WAR IN THE AIR.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16151, 4 March 1918, Page 7

WAR IN THE AIR.

n t VENICE BOMBED. en I ALTO BRIDGE DESTROYED. ii ' ■) (By C«b!e. — Association.—Copyright.; t ! (United Scrvico.j i-| LONDON. March 1. ni .Mr J. M. N. Jeffries reports: tl j "Gctiias on February "7th dropped c 10!) bombs on Yenioo. „ ; ".Many foil round the Dogos' 'J" Palace and tlic Bridge of Sighs, which' a : fortunate'y escaped. i "The Rialto Bridge 'was destroyed, t, ■ and tv/o convents ueid struck. ~ I "It is calculated that one-third of ,j [ the houses in the city are licv.- ruined. p j "Obviously the Thins intend to do- ; stroy Venice's- nin^raifioent jeivols of ls i architecture." H I! A IDS LAST ALL NICiHT. e (United Servicc.) b 'Received March 3rd, .5.5 p m ) e - LONDON, March 2. J-1 Mr Ward Price says:— > "The 45th air raid on Venice lasted I eight hours* r

"Three hundred bombs war© dropp J and 38 houses and three churches « stroved. In on© chttrch 5 Cellini altar landscape was wreCKeo.* ; "Tho Gothas repeatedly ; their bombs close to the city, •; j backwards and forwards all nign*- j ITALIAN RAID ON POLA. j; (Australian and N.Z. Cabl« Affldciatioijfi jj (Reuter's ; H '! (Received March 3rd, 5.5 P-®?^ v 1| <j LONDON, j.; An Italian communique states:— , l ;j "A squadron of our seaplanes i over Pola on tho night of Fobruarfl >| •27th. and dropped two tons of :j sivo.? on the arsenal and other muitarjw works, causing large fires. JE "All the machines returned ua j| j; damaged." H j. j, FRENCH TOWN BOMBED. II j'■ (Australian and X.Z. Cable Association-) M { 'j (Roceived March 3rd, 5.5 p.m.) -isl !: PARIS, March 2. jg !. Seventeen Gorman aoroplanes bombe«fj •; Nancy, causing much damage and sev*>tfs Ten f>?rsons wore killed. jj ALLIES REMARKABLE BECORD.^ ("Tho Times.") 'AS (Received March 3rd, 5.5 p.m.) j PARIS, March 1. a ■ An expert commentator states thalf ..; between December Ist and February loth Allied airmen ou the "West front) j carried out 22,518 flights. They brought* j down 104 enemy planes and 93 were pub >. out of control. They took 21,3G0 photographs and dropped 192 tons of* «*x- ; plosives with remarkable success. . j j'i