AIR FIGHT AT THE THAMES MOUTH
AMERICAN. REPORTS GERMANS CUT OFF AND DESTROYED By Telegraph-Press Association-CopyrigfcV ■ (Rcc. July 23„ 1.45 a.m.) Now York, July 22. Messages from London report that threo' German Taubes were destroyed during an air battlo with twelve British' aeroplanes at tho mouth of' tlia Thames. •
The Germans intended to raid the English coast, but observers warned tho British aviators, who attacked in. pairs, cutting off their retreat. Thousands of; spectators saw two Taubes plunge into the sea. The following day boats found a German machine, with its occupants strapped to their seats, and bullet 'holes in. their heads. A fourth Taube was also reported to have been lost.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2521, 23 July 1915, Page 5
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112AIR FIGHT AT THE THAMES MOUTH Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2521, 23 July 1915, Page 5
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