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AUGUST 24, 1916. l/QOHTl AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. British. War Office, August ibth. " Mesopotamia.—On Sunday there was an aerial combat which resulted in a Fokker being brought to the ground behind the Turkish lines. The Turks twice attempted to salve the machine, but were driven off by our artillery fire, •which also destroyed the Fokker. " During Monday night the enemy's hangars near the Shumran bend were bombed by our aeroplanes, all of which returned safely." General Headquarters (France), August lyth, 10 p.m. " A German aeroplane was brought down behind our lines near Pozieres." General Headquarters, August 18/A, 10 p.m. " Yesterday a German flying machine was brought down in flames in our trenches as the result of a combat, and a second machine by our anti-aircraft guns. " Enemy's billets were successfully bombed at various places by our aircraft." General Headquarters, August 20th, 10.47 Pm- " In spite of low clouds, our aircraft did very useful work yesterday in communicating with our advanced infantry. One of our aeroplanes, coming down to a low height, opened machine-gun fire very effectively on the enemy's infantry in their front-line trenches, and also on hostile reinforcements coming up communication trenches." War Office, August 20th. " Salonica.—Enemy aircraft have bombarded Jenikoi Gavalanci and Gugunci with small success." General Headquarters, August 21st, 9.42 p.m. " A hostile balloon was forced to descend by our gunfire. " Our aeroplanes continue to bomb the enemy's billets with success, in addition to their work with our artillery. Yesterday one of our machines did not return. " To-day hostile aeroplanes showed a little more enterprise than usual, and some ventured over our lines." French. Paris, August 16th. Afternoon. " In the night of the 15th and 16th enemy aircraft dropped some bombs on Belfort. There were no casualties." Paris, August idlh. Evening. " Our aeroplanes have bombarded enemy establishments at Nicolic and Volovech (near Lake Doiran), and the military centres at Strumnitza Station. Enemy aeroplanes bom barded an ambulance at Vertekop. One German machine came to earth in the Serbian lines, the two aviators being made prisoners." Paris, August 21st. Evening. " Our chasing aeroplanes to-day were engaged in numerous fights, in the course of which two enemy machines were, brought down in the enemy lines, one in the region of Denie- court and the other near Berny." Russian. Petrograd, August i^tk. Afternoon. " At about 7 o'clock in the evening of August 14th a German Albatros appeared over the town of Nesvij. Staff Captain Kruten, who brought down an enemy aeroplane at Nesvij on August 12th, ascended with his machine (which is mounted with a machine gun) and engaged the hostile aero plane. This he drove to earth after an engagement lasting several minutes. The German machine fell in the vicinity of the town of Nesvij. The wounded pilot and the observer were taken prisoners. *' In the morning of August 14th the aviators Lieutenants Deterichs and Prokofeiev undertook, with two hydroplanes, a clever raid on the enemy's aerodrome near Lake Agern, in Courland. Our aviators, notwithstanding the bombardment by anti-aircraft batteries and a counter-attack by seven German machines, not only dropped bombs successfully on the enemy's sheds, but boldly entered into an unequal fight which lasted more than an hour. Many bullets struck our machine, but happily not in vital parts. As a result of the fight one of the enemy machines was struck, turned over in the air, and, surrounded with smoke, fell to the ground. Two others, having received injuries, alighted on the sea. Our hydroplanes returned safely to their base." Petrograd, August lyth. Afternoon. " A Zeppelin flew over the region of Kemmern, west of Riga, and dropped a number of bombs." Petrograd, August iSth. Afternoon. " In the Baltic Sea, on the night of August 16th, a squadron of our seaplanes, under the command of Naval Lieut Lichiiu-. made a successful flight over the enemy's aviation station near Lake Aughern. Bombs were dropped, and apparently caused great destruction. One of the enemy's hangars was wrecked, and fires broke out in several parts of the aviation station. Our airmen were subjected to a heavy fire from the enemy's anti-aircraft guns. The enemy sent up rockets and bombarded the machines with shrapnel, which, however, did not prevent our airmen from accomplishing their task and subsequently returning to their base without loss." Petrograd, August iglh. " In the region of the small town of Sokul an enemy aero plane dropped over 70 bombs." Petrograd, August 21s/. Afternoon. " In the region of Lubieszow, on the Stokhod, our artillery set fire to a German observation balloon." Italian. Rome, August 15th. " Enemy aircraft dropped bombs on Monfalcone, Ronci, San Canziano and Pieris. There were no casualties or damage. " Our seaplane squadrons carried out this morning with success a bombardment of the Government workshops and the aircraft shed at Muggia, Trieste, creating in that indus trial district many great fires. French chasing machines assisted in an aerial engagement, repulsing enemy seaplanes. All returned safely except one seaplane." Rome, August 16th, " A squadron of 14 Caproni aeroplanes, escorted by (French) Nieuport chasers, yesterday bombarded the railway and military establishments near the important stations of Prvacina and Dornberg. Ninety high-explosive shells (about 2J tons) were dropped, and good results were observed. " In spite of the heavy fire of numerous anti-aircraft batteries, our machines returned safely." Rome, August 17th. " A squadron of our Voisin aeroplanes bombarded the railway station of Reinenberg, on the line Gorizia-Trieste. Good results were observed, and the machines returned safely. " Last night hostile seaplanes dropped bombs on Venice and on the Grado Lagoon. Some slight damage, but no casualties are reported." Serbian. Salonica, August lqlh. " An enemy air squadron bombed the British ambulances at Vertekop. Six persons were killed. Nineteen Allied aero planes dropped 80 bombs on enemy hangars at Monastir. Excellent results were observed." German. Berlin, August i-jth. " On the night of the 15th inst. our seaplanes again attacked with explosive and incendiary bombs the aerodrome of Papenholm, on the Island of Oesel (at the. entrance to the Gulf of Riga) and enemy aeroplanes on the shore of the Island of Runo in the Gulf of Riga. Despite heavy anti aircraft fire and a subsequent air fight, our seaplanes safely returned. The same night a raid by four enemy aeroplanes on Lake Angern caused only slight material damage." Berlin, August l&th. " German aeroplanes, together with a II boat, attacked Russian destroyers to the north-east of Kara Burnu, with success." Berlin, August 21 si. " Off Ostend an English seaplane was destroyed by our fire and a French seaplane was shot down. In an air fight an English biplane was brought down south-east of Arras." Austrian. Vienna, August 16th. " On Monday night a squadron of seaplanes attacked Avlona. Direct hits on the coast battery, the barracks, camp, a storehouse and on a ship were obtained. Several fires broke out. All our seaplanes returned undamaged, despite a violent anti-aircraft fire." Vienna, August rylh. " In reply to the hostile air attack on Trieste, one of our air squadrons last night attacked Venice, where the railway station depots, arsenal and military objects were abundantly pelted with heavy arid light incendiarx bombs. Many hits 725
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