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NOVEMBER 30, 1916. I/LIGHTI AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL British. General Headquarters, November 21st, 9 p.m. " Yesterday our aeroplanes co-operated successfully with our artillery. Two of our machines are missing." General Headquarters, November 22nd, 9.25 * m " During the night of the 20th-21st our aeroplanes attacked enemy railway stations, billets and transports with bombs and machine-gun fire. All our machines returned safely." Admiralty, November 23rd. " During the course of yesterday afternoon (22nd inst.) an attack was carried out by British naval aeroplanes on the sea plane sheds at Zeebrugge and on the enemy's torpedo-boat destroyers lying alongside the mole. Observers state that a destroyer was hit and damage was done to the sheds. All our machines returned safely." [A French official communique stated that 34 bombs were dropped."] General Headquarters, November 2yd, 9.45 p.m. " Yesterday the enemy showed considerable enterprise in the air, and crossed our line. Three of his aeroplanes fell into our hands, while a fourth was driven down on his own side of the line. One of our machines is missing." War Office, November 24th. " Salonica.—-On the Doiran front British aeroplanes success fully bombed and damaged the enemy lines." General Headquarters, November 24th. " The weather continues stormy. Yesterday, in spite of unfavourable conditions, our aircraft made reconnaissances and co-operated with the artillery. One of our machines has not returned." General Headquarters, November 24th, 9.45 p.m. " Yesterday much successful work was accomplished by our aircraft. Twelve of our machines encountered an enemy formation of 20 aeroplanes, and as a result of the fight the hostile formation dispersed. One of the enemy machines was destroyed, and several others driven down damaged. All our own machines returned safely. In other fights in the air four of the enemy's aeroplanes were destroyed. Three of our machines are missing." War Office, November 26th. " Salonica.—On the Struma front our aeroplanes success fully bombed the enemy aerodrome at Drama." General Headquarters, November 27th, 10.10 p.m. " Yesterday, in spite of the indifferent weather, our aero planes co-operated successfully with our artillery, and also bombed several points of military importance. Two of our machines are missing." French. Paris, November 21st. " Last night our bombarding aeroplanes dropped 100 bombs on the enemy bivouacs behind the Somme front." Paris, November 23rd. " Second Lieut. Guynemer brought down during the day his twenty-second German machine. The enemy aeroplane came crashing to the ground near St. Christ (region of the Somme). Our bombarding aeroplanes yesterday dropped many bombs on the railway stations and bivouacs of the enemy on the Somme front. *' Salonica.—Our aeroplanes bombarded enemy encamp ments in the Topolani and Prilep regions. In the course of an aerial fight one of our aeroplanes brought down two enemy machines in the Drama district." Paris, November 24th. " Yesterday in Lorraine three British aeroplanes fought an engagement with several German machines. One enemy machine was brought down in the forest of Gremece . " On the same day on the Somme front our aviators fought about forty engagements, in the course of which five machines were brought down. Sergt. Flachaire brought down his sixth machine near Manancon, and Lieut. Doullin his tenth south of Vaux Wood. " It is confirmed that on November 22nd Second Lieut. Guynemer brought down a second enemy machine in the region of Falvy. This brings the number of aeroplanes brought down by this pilot to 23. Sixofour machines dropped 15 bombs of 120 mm. on Bruyeres Another of our air INFORMATION. squadrons carried out a bombardment of the aerodrome of Griselles. Between 3.45 p.m. and 7 p.m. 171 bombs of 120 mm. were dropped. Last night, between 9.30 p.m. and 1.10 a.m., four of our machines bombarded the blast furnaces and factories of Voelklingen (on the Sarre). During this expedition 12 bombs of 120 mm and 12 of 155 mm. were dropped, and appear to have been well placed. Our machines returned unharmed. " Yesterday afternoon a German aeroplane was brought down by the fire of our anti-aircraft guns. The machine fell I . > the north of Berry-au-Bac. The same day Sergt.-Major Viallet brought down his sixth German machine near Moislains, in the Somme region." Paris, November 25th. "Yesterday, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., a group of aeroplanes of the British Naval Air Service bombarded the blast furnaces of Dillingen (in the region of the Saar). During this expedition a ton of explosives was dropped. Most of the projectiles struck their mark. An enemy aeroplane was brought down during the return journey." Paris, November 26th. " Salonica.— British aeroplanes bombarded the enemy camps in the region of Neohori, at the mouth of the Struma." Paris, November 27th. " A group of our aeroplanes last night bombarded the aerodromes of Guizancourt and Matigny. The projectiles successfully struck their objectives." Russian. Petrograd, November 24th. " In the region of the little hamlet of Verb, north of Romontz, an Austrian aeroplane was compelled to descend and the airmen were taken prisoners. " On the River Bistritza our airmen successfully threw bombs on the enemy's artillery depot in the villlage of Pavoltcho, on the railway north-west of Stanislavov. Our scouts made a series of successful reconnaissances in the region Kosmatch and Poroge, north-west of Zolotvin." Petrograd, November 26th. " Near Prudy Station, north-west of Molodcheno, a German aeroplane was brought down by our machine-gun fire. The occupants, an officer and a private, were taken prisoners. " On the River Stokhod, near the village of Vulkaporskaia, an enemy aeroplane, which was hit by us near the village of Pojarki, north of Rovice, fell to earth. The wings of the machine were burnt. The aviators were taken prisoners. " West of Novo-Oleksinietz the enemy is violently bom barding our positions. Enemy aeroplanes also flew over our positions. One of these, being attacked by our aviator, Capt. Vaftalovsky, was hit after a fight lasting a minute, and landed in the region of Rudnaia-Pochaievskaia Station. The machine was undamaged, and found to possess two machine guns. The aviator and observer were taken prisoners." Italian. Rome, November 24th. " Hostile aircraft dropped bombs on Agnede Grigno and Primolano, in the Suagana Valley, wounding two people, but were driven off by our aeroplanes, which rose in pursuit." Rome, November 26th. " Hostile aircraft attempted to make raids on several localities in the theatre of operations, but were driven off by fire of our anti-aircraft guns and by our aviators. " An enemy air squadron, which had succeeded in dropping bombs on Tolmezzo without doing any damage, was attacked and dispersed by aircraft, and an enemy aeroplane was de stroyed, one of the aviators being killed and the other taken prisoner. As the result of an air fight near Bilia, south-east of Gorizia, another enemy aeroplane was shot down." Roumanian. Bucharest, November 15th. " During the last two or three days the enemy has again displayed particular activity. Enemy machines have flown over Turna-Magurele, Zimnicea, the region of Giurgiuvo, Tulcea, Campolung, Sinaia, and Roman, and dropped bombs, causing slight damage. They dropped bombs on the capital and its environs, killing and wounding peaceable inhabitants, especially women and children. On this occasion they dropped a great number of bombs over the Palace, where the Queen and the Princesses of Roumania were formerly living. 1061
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