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IJGHT| JANUARY II, 1917. AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION.British. General Headquarters, January $th, 8.36 p.m. " There was considerable aerial activity yesterday. Suc-cessful work was carried out by our aeroplanes in conjunction with our artillery. Two of our machines are missing." General Headquarters, January 6th, 8.40 p.m." On the night of 4th-5th and again yesterday our aero- planes attacked with bombs a number of places of militaryimportance behind the enemy's lines, and obtained good results. " Much successful work was carried out during the day inco-operation with our artillery." Admiralty, January Oth." On Jan. 4th a squadron of British naval aeroplanes attacked the railway bridge over the Maritza River at Kuleli-• Burgas. One span of the bridge is reported to have been completely wrecked." General Headquarters, January 8th, 8.35 p.m." Yesterday a number of enemy batteries were effectively gnd by our artillery in co-operation with our aeroplanes.Many places of military importance behind the enemy's lines were successfully bombed, and a number of fights took placein the air. Two enemy machines were driven down in a damaged condition. Two of our machines are missing." French. Paris, January 4th." Shortly before 5.30 p.m. a German aeroplane dropped two bombs on Compiegne. A woman was injured. Nodamage was done." Paris, January $lh." Last night 20 of our aeroplanes carried out various bombardments. The enemy aerodromes of Matigny, Hau-court, Flez and Bernes, and the railway stations of Rouilly, Athies and Villecourt, and the cantonments of Roye receivednumerous bombs." Paris, January 6th." On the night of January 4th-5th our bombarding squadrons dropped bombs on the aerodrome of Grisolles andthe railway station and hutments of Guiscar, where four fires and several explosions were noticed. Last night enemybivouacs south of Spincourt, the ammunition dumps at the farm of Longeau and the railway station of Mesnil-St. Nicaizcwerr also bombarded." Paris, January yth." During the day of Ja.11 5th Sub-Lieut. Delornic shot down at close range a German aeroplane. The machine wasdamaged and compelled to come to ground in our lines, close to Auves. The airmen were made prisoners. This is thefifth machine brought down by this pilot. During the night of Jan. 6th—-th one of our squadrons bombarded the aviationgrounds at Haucourt and Matigny, the station at Arcigny, the enemy cantonments at the Liaucourt Wood, and thedepots at Attichy." Belgian. Havre, January 6th. " The persistent bad weather has completely stopped_the work of the Belgian airmen." Russian. Petrograd, January 3rd." Western Front.—Enemy aeroplanes have displayed con- siderable activity and have dropped bombs at various points.One of the machines was brought down by our artillery fire near the village Iva (south-east of the Vishnevsk Lake).The aviators (an officer and a private) were taken prisoners. In the region of Porskaia Vulka (south-east of Kovel) touraviators brought down two enemy aeroplanes. Both the machines were smashed, and the four aviators killed by thefall." Petrograd, January /th." In the region of the town of Retchki (north-east of Veleiki) an enemy aeroplane landed. The aviators, an officerand a private, were taken prisoners." Petrograd, January Sth. " Our aviators dropped bombs on Kovel, in the village ofGoloba, 30 versts (20 miles), south-east of Koval Station, Zablotze, west of Brody, and the hamlet of JasenofI, south-west of Brody." Italian. Rome, January 8th. " On the Trentino front there have been reconnoitring andaerial fights. " During the night of Jan. 5th-6th an Italian aeroplaneflew over Trieste and returned along the coast. Two hun- dred kilogrammes (440 lbs.) of explosives were dropped uponthe station at Nabresina, and in the region of Mont Querceto (Hermada). The aeroplane safely returned to its base inspite of violent fire from the enemy's batteries." German. Berlin, January 8ih. " In the course of successful aerial engagements, and bymeans of-our anti-aircraft guns, the enemy suffered the loss of six aeroplanes." Bulgarian. Sofia, January 1st. " Our aeroplanes successfully dropped bombs on enemytroops north-east of Larine." Sofia, January 2nd." In the region of Seres and Drama enemy airmen displayed activity without result." Sofia, January 6th. " There is growing intensity of artillery fire and great aerialactivity along the whole Macedonian front, especially in the Vardar Valley. Near Ghevgheli we brought down a hostileaeroplane, the British pilot of which was made prisoner." Sofia, January yth." In the bend of the Cerna the airman, Sub-Lieut. Brandek, brought down his second captive balloon, which fell inflames near Negochani." ••;"•• '.„/. The Royal Flying Corps Club. THE formal opening of the club provided in BrutonStreet, Berkeley Square, by the generosity of Mr. W. C. Bersey, for officers of the Royal Flying Corps, the Directorateof Military Aeronautics, &c, took place on the 4th iust. The idea of the club, which owes its origin to a suggestion ofMrs. Allhusen, who is working in connection with the R.F.C. hospital in Bryanston Square, is that flying officers who areinvalided home can have a place where they can live in comfort and from where they can go out for treatment. The chairman of the Executive Committee is Lieut.-Gen.Sir David Henderson, D.S.O , and among other supporters of tlje Bchemt' art' Brig,-Gen, Sjilmpud, Lieut.-Col- \Y. w.Warner, Lieut.-Col. Holt, Lieut.-Col. C. F. Lee, Mr. Bersey and Mr. Percy Simmons, L.C.C., while the Club Committeeconsists of Brig.-Gen. W. S. Brancker (chairman), Lieut.-Col. W. W.Warner, Lieut.-Col. C. F. Lee, Major E. G. R. Lithgow,and Capt. H. Tomlinson, M.C. The Secretary is Major R. W. Morley. The club premises include accommodation for 22 residentmembers, and there are comfortable smoking, reading and writing rooms, which are likely to lie much appreciated byR.F.C. officers who are undergoing hospital treatment or are convalescent. Air Work in Daylight Raiding. DESCRIBING the big raid south-east of Arras on Janu-ary 6th, the Times correspondent at the British Headquarters says :—" Our airmen co-operated with their usual audacious skill. They flew in coveys over the German positions. One pilot, to confirm a first impression, came down to within a fewhundred feet of the German trenches ; and it should be remembered that on this part of the Front the enemy'sdefences are every bit as formidable as they once were on the Somme. The light was not so very good, either. It wasreally against accurate observation. All, for instance, that could be seen by observers of our artillery work was theflashing and glowing of the shells bursting in a haze. Never- theless, the spotting by our airmen for our artillery waswonderfully well done ; as the infantry found when they ' went over." "U.S. Army Buys an Aerodrome. THE United States Army authorities bave recently pur-chased 1,700 acres of ground between Back River and Hampton, Va., on the lower Chesapeake Bay, near FortMonroe, for the purpose of laying out what, it is hoped, will be one of the finest aerodromes in the world. The ground,which has cost $200,000, is to be called Langley Field, and it is proposed to ask Congress to allow $1,500,000 to be spenton buildings and equipment. U.S. Want Separate Flying Corps. IN the opinion of Brig.-Gen. G. P. Scriven, Chief SignalOfficer of the United States Army, the time has come for the separation of the aviation section from the Signal Corps, andthe formation of a properly constituted Flying Corps. A report by General Scriven outlines a plan for the formationof seven aero squadrons for the Regular Army, twelve squadrons for the National Guard and five for the defencesof both coasts, besides aerostatic units^for the mobile army and coast artillery. \^>
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