ZEPPELIN BROUGHT DOWN BY GUN-FIRE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2702, 23 February 1916, Page 5

ZEPPELIN BROUGHT DOWN BY GUN-FIRE

GOOD SCORE BY FRENCH ARTILLERY GERMAN ATTACK ON HILL 140 By Tolegraph—Press Association—Copyright Paris, February 21. Official—Near Brabant le Roi French guns brought down a Zeppelin in flames. ' ' HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. The High Commissioner reports:-— * , - . „ London, February 21,'4.20 p.m ' "In the Artois region a "German attack on Hill 140 with grenades was unsuccessful. / London, February 22, 3,50 p.m "South of Lih'ons, the Germans dolivered successive gas attacks on' a front of seven kilometres, without result. The bombardment is itpupml especially in the region of Verdun." ' "Our artillery actively bombarded the hostile trendies at Hulluch, north of Ypres, and along the Comines Canal, a large explosion resulting from our heavy howitzer fire against the enemy's gun positions in the Kadinghen area." FIELD DAY FOR THE AIRMEN AND A BAD DAY FOR THE GERMANS. The High Commissioner reports:— „. ' f , _ u , Lo " t i ßn ' February 22, 3.50 a.m. A squadron of aeroplanes bombaiaed the German munitions depots at Martincourt and Azoudange, south-wesi and south-east of Dieuze. "German aviators threw some projectiles on Lunbvilia, Dombaslo, and Nancy with slight damage." "At Tagsdorif. east of Altkirch (in Alsaco), a French aeroplane attaoked a Fokker machine, which fell. "At Epiual, ail albatross machine was brought down by our artillery. "11l the region of Bures, north-east of the Forest of Parroy, a German machine was smashed by two of ours. "A squadron of seven French machinos fought four of the enemy's aeroplanes at Vignoulles; two of the latter were brought down, ana the tw ; o others fled, _ "The enemy's aeroplanes bombarded Fismes, Bar-le-Due, and Revigny. At the latter place an enemy squadron of lifteen machines was attacked by on*- squadron, and the fight resulted in one of the enemy's' machines being brought down. At Givenchy, a second was forced to descend. "One of our squadrons of seventeen machines dropped sixty-six bombs on the aviation field at Habsheim, and on the goods station at' Mulhouse. "Twenty-eight machines bombed the enemy's munition works at Pagny-Sur-Moselle; r-11 the machines returned safely. "A Zeppelin, at St. Menechould, was brought down by an armoured car falling in flames in the neighbourhood of Brabant-le-.Roi." ' 'Twenty-six British aeroplanes carried out an attack on the depots at Don yesterday. . It is believed that extensivo damage was done to stores and to the railway ; all the machines returned safely. FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. February 22. 10.15 p.m.) London, February 21 A' French official oommumque 6t,ates:—"Five French aeroplanes bombarded the munition depots at Chateau de Hastroncourt, south of Dieuze "German aeroplanes bombed Luneville, Dombasle, and Nancv tlnimr slight damage only." *'