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SEPTEMBER SO, 1917. dumps, and trains in the Courtrai area, making a' total weight of over six tons-during the 24 hours. " Fighting was very vigorous, and strong formations of enemy scouts wereencountered by ^ur patrols. Artillery and photographic machines working well over the enemy country were also frequently engaged. " Seven hostile machines were brought down in combat, and 12 were drivendown out of control. In addition, one German machine was shot down by our anti-aircraft guns. Eight of our aeroplanes are missing." Admiralty, September 12th. " During the last 24 hours many fighter patrols have been carried out bythe Royal Naval Air Service. One of these patrols engaged two enemy spotting machines, one being shot down, the machine crashing into the sea, the otherlanding almost intact in our lines. The pilot and observer of the latter machine were made prisoners. Two other enemy machines were attacked and drivendown d'ling a sweep by our machines. In conjunction with a bombing raid nine enemy machines were encountered, five of which are believed to have beendriven down out of control. Bombing raids were rarried out by night on : St. Denis Westrem aerodrome, Gontrode aerodrome, Bruges docks, Thourout rail-way junction, railway objectives near Ghent. Several tons of explosives were dropped. During the afternoon of Sept. nth a bombing raid was made onSparappelhoek, Thourout aerodrome, and Engel ammunition dump. At Sparappelhoek bombs were observed to explode amongst the hangars, causingmuch smoke, and at Thourout a direct hit was observed on a hangar. At Engel ammunition dump a large fire was caused. The bombing formation was attackedby enemy machines, and one of the latter was shot down smoking and out of control. Many tons of explosives were dropped. In all the operations referredto all machines and pilots returned safely." Admiralty, September 13M. " During the nth and 12th inst., in spite of poor visibility, the followingbombing raids by naval aircraft have been carried out: Thourout aerodrome and dumps, on which objective several tons of bombs were dropped, andheavy explosion was caused. Bruges Docks, where an explosion was also caused. A further bombing raid was attempted on Bruges Dock, but owingto thick clouds the shipping alongside Zeebrugge Mole was attacked instead. A direct bit was made on a large destroyer, and several direct hits on seaplanesheds and mole, causing a fire. All our machines returned safely." General Headquarters, September 13M1." In spite of bad visibility some artillery work was carried out by our aero- planes yesterday, and photographs were taken. Bombing of the enemy'saerodromes, ammunition dumps, and the railway stations was continued by day and night. Three enemy machines were driven down out of control.Two of our machines are missing." Admiralty, September 14th. " A bombing raid was carried out during the night of I2th-I3th by theR.N.A.S. on the following military objectives : Ghistelles aerodrome; Thourout aerodrome. A large quantity of bombs was dropped. All machines returnedsafely." - General Headquarters, September nth."On the 13th inst. the weather was again very unfavourable for aerial observation. Eighty bombs were dropped by our aeroplanes on the enemy'sbillets east of Lens, and his troops in the open and in their trenches were barraged by machine-gun fire from a low altitude. There was a certain amountof fighting under difficult conditions. Three of our machines are missing." War Office, September 15th. " Salonica.—During the past week our aeroplanes have bombed the enemy'sencampments and dumps at RupeL Vetrina, and Cernista (Struma front) causing considerable damage. Otherwise there is nothing to report." General Headquarters, September 15th." On the 14th inst. the cloudy weather continued with a strong west •wiad, making artillery observation difficult and greatly favouring the enemy'smachines in combats. Eleven heavy bombs were dropped by us on the railway station north of Charleroi and 75 bombs on railway stations and billetsand encampments nearer the lines. Three enemy machines were brought down, one falling behind our lines, and six driven down out of control. Fourof our machines are missing." General Headquarters, September x6M." On the 15th inst. there was no improvement in the weather, and a strong west wind still rendered difficult the return of our machines from bombingraids and from fighting behind the enemy's lines. Artillery and photographic work was continued, and 3 tons of bombs were dropped on two hostile aero-drojaes east of Courtrai, on an aerodrome and an ammunition dump north- easYof Cambrai, and on hostile billets and hutments. Six German machineswere brought down in air fighting, and two driven down out of control. Four of our machines are missing." Admiralty, September lytk." Naval aircraft carried out a bombing raid on September 15th on enemy shipping between Ostend and Blankenberghe. Bombs were dropped ondestroyers and trawlers or drifters. One large destroyer was hit amidships, and one, probably two, out of a group cb four trawlers, was sunk. In the eveningduring a late patrol, one of our seaplanes was attacked by two seaplanes, which were engaged by our escorting aeroplanes, and one shot down in flames, theother being chased towards some enemy destroyers. At about 10 a.m. yester- day (16th) a patrol engaged a formation of enemy aircraft, destroying one, andprobably a second." General Headquarters, September 17th." On the 16th inst. visibility improved, and a good deal of successful artillery work and photography was accomplished. During the fine intervals enemyaircraft were active, and were again greatly favoured by the strong west wind. " In the course of the morning hostile machines dropped. 50 bombs behind ourlines. Very little damage was done. " Our areoplanes dropped 143 bombs on a German aerodrome and on hostilebillets, and fired many thousand rounds from their machine guns at various targets on the ground. In particular a body of 2.000 German infantry wasengaged with machine-gun fire from a height of 100 ft. and scattered " Six German aeroplanes were brought down in combat, and four otherswere driven down out of control. In addition one hostile machine was shjt down in our lines by anti-aircraft gun fire. Eight of our aeroplanes are missing.' French. Paris, September nth. " Last night German aeroplanes bombarded the region of Dunkirk. Bombsfell on a hospital, and about 15 women were wounded. ' " On the 10th three German aeroplanes wera ofought down as the result•A combats with our pilots. A fourth German machine was destroyed by the fire of our special guns." " Salonica.