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OCTOBER 17, 1918. machine-gunning the retreating enemy convoys and columns. Two balloons and five enemy aeroplanes were brought down. Lieut. Coppers -a^iieved his 36th victory." . -.,.•'• - , ^v Italian. * ' "> ' •' ' Rome, October 5W1. " Aerial activity was intense during the last 24 hours. Aeroplanes and air- ships effectively bombarded vital centres of the enemy and one of his aviation camps. During numerous air combats four hostile planes were brougpt down." Rome, October 6th. " Our own and Allied airmen were very active. Hostile nights were faced and driven back in combats over Val Lagarina and Susegana. An enemy plane was seen falling out of control. The aviation camp at Egna (Upper Adige) was bombarded with incendiary bombs. The destruction of huts, hangars, and three machines was ascertained. Effective bombing of the enemy's lines of com- munication, was carried out on the Asiago Plateau." Rome, October yth. " Last night our airships bombed with very effective results the aviation camps in the Venetian Plain and military objectives at Primolano (Siigana Valley) and at Fucine (Sole Valley). Two hostile planes were brought down in air fighting." Rome, October Sth. " Last night our airships, though hindered by strong winds, effectively bom- barded aviation camps and vital enemy centres in the Trentino and Venetian Plain." Rome, October gth. " Our own and Allied aerial activity was very intense. Our chasers attacked a hostile patrol, bringing down one machine. Trenches, hutments, railway establishments, and columns in movement were bombed and attacked with machine-gun fire at a low altitude." " Albania.—-Our own and British airmen effectively bombarded and attacked with machine-gun fire troops and transport on the march along the Rogojina- Durazzo road." Rome. October 10Hi. " AIbania— Aeroplane flights effectively bombarded a large encampment to the east of Durazzo." Rome, October 13th. " Yesterday afternoon our air squadrons effectively bombarded the works of Muggia (Gulf of Trieste). Some enemy machines who tried to drive us off were promptly repulsed." " Albania.—On 10th and nth Italian naval and British airmen successfully b:> nbarded the bay and the neighbourhood of Durazzo. German. Berlin, October 5th. " During the last two days we shot down 65 enemy aeroplanes, Lieut. Baumer won his 40th and 41st aerial victories." Berlin, October 6th. " Yesterday we shot down 37 enemy aeroplanes and two captive balloons." Berlin, October nth. " During the month of September, 773 enemy aeroplanes (124 by anti-aircraft guns) and 06 balloons were destroyed oil the Western front. Four hundred and fifty of these aeroplanes are in our possession. The rest were seen to fail within the enemy's lines. " In spite of the frequently great superiority in numbers of the enemy, we only lost 107 aeroplanes in battle. This successful fighting in the air created the basis for the energetic participation of our airmen in the battle on the ground by reconnoitring by day and night. By bombing raids on objectives of military importance in the enemy's hinterland and by attacks on the' battlefield with machine-guns and drop-mines (Wurfmitun) they effectively supported every- where the infantry and artillery. " In spite of the enemy's obstinate attacks on our captive balloons, during which we lost 103, he was unable to hinder the activity of our observers, who went up regardless of danger." Austrian. Vienna, October 6th. " Near Neumarkt, in the Southern Tirol, as the result of an Italian aerial attack on a war prisoners' camp, numerous Italian war prisoners were killed and wounded." WORK OF THE R.A.F. INDEPENDENT FORCE. THE R.A.F. Independent Force has once again broken all its own records by dropping over 178 tons of bombs on military objectives in Germany during the month of Sep- tember. The rapidly growing severity of these raids is strikingly indicated by the following figures showing the total weight of bombs dropped over Germany during the last four months :— June, 1918 .. .. .. .. 66 tons. July, 1918 .. .. .. .. 81 tons. August, 1918 .. .. . . .. 100 tons. - September, 1918 . . . . . . 