Egypt

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 45, 27 May 1916, Page 5

Egypt

THE SUEZ CANAL. BRITISH AEROPLANES AND j MONITORB AT WORK. The High Commissioner reports:— Since the enemy's attack on Port Said on Wednesday and Thursday, he has been allowed little rest by the Koyai Flying Corps. This.morning the 'enemy's advanced posts were heavily I bombed by four machines. Forty bombs were dropped, having a considerable effect. The buildings . and I plant at El Hammah were seriously damaged and the water tanks at Rodh Salem were smashed by direct bombs. iThis upsets the whole plan of the (enemy, who, since the destruction of jthe drilling plant at JifJaffa by a Brijtish patrol, have greatly valued the waterworks at Rodh Salem. According to reports the. column ot troops which suffered heavily from a bomb-attack at El Arish by the Royal Flying Corps on May 18th were Germans. This explains the hasty retaliation of dropping bombs on Port Said and its civilians. I Further details of the naval bomjbardment at El Arish on the 18th show that the accurate fire of two monitors 'and a sloop was directed by seaplanes, 'and it had groat effect. Thirty-four shells were fired by the heavy guns of the monitors, two hitting a hangar on the aerodrome. Most of the shells burst among the tents in the camp, 1 scattering the enemy in all directions. | Under covering of fire by the monitors the sloop neared the shore, and thoroughly searched with salvoes the shelterers in palm groves, j During the two hours' bombardment i a strong fort was reduced to ruins. There was no reply to our* fire.