AUSTRIAN AIR RAID ON VENICE
EFFECTIVE REPRISALS. BY THE ITALIANS. (Rec. August 10, 5.20 p.m.) Rome, August 15. A group of the onemy's aeroplanes bombed Venice at daybreak on Tuesday. One bomb fell on the hospital, killing two and woundiug twenty-one patients. The material damage done was slight. The Italian anti-aircraft guns brought down several of the raiders. An Italian air squadron immediately carried out reprisals, and successfully bombarded the enemy's coast and a group of Austrian destroyers. The machines returned 6afoly—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
THE 'AUSTRIAN VERSION. (Rec. August IC, 10.10 p.m.) London, August Ifi. An Austrian ofiicial report 6tatcs: "As a reprisal for an Italian aerial attack on Poln. numerous Austrian aeroplanes attacked the maritime arsenal in Venice successfully, and dropped four tons of bombs. Good hits and conflagrations were observed. Three of our machines arc missing."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Renter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3165, 17 August 1917, Page 5
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140AUSTRIAN AIR RAID ON VENICE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3165, 17 August 1917, Page 5
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