178J tons. A large number of the September raids were carried out in conjunction with the brilliantly successful Franco-American attack'upon the St. Mihiel salient, when for three days and nights a practically continuous assault from the air was made upon the railway junction and triangle at Metz-Sablon and other German centres vital to the supply of this part of the Western Front. The following is a list of the more important places in Germany attacked (exclusive of aerodromes, &c), showing the precise military objectives upon which the bombs were JUST at present when ordinary stock lists are so quickly out of date it is often difficult or even impossible to ascertain exactly where many fitments are obtainable at short notice. To meet this difficulty Messrs. Brown Brothers are now issuing twice each week a list of fittings actually in stock at the time of posting. Of lines appearing in these lists immediate deliveries may be had, a point of particular im- portance in view of present conditions. Bona fide buyers of aircraft fittings should therefore write to 22-"34, Great Eastern Street, London, E.C. 2, immediately for their names to be included as regular recipients of these lists. THOSE who are in the market for non-ferrous fittings,such as taps, cocks, nuts, joints, bushes, relief valves, unions, lubricators, filler caps, and seatings, &c, for aircraft willfind the new list issued by Messrs. Best and Lloyd, Hands- worth, Birmingham, very useful indeed. They will bepleased to send a copy to anyone on receipt of trade card. FULL of useful information on the subject of industrialvarnishes, japans, enamels, &c, is a little book which is to hand from Messrs. Jenson and Nicholson, Ltd., Stratford, London,E. 15. Each of the products of the firm is given a special note showing how it can be used, what it is useful for and what itwill stand. It is, the -efore, easy to select the right medium for any particular jeb of work orijiand. discharged and the number of times each place has been raided :— "~ Times Towns—Objectives. raided. Metz-Sablon, railway junction and triangle .. 24. Mannheim, chemical factories . . . . . . Six. Karlsruhe, factories, docks and station . . Four. Ehrange, railways . . . . . . . . Four. Kaiserslautern, factories . . . . . . . . Three. Saarbrucken, railways . . . . . . . . Twice. Thionville, railways .. . . .. . . Twice. Frankfurt, factories and railway .. . . Twice. Burbach, blast furnaces . . .. . . .. Twice. Hagondange, blast furnaces .. .. .. Once. Mainz, railway junctions ,• .. ., .. Once. Rombach, blast furnaces .. .. .. Once. Stuttgart, factories . . . . . . . . Once. Treves, s1*tion . . . . . . . . . . Once. In addition, a large number of very effective raids have been made during September upon the German aerodromes at Buhl, Boulay, Frescaty, Morhange, &c. SI IS LEISURE HOURS. THE fame of the Gordon Watney Dramatic Company isspreading, and remembering their excellent rendering of " Sweet Lavender " recently in the Works Canteen Theatre, itis not surprising to hear that they have been invited to give it under more advantageous conditions at one of the leadingLondon theatres shortly. As soon as the details are arranged we shall announce them, and it is hoped that all who can willsupport it, for, apart altogether from the fact that all those -r,,-o<,o,,+ ,,rm i^trc or, afternoon's enjoyment, they will bepresent will have an helping on the R.A.F. indeed. Hospitals' Fund—a worthy cause THE boxing section of the Grahame-White RecreationAssociation held another of their popular tournaments on Wednesday evening, October 9th, an audience numberingabout 800 assembling in the large hall attached to the works. During the evening Joe Conn, who had very kindly promisedto give an exhibition, was introduced, but owing to the imminence of his championship contest with Tanzy Lee,this exhibition had to be postponed to another occasion. In the ten-rounds contests, Alf Green (Finsbury) beat WallyTrainer (Hoxton) and A. J. Milner (A.S.C.) beat Sergt. Jarvis (A.S.C.) ; while in the six-rounds contests G. Hutton (Grahame-White) beat Fred Watson (Clerkenwell) ; G. Burrows (Gra- hame-White) beat A. Thick (Grahame-White) ; and A. Allen(Grahame-White) beat E. Burns (Grahame-White). In a 9-stone competition C. Oakes beat W. G. Hull. FOLLOWING their recent stock-taking, Messrs. Aircraft Sup- A CHEQUE for two thousand francs has been sent to theplies are now ready to quote ex-stock for nearly every item Hertford British Hospital, Levallois, as a result of the sports usually listed in " Aircraft Supplies " in response to enquiries meeting organised by the R.A.F. at the Racing Club in Paris by telephone, telegraph and verbal enquiries. recently. — '* '•;.: ••'-:,• "83 •'• •_.-•-'• \
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