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1/yGHT JUNK 14, 1917. AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. British. General Headquarters, June 5. " There was great activity in the air again this day, and bombing was continued by day and night with good results. Twelve German aeroplanes were brought down in air fighting, one of which fell within our lines, and six other hostile machines were driven down out of control. Five of our aeroplanes are missing." War Office, June 6. " Salonica.—Our aeroplanes have effectively bombed Demir Hissar station, Tusculu (north-east of lake Butkova), and Furka and Bogdanci (west of Lake Doiran). " Egypt.—Our aviators have successfully bombed the enemy camps at Gaza, Hareira, and Beersheba." Generml Headquarters, June 6. " Activity in the air continued yesterday. Eight German aeroplanes were brought down in air fighting, one of which fell within our lines, and eight other hostile machines were driven down out of control. Seven of our machines are missing." " General Headquarters, June 7. " There was again great activity in the air yesterday, and many fights took place. Five hostile formations, one of which consisted of over 30 machines, were attacked and dispersed with heavy casualties. In the course of the fighting nine German aeroplanes were brought down, and at least nine othersfprere driven down out of control. Six of our aeroplanes are missing." General Headquarters, June 8. •" During the battle our aircraft yesterday co-operated "very successfully with both infantry and artillery, performing valuable services. In addition, a large number of successful air raids were carried out, during which the enemy's aero- dromes, balloons, trains, billets, depots, and troops were attacked with bombs and machine guns. The enemy air- craft were prevented from taking part in the battle. We accounted for 12 German machines brought down and eight others driven down out of control. Fourteen of our machines .are missing." War Office, June 8. " East Africa.—Successful bombing raids against enemy ' -depots at Tunduru and Liwale have been carried out by our ;air service." Jrench. Paris, June 7. "Two enemy machines were brought down yesterday. Further information received records the certain destruction -of three more German machines, which were brought down by our pilots on June 3, 4 and 5." Paris, June 8. " During the day of June 7 our aeroplanes rained bombs On the railway stations of Ayricourt and Reschicourt, and on different troop cantonments in the region of Vouziers." Russian. Petrograd, June 4. " A German aeroplane was brought down by our artillery in the region of Lake Nobell, and fell in the enemy's territory." Petrograd, June 7. " A number of our aeroplanes made a series of flights over the rear of the enemy and dropped bombs." Italian. Rome, June 4. " Along the whole front yesterday there was considerable air activity. One enemy machine was brought down by fire near Mt. Zobio, a second machine fell in flames near Plava, and the pilot of a third was forced by our airmen to descend in his line. During the night enemy aircraft bomed Codigoro, but there were no victims and no damage was done. Our squadrons bombed hutments and enemy troops assembled at S. Lucia of Tolmino, at Chiapovano, and at the railway station of Rifemberga." Rome, June 6. " Aerial activity was intense. One enemy machine was beaten down by gunfire near Moos Sexton Valley, and another was brought down during an air fight between the Vodice and Mt. Santo. Last night our bombing squadrons, in spite of the violent shelling of hostile anti-aircraft guns, dropped over two tons of high explosives on the station of St. Pietro, on the Trieste-Lubiana (Laibach) Railway. Our machines returned safely." German. - Berlin, June 5. " Aerial activity was very lively throughout the day and night on the whole of the front. Yesterday 12 enemy aeror planes were shot down in aerial battles and by our anti- aircraft guns. Lieut. Voss brought down his 32nd, Lieut. Schaefer his 30th, and Lieut. Allmenroeder his 24th opponent in aerial battles." Berlin, June 6. " During numerous aerial battles along the front the enemy lost II aeroplanes. Lieut. Allmenroeder secured his 25th and 26th victories and Lieut. Voss his 33rd. " Balkans.—On the eastern bank of the Struma English aviators dropped incendiary bombs on the ripening corn- fields." Berlin, June 7. " Yesterday eight English aeroplanes were shot down in aerial battles, one by Lieut. Voss, who thereby won his 34th aerial victory." R.N.A.S. Work in Belgium. THE following announcements have been issued by the Admiralty ;— June 5tk. " Naval aeroplanes carried out an attack on the night of June 3rd-4th on the aerodrome at St. Denis Westrem, near Ghent, and many bombs were dropped, with good results. The enemy seaplane base at Zeebrugge was attacked by our seaplanes at the same time, and the shipping in Bruges was also bombed. All our machines returned safely." June 6th. " Photographic reconnaissance over Ostend shows that as the result of yesterday's bombardment from the sea the majority of the workshops in the dockyard were either seriously damaged or totally destroyed. The entrance gates to the dockyard basin, the wharf, the submarine shelter and a destroyer under repair were badly damaged. It appears also that several vessels -were sunk. On June 4th a hostile machine was attacked by one of our Royal Naval Air Service pilots from Dunkirk 15 miles out at sea and driven down in a vertical nose-dive into the sea. During the night of June 4th-5th a successful bombing raid was carried out on the hostile shipping in the harbour of Bruges. A big explosion was observed and many smaller ones. This was followed by another raid on the same objec- tive at daybreak. In all many tons of bombs were dropped. A hostile kite balloon was shot down by one of our machines. "In every case all our machines returned safely." June jih. " An attack was carried out yesterday, June 6th, by a squadron of naval aeroplanes on the enemy aerodrome at- Nieuwmunster (about fifteen miles S.S.W. of Blankenberghe). A number t>f bombs were dropped, one big shed being hit, and several bombs falling close to two machines on the aerodrome. On the return journey the bombing machines were attacked by four hostile aircraft, which were driven off. All our machines returned safely." June 8th. " On the evening of the 6th inst. naval aeroplanes attacked two enemy machines 3 miles north-east of Dixmude. Both the enemy machines went down completely out of control. Another Royal Naval Air Service pilot attacked and shot down out of control an enemy aircraft 5 miles north-east of Dixmude." — June 9th. " A bomb raid on the St. Denis Westrem Aerodrome was successfully carried out to-day by the Royal Naval Air Service. All our pilots and machines returned safely."fl June ioth> " Vice-Admiral, Dover, reports that the latest recon- , naissance of Ostend shows that all large shipping has been removed irom that harbour. The two destroyers lately reported as being towed to Zeebrugge are probably those damaged during the bombardment, which have been removed from the basin. The harbour presents a deserted appear- ance." June nth. " Vice-Admiral, Dover, reports that at about 5 a.m. to-day one of his Majesty's drifters, ' I.F.S.' (Lieut. H. B. Bell- Irving, R.N.V.R., in command), whilst on patrol duty, encountered a group of five enemy seaplanes and engaged them. One machine was destroyed, the pilot being rescued by another enemy machine. This machine was in turn attacked by the drifter, and both pilots were taken prisoners, the machine being so badly damaged that it sank while being towed into harbour. The remaining three enemy seaplanes made good their escape." 594
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