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He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps a few months ago,and obtained his certificate as a pilot. Last week he accom- panied Captain Burdon in a flight, and near Leeds themachine fell in flames, both officers being killed. Married and to be Married.The marriage between Flight Sub-Lieutenant M. BIRKBECK.R.N., and Miss LETTICE ELLIOT will take place at St.Barnabas, Pimlico, on Saturday, February 3rd, at 2 p.m. Second Lieutenant HENRY BROOME DURLEY GRAZEBROOK,R.F.C., M.A. (Oxon.), of Gray's Inn and the Middle Temple, and barrister-at-law, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. H. DurleyGrazebrook, of Caenwood Grange, Beulah Hill, Upper Nor- wood,was on the 12th inst at Bournemouth married to ETHEL GERTRUDE, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. WESTMORE,of Bournemouth. An engagement is announced between HERBERT WILLIAM HARK R.F.C., only son of the late Colonel HERBERT SEYMOUR MARSHALL, Punjab Infantry, and Mrs. MARSHALL, of Revel-stoke, British Columbia, and EVELYN MARGARET, fourthdaughter of the late Mr. JOHN ORR-EWING and Mrs. ORR- EWING, of Holmer, Weston-super-Mare. The marriage took place on January 13th, at St. John'sChurch, Blackheath, of Captain ROWLAND F. S. MORTON,R.F.C., son of the late Rev. C. J. F. Morton, Vicar of Goole, Yorks, and of Mrs. Morton, Blackheath, to JOAN ISABELJthird daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR WATKINS, Blackheath' The wedding of Flight-Lieutenant J. D. NEWBERRY, R.N.,second son of Mr. Charles Newberry, of Prinzberg, Clocolan, South Africa, and MARY_ LETHBRIDGE (MOLLIE), second JANUARY 18, 1917. daughter of Mr. H. P. COWPER, late of The Brigalows. New South Wales, will shortly take place m Eastbourne. The -rriage arranged between ^^ S place this week. , . The marriage is announced to take place at St. Petei: s-m- the-East, Oxford, on Saturday, of Second Lieutenant S. M. ; PKMBFSTON RFC elder son of the late Rev. A. H.; femberton anf Mrs.' Pemberton, of Bury St. Edmunds, to EILEEN M. CHAPMAN JOHNSON, widow of J Chapman Johnson, and youngest daughter of the late Dr. W. Bedell Benison and Mrs. Benison, of King s Heath. An engagement is announced between Flight-Lieutenant LESLIE GORDON WRIGHT, R.N., second son -of Mr and Mrs. A. A. Wright, of Acton Hill, W., and Miss MAUD MAY KNIGHT, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Knight, of Bruton, Somerset. Items.Captain LORD LUCAS, of Wrest Park, Ampthill. and of theHampshire Yeomanry and Royal Flying Corps, Under- secretary to the War Office in 1908-11, Under-Secretary forthe Colonies in 1911, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, 1911-14, and President of the Board ofAgriculture, 1914-iS. kiUed in France on November 3rd, aged 40. left estate of the value of £100,000, so far as can atpresent be ascertained. Lord Lucas was unmarried, and the Barony now goes to his sister, the Hon. Nan Ino Herbert. AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION. FRONT. British. Admiralty, January nth." His Majesty's seaplane carrier ' Ben My Chree ' (Wing- Commander C. R. Samson, D.S.O.) was sunk by gunfire inKastelorizo Harbour (Asia Minor) on Jan. nth. The only casualties were one officer and four men wounded." War Office, January 15th." Sahnica.—A hostile aeroplane was brought down by the Royal Flying Cor^s near Lahana, the German pilot andobserver being taken prisoner ; the machine was undamaged. This is the fourth aeroplane brought down in the last threeweeks." French. Paris, January ntk." Salonica.—British hydroplanes have bombarded Geke- vitch, south-east of Xanthi, and 12 British aeroplanes haveeffectively bombed the military establishments of Hudovo and Strumitsa. A French squadron of eight aeroplanes hassucceeded im bombarding an important encampment near Veles." Paris, January 14th." AB enemy aeroplane was forced to land in our lines near Pont-&-Mousson. The airmen were taken prisoners." Russian. Petrograd, January gih." la the evening of Jan. 8th enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs OK Lutsk." Petrograd, January 10th. " In the region of the village Minitchi (on the Shara, southof the Slutzky high road) one of our aviators hit an enemy aeroplane, which fell into the enemy's lines. During thenight of Jan. 9th several squadrons of enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs on Luzk. Petrograd, January 12th." Roumanian Front.—During our reconnoitring operations in the vicinity of the valley of the Putna one of our aeroplanesmet two enemy machines, and engaged in battle with one of them, compelling it to descend." Italian. Rome, January gth." Enemy aeroplanes yesterday attempted several raids on our territory, but were repulsed by our anti-aircraft batteriesand pursued by our chasers. One of our squadrons success- fully bombarded military objectives in Reifemberg S. Danieleand Cobdil, in the Valley of the Branizza (a confluent of the Vippaco). Escaping from the enemy's anti-aircraft fire and driving back all attacks of hostile aeroplanes, our machines returned safely to their bases." Rome, January 12th." During the night of Jan. 1 ith-i2th an enemy air squadron dropped a considerable number of bombs in the neighbour-hood of Aguileja. Three men were wounded and some damage done. One of the enemy's seaplanes was broughtdown by our anti-aircraft batteries. The aviators were taken prisoners. At the same time two of our aeroplanessuccessfully bombarded the aviation ground at Prosecco and the seaplane base in the harbour of Trieste. Escaping fromthe heavy fire of enemy anti-aircraft batteries they returned safely." Rome, Janumry 13th. " Italian and French hydroplanes yesterday effected anoffensive reconnaissance over Pola, dropping bombs on enemy units. Counter-attacks were made by enemy aeroplanes,which were repulsed in an aerial fight. One of »ur hydro- planes fought three enemy aeroplanes one after another,and drove them off. Bombs were dropped by eaemy aero- planes on our torpedo-boats at sea without efect. All ouraerial and naval units returned undamaged to their base." German. Berlin, January nth." Our airmen shot down two British captive balloons, which fell to earth in flames." Austrian. Vienna, Janumry 12th."On the night of Jan. nth-i2th a squadron of naval aeroplanes very successfully shelled the aeroplane groundnear Belligna with bombs. The aerodrome there had been rebuilt since its destruction by our airmen during the attacksthey made upon it on Nov. 14th and Dec. 16th last year. Several direct hits were made upon the »ewly-erectedhangars." Bulgarian. Sofia, January nth." In the Drama region an enemy aeroplane was forced to come to earth. We took the occupants prisoners, who wereboth Serbians. The machine was completely intact." Sofia, January 14/A. " Our aeroplanes dropped bombs on the port of SaintGeorge and near an aeroplane station." Air Work in Roumania. THE Times correspondent at the Headquarters of theRoumanian Army, writing on December 24th, says :— " During the past week a successful fight in the air wasfought by a British airman, Flight-Lieut. Jacob, who on a Nieuport scout brought down (near Braila) a German two-engined battleplane. Two of the crew of the enemy machine were killed and the third was taken prisoner. By the specialwish of the King, Colonel Thomson, British Military Attache, presented Flight-Lieut. Jacob to-day. The King handedpersonally to the brave airman the highest Roumanian order, that of Michael the Brave, and congratulated him on hisbravery, expressing his joy that an Englishman should be the first foreigner who had received this high Order. 74
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