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1918
1918 - 0456.PDF
APRIL 25, 1918. CREDIT for the conception and putting into execution ofthe fog screen which enabled the successful carrying out of the heroic naval raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend stands to thename of Acting Wing-Commander Frank A. Brock, O.B.E., K.N., son of Mr. C. T. Brock, the maker of fireworks. Theoutstanding regret is that during the enterprise this gallant officer was killed. SURELY anything more ludicrous in its audacity has hardlybeen put forth even by the Huns, than the reply of a member of the German Government in the Reichstag last week, inresponse to Socialist Deputy Herr Geek, who asked that an agreement should be reached with the Allies for the cessationof aerial attacks on open towns outside the war zone. Officialdom had no knowledge of a request from " the enemyPowers " SO to cease, bat the German military authorities would be prepared to examine any such request, should it bereceived. Just now when the Allies are getting their organisa- tion into form for really starting retaliation in earnest, wouldappear to be a very suitable time for them to order " cease fire." But the Allies are shockingly obstinate, ence theymake up their minds in any direction. This time the " Wacht am Rhine " will be no glory song, in the ordinaryacceptance of that favourite Hun ditty. EVIDENTLY, however they may profess to deride ourAmerican Allies, the Huns are not looking forward with unalloyed joy to the time when U.S. realities in the air getgoing with a punch. Explanations attributed to an Austrian airman prisoner as to the reasons for the cessation for someweeks now of German bombing of opsn Italian towns throw srme light upon this print. This officer admits that there THREE VIEWS OF A GOTHA BOMBING BIPLANE It will be seen that it differs "slightly from thatdescribed in «• FLIGHT" for December 27th last, in that there is little or no sweep back, and that theengine housings are considerably modified. 454
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