THE WAR IN THE AIR
GERMAN 'AEROPLANE BROUGHT DOWN. Paris, November 22. 'A' British' aviator attacked a German aeroplane near'the French batteries at Soissons. The German 1 attempted to escape, but shrapnel brought it down. Two officers and a mechanic were incinerated. Amsterdam, November 22. Further details of the aeroplane attack on the Zeppelin sheds at Friedrichsliafen show that one British officer was severely wounded in the head and a hand. The other aviator did not fall into the lake, but dropped a bomb later in another place. . (Rcc. November 24, 1.30 a.m). Berne, November 23. Swiss observers state that five aeroplanes participated in the raid. One bomb fell on the roof .of the airship shed at Friedrichshafen. A British aviator was captured. The others escapcd. A BALLOON TRICK. . (Rcc. November 24, 0.25 a.m.) London, November 23. The French in Alsace sent up a balloon with three dummy aeronauts over tlio German lines. Three Taubes immediately attacked and exploded the balloon, and as it fell hundreds of bombs dropped from the balloon, annihilating several companies of Germans.,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5
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177THE WAR IN THE AIR Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5
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