THE AIRMENS' RAID ON FREDERICHSHAFEN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 28 November 1914, Page 5

THE AIRMENS' RAID ON FREDERICHSHAFEN.

MET BY ENEMY'S SHRAPNEL. THE ZEPPELIN STRONGHOLD BOMBED. LEGION OF HONOR AWARDED. London, November 26. Mr Churchill, replying to a question, said that the naval aviators were instructed to attack the aircraft factory at Friedrichshafen and avoid neutral territory. Paris, November 26. Details of the air flight to Friedrichshafen show that Commander Briggs led the flight at a height of 1400 metres (one mile) on Saturday along the Rhine to Schaffhausen where, misled by the | fog, he bore to the left. Sippe and Babington, without seeing each other, followed the Rhine. Sippe crossed Lake Constance just above the houses and flew across the lake two metres above the surface, invisible in the mist. 'When lie reached Friederichshafen he sighted Briggs above him attacking the Zeppelin stronghold. Siirapnel was bursting round both. Sippe then dropped bombs on the sheds and workshops and saw the I workmen fleeing in panic. He alighted at the starting point after three hours. Babington alighted near by. MeanI while Briggs was surrounded and uspd his revolver. Berne, November 20. At a review.at Belfort, the Governor presented the Legion of Babington and Sippe, who took part in the flight over Friederichshafen. I STRANGE SITUATION. OPPOSING FORCES IN FRIENDLY CONVERSE. I Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 27, 5.15 p.m. London, November 26, The Press Bureau reports that the opposing lines are often only; forty yards i apart, and the strangest situations sometimes arise. Our men and the enemy converse, for many of the Germans understand English. They hold Bhooting competitions, and throw packets of tobacco to one another. These positions are not unwelcome, the men being secure from shell-fire, the artillery being unable to shoot, for fear of hitting their own infantry, and are often the safest spots Sn the firing line.

BRITISH AIRMEN'S SUCCESS.

Received 27, 11.55 p.m. Paris, November 27. A Britisli naval airman's bomb on Monday blew up a German ammunition train.