Second Edition. In the Air
TWENtY-FOUR HOURS’ BOMBING A GENERAL STIR-UP. AVIATOR CRAHAME-WHITE RESCUED FROM THE SEA. i ' A ■ ■ '-*■ - United Press Association. (Received 1.45 p.m.) London, February 12; • The Admiralty states: The combined aeroplane and seaplane attack lasted twenty-four hours. The railway station at Blaukenberg was damaged, lines being torn up in many places,’ and bombs dropped on gun positions at Middlekirke, also on the power station, and German mine sweepers at Zeebrugge.
The damage is unknown. No submarines were seen by the attackers, who ’encountered heavy snow. - Flight-commander Grahame White fell into the sea at Nieuport and a French vessel rescued him.
• Although the attackers were exposed to heavy gun fire and mitrailleuses, only two machines were damaged.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 36, 13 February 1915, Page 6
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119Second Edition. In the Air Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 36, 13 February 1915, Page 6
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