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clearly seen. Our machines, which were not attacked, flew back by way of Wiener Neustadt, Graz, Laibach, and Trieste. The squadron maintained its formation throughout and returned to its aerodrome at 12.40 p.m. One of our machines, however, was obliged to descend near Wiener Nenstad owing to engine trouble." Rome, August loth. " Two enemy aeroplanes were brought down yesterday in combats." " The Italian and British naval air forces are giving no rest to the enemy naval bates. On the morning of August 7th British machines bombarded the hangars at Durazzo, causing a fire which could be seen from a distance of fifty miles. The following night Italian machines dropped 65 kilogrammes oi bombs on Duraizo and 1,000 kilogrammes on Cattaro, causing fires. On the night of August 9th, naval machines dropped 500 kilogrammes ot explosives on the station and railway lines at Santo Stino-di-Livenza, and the same quantity on the forti- fied port of Pola. A fire was observed to break out in the neighbourhood of a submarine station, which was visible from a distance of 37 miles. " Enemy machineswhichappeared during the day of August ?tb over our front In Albania were promptly attacked by naval chasing planes, acting in co-opera- tion with military aeroplanes. A large Austrian seaplane which was forced to come down in the sea in the neighbourhood of Punta Samaria (north of Valona) was again effectively attacked at a low height by our seaplanes, which observed over Durazzo thick columns of smoke from the fires caused by the aerial bom- bardments of the preceding days." Rome, August nth. " During air fighting five enemy aeroplanes were brought down." Rome, August, 12th. " Airships and aeroplanes during the day yesterday bombarded with satis- factory results military objectives in the enemy's lines of communication. Five hostile planes were brought down in combats by our and Allied airmen." Belgian. ••** Havre, August Titk. " Belgian.—Air Sub-Lieut. Willy Coppens (who this week already had achieved bis 22nd victory by bringing down in flames the German balloon at Zonnebeke) on the morning of August 10th, set on fire the enemy balloons at Lerringhe, Ruyterhoek, and Gapaard (east of Messines), and thus scored his 23rd, 24th, and 25th victories." German. Berlin, August Sth, " Lieut. ITdet woo his 44th aerial victory and Lieut. Bolle his 28th." Berlin, August Sift. " Baron von Boerigk obtained bis 20th aerial victory." Berlin, August gth. " We shot down, over the battlefield, 30 enemy aeroplanes. Lieut. Loewen- AUGUST 15, 1918. hardt won his 49th, 50th, and 51st; Lieut. Udet his 45th, 46th and 47th ; Lieut.Baron von Richthofen his 33rd, 34th and 35th ; Lieut. Kroll his 31st and 32nd ; rst Lieut. Billik his 28th ; Lieut. Konnecke his 23rd, 24th and 25th ; and Lieut.Auffahrt his 20th air victories." Berlin, August 10th."We shot down 32 aeroplanes over the battlefield. Lieut. Loewenhardt obtained his 52nd and 53rd victories; Lieut. Udet his 46th, 47th and 48th ;Capt. Berthold his 4m and 42nd ; Lieut. Baron von Richthofen his 36th and 37th ; Lieut. Billik his 30th and 31st; Lieut. Bolle his 29th ; Lieut. Koennekehis 26th, 27th and 28th;. and Lieut. Neumann his 20th." Berlin, August nth." There has been very lively aerial activity over the battlefield. We have shot down 23 more enemy aeroplanes and one captive balloon. Lieut. Prollgained his 23rd, Lieut. Veltjens his 24th and 25th, Lieut. Laumann his 21st, 22nd and 23rd, and Lieut. Anffart his 21st aerial victory." Berlin, August 12th." Seventeen enemy a«roplanes and four captive balloons were shot down yesterday, lieutenant Udet obtained his 49th, 50th, 51st, and 52nd aerial vic-tories, Lieutenant Freiherr von Richthofen his 38th, Lieutenant Veltjens his 26th, 27th, and 28th. In July, 518 enemy aeroplanes were shot down on the Germanfront, 69 by our anti-aircraft guns. Thirty-six captive balloons were also shot down. Two hundred and thirty-nine of the aeroplanes are in our possession. Therest were seen to fall within the enemy's positions. We have lost 129 aeroplanes and 63 captive balloons in battle." Austrian. " Vienna, August 12th. " Yesterday on the Italian front there were no infantry engagements of any importance, but the artillery duels and aerial activity were all the more lively at many points. In their flights over Feltre and the Seven Communes Italian squadrons attacked from a low height hospitals which were recognisable at a great distance. Patients and persons who were attending to them were killed." Bulgarian. Sofia, August 4th." After an aerial combat, the German airman Finxeler brought down an enemy aeroplane, which fell in flames behind our positions in the Tcherna Bend." Sofia, August Stk." An enemy aeroplane was forced by our fixe to land behind our lines south of Lake Doiran. " Turkish. - Constantinople, August 2nd." One ot our air squadrons dropped bombs on an enemy [Arab] encampment west of Maan, with good results." An interesting souvenir of a visit by Members of Parliament to a large aeroplane factory near London.These photographs show in all 269 separate parts of the aeroplane. 926
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