A SURPRISE FOR THE TURK

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3135, 13 July 1917, Page 5

A SURPRISE FOR THE TURK

BIG NAVAL AIR RAID ON CONSTANTINOPLE EX-GERMAN CRUISER GOEBEN HIT London, July li. The Admiralty reports:—"Our Eastern Mediterranean Naval Air Service tiuccesst'ully attacked the Turco-Gennan licet lyinjf off Constantinople. They located tho Oioeben surrounded by 'warships and submarines, and attacked iiom a height of 800 feet, directly hitting the Goeben and other ships. There wero big explosions and several fires occurred board. "Our airment also secured direct, hits on the War Office The enomy apparently was completely surprised, and no anti-airorai't guns wero utilised till after tho bombs wero dropped. Our airmen returned safely.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE LIE DIRECT TO GERMAN AIR CLAIMS. London, July 11. The figures given in a Gcrmnu communique of the air losses for Juno are entirely false. On the British front alone, 131 German machines were destroyed and B!) others driven down out of centrol. Tho French accounted for 45 and tho Belgians for four. No record was kept of tho number of French machiues brought down, but ns the number of British machines officially reported iost, was 78. and as the heaviest fighting was on tho British fron:, it is obvious that the German figures of the Allied lasses, 220, is absurd.—Renter. [The German official message .stated. "The enemy in June lost 220 aeroplanes and 33 captive balloons. We lo?t 08 aeroplanes and three balloons.]