with the French, an attack was made by British naval aeroplanes on the benzine stores and barracks at Mulheim. The machines met with very heavy anti-aircraft lire, but succeeded in gaining their objec tive, and carried out a successful bombardment. Our machines returned safely." War Office, August 8th. " A bomb attack by aeroplanes over Port Said and Suez inflicted little material damage, and caused slight casualties." General Headquarters (France), August 8th, 1.45 p.m. " An enemy squadron of 10 aeroplanes endeavoured to cross our lines yesterday on a bombing expedition. They were cut off by one of our offensive patrols of four machines. The enemy machines scattered and returned precipitately, pursued by our patrols. Two of the hostile aeroplanes had to make forced descents behind their own lines." Admiralty, August gth. " At daybreak this morning, under heavy fire, an attack was carried out by naval aeroplanes upon the enemy airship shed at Evere, near Brussels. The objective was, successfully bombarded from a height of 200 ft., and eight bombs were observed to hit the shed. Heavy columns of white smoke were seen to issue. Our machines returned safely." General Headquarters, August gth, 10.12 p.m. "As a result of aeroplane co-operation with our artillery several enemy guns have been destroyed and some magazines exploded. A train was set on fire by bombs dropped from our aeroplanes. " Hostile aircraft have been more active, but have ob viously been trying to avoid combats. Several enemy machines were, iowever, damaged by our aeroplanes and infantry fire." General Headquarters, Aug. roth, 9.40 p.m. " Our aeroplanes continued bombing operations against the enemy's billets and other points of military importance. " In the course of many aerial combats yesterday several enemy machines were driven down in hostile territory, and three of ours have not returned." General Headquarters, Aug. 11th, 10.55 P-m. ^ " In addition to numerous daily raids successful long distance raids have recently been carried out by the Royal Flying Corps against the following objectives : The Zeppelin sheds at Brussels ; railway sidings at Mons ; railway sidings and airship sheds at Namur; Busigny railway station twice ; Courtrai railway station twice. Of the 68 machines in all which took part in these raids only two failed to return." General Headquarters, Aug. i$th, 10.17 p.m. " North of Pozieres the enemy were observed by an aero plane to be concentrating in large numbers behind Mounauet Farm. Artillery was directed on them and was seen to be very effective, the enemy scattering wildly in all directions. No hostile attack developed. " Yesterday the Royal Flying Corps carried out another long-distance raid, and great damage was done to some railway works and sidings. Several short raids and recon naissances were undertaken with good results. Hostile air craft, though fairly active, avoided combat. We drove down one enemy machine and one of ours is missing." General Headquarters, August 14th, 9.50 p.m. " Yesterday the Royal Flying Corps carried out much successful work with the artillery and infantry and several bombing raids, including three separate attacks on a hostile aerodrome. One of our machines is missing." French. Paris, August 8th. Evening. " One of our pilots in the course of a reconnaissance brought down a German machine, which fell in flames in the enemy lines to the north of Auberive. About 9 o'clock last night an enemy aeroplane dropped four bombs on Nancy. Five civilians were wounded, three seriously." Paris, August gth. Afternoon. " One of our pilots pursued a German machine over Lune- ville, and forced it to descend in front of our liries. Our artillery destroyed the machine on the ground. " On the Somme front our airmen fought numerous combats. Six enemy machines, seriously hit, came down suddenly in their lines, and one enemy captive balloon was destroyed. " During the night of August 8th-o,th one of our ;uro- planes, with a pilot and bomb-dropper on board, drooped bombs on the powder factory at Rottweil, on the Neekar ; 150 kilos, of explosives were dropped on the buildings, where two great fires and several explosions wen- otworved. "Our airmen, who left at 8.30 p.m., returned at 11.55, after having accomplished in the night a raid of 350 kfioBoa. (219 miles), rendered particularly difficult by the crossing of the Vosges and Black Forest. " In addition, during the same night our bombarding squadrons dropped 44 bombs on the stations of Audun-le- Roman, Longuillon and Montmedy, and 66 on the railway at Tergnier and the station at La Serre." Paris, August gth. Evening- " The French machine which bombed the powder factory of Rottweil was flown by Adjutants Buron and Emmanuelli." Paris, Aug. 10th. Afternoon " On the Somme front our aeroplanes fought 15 engage ments yesterday. A German machine was brought down between Herly and Rethonvillers. Two other enemy machines were forced to come down after a light in the region of Combles. Yesterday and last night our air bomb ing squadrons carried out the following operations : " Ninety bombs were dropped on the railway stations on the Lassigny-Combles front (Sonune), 138 on the railway station of Dugney, 40 on the station of Appilly, 38 °n. a battery in action in the region of Noyon, 1S on the station of Bazancourt (north-east of Rheims), 92 on the stations of Spincourt and •Damvillers and on the surrounding bivouacs (region of Verdun), making in all 413 projectiles." Paris, Aug. nth. Afternoon. " On the night of Aug. 9th-ioth our air squadrons bom barded the railway station and barracks of Vouziers and the railway station of Bazancourt." Paris, Aug. nth. Evening. " On Aug. 8th an enemy aeroplane was brought down in flames jn our lines to the south of Douaumont by a pilot of the American squadron." • " Balkans.—Yesterday evening nine of our aeroplanes dropped bombs on the station at Strumitza, and this morn ing on 10 enemy camps north of Doiran." Paris, August iph. Afternoon. " The aviator Lenoir yesterday brought down his seventh enemy aeroplane, which fell near Gincrey (Mcuse) in the German lines. Last night our bombarding »quadrons dropped 120 large bombs on the railway station of Metz-Sablons, the railway workshops and barracks in Metz itself." Paris, August 14th. Evening. " Yesterday evening enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs, including several of an incendiary character, on the town of Rheims, while the German batteries were firing on different quarters of the town. The civilian hospital adjoining the St. Remy Church and a dispensary were destroyed. Six civilians were killed." Russian. Petrograd, August gth. Evening. " In the region of Friedrichstadt our aviator, Ensign Tisvenko, with an observer, Kondriunakov, undertook a reconnaissance. Notwithstanding the enemy's artillery fire and an attack by a German Albatros, Tisvenko fired at the enemy and, forcing him to flee, continued scouting. Our machine was hit, however, by the enemy's artillery fire, and fell in a burning condition into the enemy's line. The fate of the aviator and his observer is not known." Petrograd, Aug. 10th. Afternoon. " On Aug. 9th an aerial fight took place between two of our seaplanes and three enemy seaplanes. Our Lieut. Gar- kovenko, approaching near to an enemy machine, fired at it with his machine-gun, and forced the German to land on the shore. We suffered no losses or damage." Petrograd, August 15th. Evening. " In the region of Novogrudok, Gorodishtehe, Stolbcy, enemy aeroplanes flew over our positions. Ten bombs we™ dropped on the dressing station in the hospital in the villag<' of Adamov (to the west of the town of Mir). A German 703
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