In the Air
_—*[fWn» •■ BOMBING ON THE WEST. BRITISH AEROPLANE SQUADRON Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. London,, August 5. The Admiralty announces that our naval aeroplane squadron, consisting of bombing and fighting machines, on .Wednesday successfully attacked an 'aerodrome at St. Denis, on the West* em front, and also the ammunition sheds at Middelkerke. They dropped two tons of bombs, which did considerable damage. Lieutenant Baudry is missing. It is believed his fighting machine was shot down. The others returned undamaged. ATTACKS ON RUSSIA. - ZEPPELINS BOMBARD SVEABORC. Stockholm, August 5.
Ton Zeppelins attacked the Sveaborg fortress. It is reported that anti-aircraft guns severely damaged one of the. Zeppelins, whose crew the other airships saved. (Sveaborg is a fortified seaport in Russian Finland, four miles southeast of HVusingfors. It was constructed as a Swedisli Gibraltar.) RAIDS ON BELGIUM. GREAT DAMAGE CAUSED. REMOVAL OF GERMAN AMMUNITION DEPOTS TO ANTWERP.
Amsterdam, August. •")
Bombs dropped by air-raiders on Ghent totally destroyed an airshed where 100 persons were employed, also a munition factory in the suburb of Ledderburg. Great damage was caused at tin* railway station of the biggest junction in Belgium.
All eye-witness states that fourteen aeroplanes bombed Zeebrugge. He counted twenty-five explosions and two big (ires. The Gernian.s were unable to reply owing to the height <>i Ithe aeroplanes. The Germans are | evacuating all their ammunition de'pots at Ghent, and removing them to Antwerp. BOMBARDMENT OF FSUME. BIG MOVEMENT SUCCESSFUL. Home, August 5. Details of the bombardment of Kiu.ne show that twenty-four Caproni aeroplanes, eaeli having a new of three men, carried in. the aggregate I lour tons of explosives. They were .followed, by lighting aeroplanes. All 'the bombs were dropped and exploded, destroying munition depots'and a submarine'factory. They also hit sixships, which retreated in all directions. Six hostile aeroplanes attempted to engage the Italians, but were disperone being destroyed.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 7, 7 August 1916, Page 5
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