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FEBRUARY 22, 1917. An engagement is announced between Lieutenant H. BAGSHAW MANN, R.F.C. (Military Medal), late Royal Fusiliers, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bagshaw Mann, of Ealing, and MARGARET A. DUNK, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Dunk, of Mount Park Road, Ealing. The engagement is announced of Lieutenant STEWART W. THOMPSON, R.F.C., elder son of R. C. Thompson, Morton House, Fence Houses, and MADGE, widow of GORDON MILLS, Coldstream Guards, and elder daughter of H. Slowburn, Richmond House, Wimbledon Common. The engagement is announced of NICHOLAS WYNDHAM WADHAM, Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, and R.F.C., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wadham, 5, Cleveland Terrace, Hyde Park, and BARBARA, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. MORLEY MAY, of Brendon, Weston-super-Mare. Items. Memorial tablets have been erected in Harrow Parish Church in memory of Lieutenant G. J. L. WELSFORD, R.F.C., son of Mrs. Freeborn, wife of Major Freeborn, commanding the Harrow O.T.C., who was killed in an air fight in France and of Private F. W. OWEN, Royal Fusiliers, son of the Rev E. C. E. Owen, a Master at Harrow School, killed in action in France. Second Lieutenant MARK DENMAN DRAPER, who was recently reported killed in a flying accident, was a well- known and popular member of the theatrical profession. He was the eldest son of the Rev. W. H. Draper, now Rector of Adel, near Leeds, and grandson of the late Mr. Justice Denman. Born 32 years ago at Alfreton, Derbyshire, where his father at that time was Vicar, he was educated at Repton School, and about ten years ago he adopted the dramatic profession, his initial experience being with Sir F. R. Benson. For a while he toured with Mr. Dobell's repertory company, and later joined Mr. Wentworth Croke, playing Oscar in " The Prodigal Son." Then he resolved to embark on management on his own account, and so continued for about seven years. Plays which he presented in the provinces in- cluded " The Christian," " The Eternal City " " What Every Woman Wants " and " The Blindness of Virtue." With the latter he occupied the Ambassadors' Theatre for a season prior to taking it on tour. AIRCRAFT WORK OFFICIAL British. ' Admiralty, February 14th. " On the 8th inst. a raid was carried out by naval aero- planes on the shipping in Bruges Harbour. A number of heavy bombs were dropped with good effect. Large fires were observed. A hostile aeroplane was brought down. " On the 10th inst. naval aircraft carried out a successful bomb attack in the Eastern Mediterranean, causing consider- able damage to the permanent way south of Yenikeui Bridge." General Headquarters, February 14th. " One German aeroplane was destroyed in air fighting yesterday on our side of the line, and one of our machines was brought down." Admiralty, February ie>th. " On the 14th inst. an attack was carried out by naval aeroplanes on the harbour and shipping of Bruges. A con- siderable weight of bombs was dropped with most successful results. All pilots and machines returned safely with the exception of one. " Eastern Mediterranean.—On the morning of the 12th inst., during a reconnaissance, one of our aeroplanes was shot down by a Fokker. The pilot and observer were captured after having burnt their machine. A second Fokker was engaged and destroyed by an escorting machine at a range of 50 yards." General Headquarters, February 15th. " On the night of the 13tb.-14.th inst., and again yesterday, bombs were dropped by our aeroplanes on a number of places of military importance behind the enemy's lines. One German machine was destroyed in the air fighting and two others driven down damaged. One of our machines was also brought down, and two others of our aeroplanes are missing." General Headquarters, February 16th. " Yesterday one British aeroplane and three German machines, one of which fell on our side of the line, were brought down in air fighting, while five other enemy machines were driven down damaged. A ninth hostile aeroplane was brought down by our anti-aircraft guns. Four other British machines are missing." Admiralty, February 17th. " An attack on the Ghistelles aerodrome (south of Ostend) was carried out by naval aeroplanes on the 16th inst. Heavy bombs were dropped, with good results. " At the same time the shipping and harbour at Bruges were again attacked, bombs being observed to explode on the . objectives." General Headquarters, February 17th. " In the course of air fighting yesterday one German aero- plane was brought down in our lines and two others were driven down in a damaged condition. One of our machines is missing." French. Paris, February 14th. " A German aeroplane this morning dropped bombs on Dunkirk, but there were no victims and no damage was done. Bombs also dropped in the region of Pompey (Meurthe and Moselle). Two civilians were killed and two others wounded. " German aeroplanes again threw bombs in the evening in the Dunkirk district. Several civilians were killed and others injured. Nancy was also bombarded by aeroplanes AT THE FRONT. INFORMATION. this morning. There was no victim. During the night of Feb. 13th—14th our air squadrons dropped projectiles on the aviation grounds of Etreillers (Aisne) and Sancourt (Sommc), on the stations of Athies, Houbleux, Voyennes, Curchy-St- Quentin and Ham, as well as on the factories east of Tergnier, where several explosions were observed. " Salonica.—The railway station of Krivolak was bom- barded by French aeroplanes. A British air squadron blew up an ammunition depot north of Demirhissar." Paris, February i$th. " Yesterday morning a German aeroplane was brought down in aerial fighting. The machine fell in flames in our lines between Custines and Morey (Meurthe-et-Moselle). In the course of the day yesterday and during last night our air squadrons successfully bombarded the aviation grounds at Colmar, Varennes and Matigny, the railway station of Athies, and the bivouacs at Curchy. " A German aeroplane was brought down yesterday 1 ear Beaumont (Meuse) by the fire of our anti-aircraft guns." Paris, February 16th. " In the course of yesterday our battle aeroplanes fought a number of engagements, in which five German machines were brought down, one by Adjutant Madon, who thus scored his seventh succcess. During the night of the isth-i6th our air squadrons bombarded the railway station of Voyenne, the railways in the St. Quentin and Ham district, the bivoucas and the railway station at Spincourt, the blast furnaces at Uckingen, Rombach and Maizieres-les-Metz, the aviation ground and the barracks at Dieuze, and a military park to the north of Vic." Paris, February 17th. " Further information received shows that on Jan. 23rd Capt. Doumer brought down a German aeroplane. This is the fifth machine destroyed up to the present by this officer. Yesterday one of our pilots brought down a German captive balloon in the region of Marvaux (south of Vouziers)." Paris, February 19th. " On Saturday night a Zeppelin flew over the French coast of the Pas de Calais as far as the suburbs of Boulogne, and threw several bombs, without, however, achieving any results." Russian. Petrograd, February 13th. " North-east of Focsani a French aviator gave battle to an enemy aeroplane, which at the end of a few minutes descended rapidly, apparently damaged. " Our aviators dropped four bombs on the enemy aerodrome in the village of Kobylnik (north of the Narocz Lake). Enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs on the Pogoreltsy Station on the Aleksandroff railway, also on Luzk and on the region south- east of Halicz." Petrograd, February 15//1. " A French aviator brought down a German aeroplane, which fell into our lines south-west of Birlat. The enemy pilot was killed." Italian. Rome, February 13th. " A squadron of Italian seaplanes attacked Pola. " After dropping a quantity of explosive and incendiary 191
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