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NOVEMBER 16, 1916. drenched with projectiles the stations of Ham, St Quentin Tergnier, Nesle (in the Somme region), the aerodrome of Pieuze, the blast furnaces of Romsbach, the aeroplane hangars of Frescaty, and the blast furnaces of Hagondange These operations caused great damage to the enemy, and several explosions and fires were observed. " German aeroplanes during the nightofNovemberioth-nth bombarded several French towns. Nancy and Luneville received projectiles which caused no damage and inflicted no casualties. The open town of Amiens was also bom barded on different occasions during the same night. Nine persons of the civilian population were killed and 27 were injured." Paris, November 12th. " Lieut. Herteux yesterday brought down his twelfth aeroplane. The German machine fell in flames to the west of Sailly Saillisel. It is confirmed that Lieut. Deulin on Friday brought down his ninth enemy machine to the east of Peronne. "It is confirmed that Adjutant Bonnefoy brought down on November 4th his fifth German machine." Paris, November 13th. " Nine bombarding aeroplanes and seven escorting planes of the British Royal Naval Air Service bombarded the blast furnaces and foundries of Saint Ingbert, north-east of Sarrebruck, in the basin of the Sarre. All the machines returned. Two German machines last night dropped bombs on Belfort. Five civilians were wounded." Russian. Petrograd, November 3rd. In the Caucasus on November 1st, two of our airmen bombarded the large Turkish encampments near Ishak- Majdany, north-west of Nurik, and near Tykolan, south-east of Cholik, and also two bridges on the Euphrates, near Sagan." Petrograd, November 8th. " In the wooded Carpathians, west of Tartarow, an aerial fight took place between one of our aeroplanes and an enemy machine. Our machine was brought down, and the airman, Sub-Lieutenant Lagutenko, perished. The condition of the observer, Non-Commissioned Officer Waitzman, is hopeless." Italian. Rome, October 31st. " As the result of an aerial fight on the Carso, an enemy aeroplane was brought down in our lines. One of the two aviators was dead ; the other was taken prisoner. " Albania.—On October 29th hostile aircraft made a raid over the region of Klisura and the Lower Vojussa, dropping bombs without doing any damage. " Salonica.—One enemy aeroplane, while reconnoitring, was shot down near the railway station of Akindzali, on the line Doiran-Demir Hissar. A Bulgarian detachment went forward to recover the machine, but was dispersed by the fire from our artillery, which completely destroyed the aeroplane," Rome, November 1st. " Numerous air fights took place, in the course of which two enemy aeroplanes were driven down. Fourteen Caproni battle-planes, escorted by Nieuport chasers, bombarded with marked success the railway stations of Nabresina, Dottegliano, and Scoppo, on the Carso. Our aviators were fired on by anti-aircraft guns and attacked by enemy aeroplanes, but all returned safely to our lines. Enemy aircraft dropped bombs in the Cordevole Valley, in the Upper Vanoi Valley, near Tolmezzo, and on villages on the Lower Isonzo. A few people were wounded, but no material damage was done." ' Rome, November 2nd. " Hostile aircraft dropped bombs on several villages of the Lower Isonzo. The casualties at Pieris were one soldier and a captain and four men of the Red Cross. A powerful squadron of sixteen Caproni battle-planes escorted by Nieuport machines, bombed enemy camps in the Frigido (Vippach) Valley with two tons of explosives. In spite of heavy fire from hostile anti-aircraft batteries, all the machines returned in safety." Rome, November 3rd. " During a hostileair raid on the night of November ist-2nd over the Lower Isonzo, our guns brought down hydroplane ' L-75-' The officer pilot was killed." Rome, November 5th. " On the evening of November 4th enemy aircraft dropped bombs on Monfalcone without doing damage. Our guns brought down one of the aeroplanes in flames." (/QCHTj Rome, Norr-tiiiiri ^th "Enemy aircraft dropped bombs on the usual localities on the Lower Isonzo, killing two people and wounding .1 h-u others. " One of our seaplanes bombarded enemy works at Salvm. point, at the entrance of Pirano Bay. "Yesterday afternoon squadrons of Italian and Fr< n< h aircraft carried out an offensive reconnaissance on the enemy coast. Bombs were dropped with good results on the avia tion station at Parenzo and on craft used for military pm poses in the harbour of Cittanuova. In spite of the violent fire of the anti-aircraft defences and of a counter-attack by enemy seaplanes, all our machines returned safely. " Enemy seaplanes dropped several bombs without any effect on some of our torpedo-boats, which also returned safely to their base." Rome. November Q/*. " Enemy aircraft dropped bombs near Monfalcone, killing a man and wounding a few others." Rome, November 13/*. " On the night of November nth a squadron of enemy aero planes dropped bambs on Padua. A building where numerous women and children had taken refuge was destroyed, with the result that the greater part of them were killed. The number of dead ascertained already amounts to 60." Roumanian. Bucharest, November &th. " Enemy seaplanes attacked Sulina. One machine was brought down and captured, with its pilot and observer." Bucharest, November qth. " In the upper valley of the Aseu our troops brought down an aeroplane of the Hindenburg type. We captured the pilot and observer." German. Berlin, November 4th. " Nine enemy aeroplanes were shot down in aerial fights and by our defensive fire." Berlin, November yth. " A German air squadron in a night bombing attack set on fire large ammunition dep6ts at Cerisy, south-west of Bray. Continuous and formidable detonations were felt as far a» Quentin." Berlin, November 8th. " On Monday night a German air squadron attacked a French military camp in the valley of the Close, west of the Bois Ocessaire, and in the Bois Celestine, north of C6risy, on the Somme. Good results were observed in the tents and barracks, where conflagrations broke out. ' On the same night another German squadron attacked the great ammunition station at C6risy, where long goods trains were standing. This station, which is the centre of the French ammunition supply, and the surrounding ammuni tion depots were set on fire. The flames spread to the whole of the big ammunition depot, which was blown up by a aeries of explosions. The scene of the, conflagration and the searchlight positions were attacked by our brave airmen with machine-guns, and great clouds of smoke were noticed over the place and were encountered by our airmen at a height of about 3,000 ft. " Other German air squadrons on the same night bombed about 20 enemy poistions behind the enemy's front where Russian soldiers were billeted. Numerous conflagrations were observed. The railway works near Preyart, Amiens and Longueau were damaged by bombs. On the lino Amiens- Pont de Metz a bomb weighing 112 lb. destroyed a moving train." Berlin, November roth. " The activity of aviators, which had been very lively throughout the day, was continued in the clear moonlit night. During the course of numerous air engagements we brought down 17 enemy machines, most of them on both sides of the Somme. Our squadrons repeated their effective attacks on railway stations, troop encampments, and munition dumps, especially in the region between Pdronne and Amiens.' Berlin, November 11th. " Clear autumn weather favoured the reciprocal artillery and aerial activity. " Nine inhabitants of the occupied territory fell victims yesterday to the bomb attacks made by enemy aviators against villages behind our front. The military damage caused was slight. Ten enemy aeroplanes were brought down yesterday in aerial battles by our anti-aircraft guns." II
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