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OCTOBER 26 1916. [/LIGHT AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. British. General Headquarters France), October 17th, 10.26 p.m. " The clear weather of yesterday gave scope for great aerial activity. Our machines made a large number of recon naissances, and bombed enemy railway lines, stations, billets, factories and depots. There were numerous fights in the air[ three enemy machines being destroyed, another driven to earth and many dispersed. Two enemy kite balloons were attacked and forced down, one being afterwards seen in flames. One of our machines was brought down by anti aircraft gunfire, and six others have not returned." General Headquarters, October i&th, 9.38 p.m. " Yesterday, besides many reconnaissances, our aircraft carried out three bombing raids against enemy communica tions, in which railway stock and station buildings were damaged and a train hit and derailed. There were many fights in the air, in the course of which four enemy machines were driven down damaged, and one fell into a lake. Four of our machines have not returned. War Office, October igth. " Egypt.—On the Eastern Front a reconnaissance against the enemy at Moghara, 65 miles east of Samailia, has been carried out by a mounted force. . . . " After an engagement lasting two hours, during which our aeroplanes repeatedly bombed the enemy main positions, we succeeded in driving him out. . . . " Valuable information as to the dispositions of the enemy and the nature of the country was obtained." Admiralty, October 21st. " On the morning of the 20th inst. a naval single-seater aeroplane attacked and brought down a hostile kite balloon near Ostend. The balloon descended in flames. A similar machine engaged a large hostile double-engined tractor sea plane, shooting both pilot and observer. The seaplane side slipped and dived vertically into the sea two miles off Ostend. The remains were later seen floating on the water. Both our machines were undamaged." General Headquarters, October 21st, 10.55 p-m. " Yesterday, the weather being clear, much successful work was done by our aircraft. We bombed enemy com munications, and attacked among other points an important junction and an ammunition depot, and derailed four coaches of a train. There was continuous fighting in the air, in which three enemy machines were destroyed and many others driven down in a damaged condition. Two of our machines are missing." General Headquarters, October 22nd, 9.12 p.m. " During yesterday's fighting our aeroplanes did valuable work in locating enemy batteries. Five enemy machines were destroyed, and four others driven down in a damaged condition. Three of our machines are missing." General Headquarters, October 23rd, 9.40 p.m. " Yesterday our aeroplanes bombed two railway stations behind the enemy's lines, hitting a train in motion and doing much damage to buildings and rolling-stock. " Seven enemy machines were brought down and many others forced to land in a damaged condition. Eight of our machines have not returned." French. Paris, October ijtk. " Our aeroplanes carried out numerous fights in the region of the Somme. They fought 65 engagements, in the course of which two enemy machines were brought down and three others came precipitately to earth in their own lines. " German aeroplanes dropped several bombs on Amiens without doing any military damage." Paris, October iSth. " In spite of misty weather, our fighting aeroplane service displayed activity during the 17th. Three enemy aeroplanes were brought down on the Somme front. One fell in the direction of Aizecourt-le-Haut, the second to the east of Bouchavesnes, and the third, attacked by Lieut. Heurteaux, crashed to the ground between Rosquigny and La Transloy, bringing the number of aeroplanes brought down by this pilot to nine up to to-day. One of our aviators, who was attacked by three Fokkers between Roye and Lassigny, brought down one of his opponents and put the other two to flight." Paris, October Kith. " Yesterday our machines during the operations to the south of the Somme attacked with machine guns the enemy troops in the regioi of Biaches. It is confirmed that Adjutant Dorme brought down on the 16th a German aero plane to the north of Peronne, this being the fourteenth machine for which this pilot has accounted. Another enemy aeroplane which was reported to have been badly hit on the same day fell to the ground and was dashed to pieces near Beaulencourt." Paris, October ais< " Yesterday our chasing aeroplanes had numerous combats, in the course of which seven G«rman machines were brought down, three of them in our lines. The latter fell between Bouchavesnes and Rancourt, the four others in the region of Moislains and Brie. Lieut. Heurteaux, who brought down one of them, has accounted for his tenth German machine. Four other enemy machines which were badly hit after fights with our pilots were obliged to come down in their own line*. " During the night of the 20th one of our squadrons dropped 41 bombs of 120 mm. (3Hn-) on tne stations ot Noyon and Chauny, and afterwards more bombs were dropped on a train between Appilly and Chauny. On the same night 15 of our bombarding aeroplanes dropped 79 bombs of 120 mm. on the'enemy cantonments and bivouacs in the region of the Nesle-Ham and on the aviation grounds at Matigny and Slez, which were hit." Paris, October 22nd. " On the Somme front our aviators yesterday brought down three German aeroplanes. Five others were forced to land in a damaged condition. During these fights Adjutant Dorme brought down his fifteenth enemy machine at Barleux, and Sergt. Flochaire his fifth machine, which was dashed to pieces on the ground in the same district. To the north of Verdun a German captive balloon which was attacked by one of our pilots fell in flames. " During the night of the 21st six of our aeroplanes bom barded the railway station of Courcelles to the east of Metz. 180 bombs of 120 mm. were dropped on the buildings and on the lines, and appeared to have caused much damage. During the same night our squadrons dropped 50 bombs on the railway stations of St. Quentin and Tergnier, 16 bombs on bivouacs in the district of Etain, and 126 heavy bombs on the railway stations at Ham and Ethies and the aviation sheds in the region of Peronne. During yesterday a German aeroplane was brought down in our lines by the fire of our special guns." Paris, October 23rd. " This morning German aeroplanes dropped several bombs on Luneville. There were no yictims, and the material damage was insignificant. On the Somme front yesterday two German aeroplanes were brought down and tfiree com pelled to alight in a disabled condition." Yesterday 24 of our machines dropped 4,200 kilogrammes (over 4 tons) of bombs on the blast furnaces of Hagondange and of Pussinges (north of Metz), on the railway stations of Thionville, Mezieres-les- Metz, Longwy, and Metz-Sablona. They attained their objective. On the same day another of our air squadrons, bombarded an ammunition depdt at Mons-en-Chaussee (Somme). Finally, last night a bombing expedition against the factories of Rombach and the railway station of Mars-la - Tour achieved good results. " This morning some German aeroplanes dropped several bombs on Nancy. There were no casualties, and only slight damage was done." Russian. Petrograd, October 19th. " In the region of the village of Potutory (south of Brzezany) an enemy aeroplane fell after being hit by our artillery fire. The machine caught fire as it struck the ground. The aviators were taken prisoners." Italian. Rome, October i8<A. " Hostile aeroplanes dropped bombs on Borgo Carinzia and on our lines east of Gorizia without doing any damage. " Our airmen destroyed an enemy kite balloon at Castel San Giovanni (Ivanigrad), east of Comen (Carso). " French and Italian squadrons of seaplanes in the course of a general reconnaissance, boldly carried out by them along the west coast of Istria on Monday afternoon, succeeded, in 943
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