RAIDS IN BELGIUM

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2849, 14 August 1916, Page 6

RAIDS IN BELGIUM

Australian-New Zealand Cable Association,

(Ilec. August 12, 8.20 p.m.) London, August 12. Sir Douglas Haig reports:

.Aviators recently successfully raided the Zeppelin sheds in Brussels, the railway siduigs and stations at Mons, Namur, Busigny, and Courtrai, also the airship J sheds at Namur. Out of 68 machines engaged ill tile raids two are missing. FRENCH AIRMEN AT WORK. BAKRACKS BOMBED. Paris, August 11. A communique stg-tes: Our air squadrons bombed the railway stations and barracks at Vouziercs (36 miles northcast of Reims) and the railway station at Bazaucourt (10 miles north of Reims). POWDER FACTORY BOMBED. FOR THE FOURTH TIME. (Rec. August 13, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, August 12. Sergeant-Major Baron dropped three hundred pounds of high oxplosives on the powder factory at Rottweil, which blew up, doing great damage. Several wore killed. This is the fourth time that French aviators, have bombed this factory. CERMAN SEAPLANES. BOMB MONITORS AND LIGHT VESSELS. ■ London, August 11. A German communique states: A squadron of seaplanes successfully bombarded enemy monitors and other light vessels off.the Flemish coast. North of the Somme native and British troops' attacks were without result.