GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1824, 9 May 1918, Page 1

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

BOOTY CAPTURED IN KIEPF. A Herman official reports the loot captured in. Kieff includes 2,400 guns, over 5,000 machine guns, thousands of vehicles-—amongst them motor vehicles a;id 11 armoured motor cars, over 2,000,000 boxes (?) of artillery munitions, 12,800 rifles, 800 locomotives, and 8,000 railway trucks. To this must be added the booty taken at Reval: 13 officers, 500 men; 1 220 guns, 22 aeroplanes, and a quantity of rolling stock.

LARGER GOTHAS,

A recent official communique said that “ a large enemy aeroplane” bad been brought down in the sea. It has been known for some time that the Germans have lately produced some big machines, including a super-Gotha. It has four 260-h.p. engines with two propellers in frdnt and two behind. Its width is about 130 ft., and it has a crew of five.The ordinary Gotha has two 2GO h.p<*engine's with two propellers, a width of about 80ft., and a crew of three.

LONDON AIR-RAID THIEVES

Burglars are taking advantage of the air raids on London to enter houses when people have gone to raid-shelters. The thieves usually scoop out the contents of the penny gas meters. When one family came back after the bugles had sounded “All clear!” their, attention was first drawn to the robbery by seeing scribbled in chalk across -the top of the meter an ironic “All clear.” Investigation of the meter till proved that it was only too true. AEROPLANE STRIKES MOUNTAIN. Strange adventures in the air have befallen many airmen during the war, but the strangest must surely be that of Flight-Commander A. M. Waistell, R.N.A.S. He bumped into .a mountain without seeing it! The story is told in a dry, official way in the Gazette, which announces that he lias been awarded the D.S.C. “for the determination and pluck shown by him in carrying out a bombing raid on Chanak on the night of October 17th, 1017. In spite of the fact that there was no moon, and that the weather conditions were so adverse that other pilots were unable to reach the objective, he succeeded in reaching Chanak and dropping his bombs. On the return journey he hit the side of a mountain, being unable to see it on account of the darkness, the machine catching fire on crashing. Although severely injured about the face and knee, he was able to climb out of the machine, and eventually reached the aerodrome, having ridden ten miles over extremely rough country with a badly-lacerated knee,”

NETTING FISH IN ROYAL GROUNDS.

By permission of the King, the Broadwater, a stream which runs into the Thames under the northern slope of Windsor Castle, is being netted for coarse fish in the interests of the food supply. Some hundreds of pounds of fish have been caught, and despatched from Windsor by rail to Cardiff and country markets. The proceeds, it is said, are to be given to the Red Cross funds.

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