In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 98, 31 March 1916, Page 5

In the Air

LETTER FROM NORTH RUSSIA. AN ALL-BRITISH FORCE. [United Press Association.! (Received 8.15 a.m.) London, March 80. Commander Locker-Lampson, M.P., in a message written from North Russia to his naval air squadron, says;— “We are the only Britishers in the country, but our small force represents all the British, including Australia and New Zealand. I promise no cheap success, but difficulties, discomforts, wounds, and even death.” EXTENSIVE AUSTRIAN RAID. FOUR SQUADRONS TAKE PART. FOUR MACHINES DOWNED. ' RAID ENDS IN DEFEAT. (Received 10 a.m.) Rome, March 30. Official.—The most extensive Austrian air raid of the war was made on Monday. It was a strategic operation of the first importance against , r communications.

Strong squadrons left the AdigeSugana valleys and Pola. One attacked Verona and dropped eighteen bombs, but were forced to retreat, leaving their task uncompleted. Ihe damage was slight. The second squadron aimed fifty bombs at the Priula bridge, but all missed. Two aeroplanes were downed. The third squadron assailed the igliamento bridge, where two bombs wore dropped without doing any damage. One machine was downed. The fourth squadron of twelve hyroplanes iroiu i th.t attacked the railway bridges between Mestre and Portogruaro. One bridge was slightly damaged. One machine was downed. The communique concludes: Ihe raid, which should have paralysed our supplies and terrorised the people, ended in defeat.