—British aeroplanes bombarded successfully enemy camps nearRupel." Paris, September 12th. " Enemy aeroplanes bombed the region of Dunkirk. There were severalvictims among the civil population." Pans, September 13th.Last night German aeroplanes dropped bombs in the region of Dunkirk. 'f Our airmen successfully dropped bombs at Hoglet, Portemark, Gits, Gelte,Lindenken, Staden, and on the aviation grounds north-east of Thourout." ,, . Paris, September i$lh.During the days of the 13th and 14th four Germau aeroplanes were ' r Drought down in aerial fighting." „ T Paris, September nth.In the course of yesterday four German aeroplanes and a kite balloon were " brought down by our pilots, and a sixth hostile machine was brought down byout anti aircraft guns. In addition six other German aeroplanes were seriously damaged as the result of combats with our aviators, and fell within their ownlines. Our bombarding squadrons showed themselves particularly active during yesterday and last nght. Many raids were carried out bv our machines, whichdropped 15,000 kilogrammes (about 15 tons) o' bombs on enemy establishments, including : the barracks and munition factories of Stuttgart, ihc av:a* on camp Belgian. Havre, September 12th. During the last two days our aviators have carried out 65 flights, takennumerous photographs, carried out reconnaissances, and engaged in several flights. This morning an enemy aviator was brought down in our lines, and asecond was forced to land in the enemy lines in the direction of Schorbalcksc." Havre, September 13th.Several of our cantonments were also bombed by enemy aviators." Havre, September 14th.Our cantonments have also been bombed by enemy aviators.' Italian. Rome, September i$th.' An enemy aeroplane, brought down by our anti-aircraft fire, fell in the neighbourhood of Duino." . Rome,September i$th.On the Carso the enemy's lines of communication were bombarded by our airmen with about 3 tons of bombs. During an aerial combat an enemyaeroplane was brought down in flames and fell in the Auzza Torrent, Avscek. The pilots were killed." Rome, September 16th." Troops massed in the Ravnica area (east of Monte San Gabriele) were bombarded with about 2 J tons of bombs by two of our air squadrons." Russian. Petrograd, September \Uh." A squadron of our aeroplanes, consisting of five machines, bombarded enemy depots and hutments an the region of Dubrova, to the south-east ofKovel. Ten loads of bombs were dropped. In the same region an ' Ilia Mura- metz ' aeroplane dropped bombs on enemy convoys and batteries. On theRoumanian front four aerial combats took place on Sept. 9, as a result of which four enemy aeroplanes were forced to descend in their own lines. Enemyaeroplanes dropped bombs on the stations of Zamirie and Radziviloff." Petrograd, September 13th.' In the direction of Kezdi-Vazargdonzed our aviators carried out a raid on the concentration points of enemy reserves, and dropped bombs. In thecourse of aerial encounters with enemy aviators an enemy aeroplane was forced to descend precipitately near Hordja. Another machine was brought downby Aviator Lieut. Blullard, near the village of Oitoz. Both these machines fell in thesenemy's lines. On the shore of Lake Racim the enemy hydroplanestation was bombed by our airmen, who dropped nearly 9 poods of bombs (about 300 lbs.)." Petrograd, September 14M." Baltic Sea.'—Between September 9th and 12th the enemy showed only slight activity. During this period at various points along the eastern coastof the Gulf of Riga enemy scouting aeroplanes appeared along our coast, at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland and1 the mouth of the Gulf of Riga.", Pelrograd, September x^lh."On September 13th a series of aerial engagements took place. Capt. Kazakoff brought down his seventeenth enemy aeroplane in the region ofHusiatyn. The enemy airmen were taken prisoners. An enemy aeroplane was also forced to descend, and came down in the enemy's lines. .We sufferedno losses. On September 13th our pilots successfully dropped 37 poods (1,300 lbs.) of bombs, which caused a conflagration in the region of Horosemkov,between Husiatyn and Trembovla. On September 10th our artillery brought down an enemy aeroplane in the region of Diakoneshti, in the plain of theRiver Trotuz. The enemy pilots were made prisoners." Pelrograd, September ~if>th." In the region north of Lake Petchur our scouts found the remains of a German burnt aeroplane, which had been brought down by our rifle and gunfire on September 8th." * German. Berlin, September nth. " Yesterday Lieut. Vose shot down three enemy aviators. He lias therebyincreased the number of,his aerial victories to 45." Berlin, September 12th." Nineteen enemy aviators have been brought down. One of them was brought down by Lieut. Voss (46th aerial victory)." Berlin, September 15th. " Lieut, von Bulow brought down his twentieth adversary in aerial battle." 4 Berlin, September 17th." Two aeroplanes were shot down by one of our pursuing echelons out of the enemy aerial squadron which bombarded Colmar twice yesterday. In additionto this, the enemy lost 16 aeroplanes. " Senior Lieut. Berchold brought down two enemy aviators in aerial combatson September 15th, and Senior Lieut. Schleich has brought down three opponents in aerial battles during the last two days." Austrian. Vienna, September 13th." An Italian squadron shelled the ancient monastery of Pojani from the sea. Airmen also bombed Fojani, killing several inhabitants." Turkish. Constantinople, September 6th." On the night of September 3rd our seaplanes dropped bombs on the enemy aerodrome at Imbros. In spite of violent artillery fire all our machines returnedundamaged." Constantinople, September Sih. " Our aerial squadrons successfully dropped bombs on the port of Mitylene, .as well as on an aerodrome situated on that island. A lighthouse on an islet east of Chios was destroyed by our artillery." Bulgarian. Sofia, September 2nd. " An enemy aeroplane was brought down by our anti-aircraft fire near Demir- ir, and fell behind the British lines." 982
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