IN THE AIR.
THE RAID ON KARLSRUHE. EFFECTIVE WORK. Received April 7, 5.5 p.m. Paris, April 5. A recent French raid at Karlsruhe killed 40 and wounded 100. Bombs at Metz and Sablons crippled eight locomotives and blew up a munitions factory. _ A gasometer explosion at the munitions factory killed fifty. WORK OF NAVAL AIRMEN. A GOOD RECORD. London, April 5. A review of the work of the Naval Air Service since the war reveals energetic and efficient operations in all theatres of the war. The force has accounted for three Zeppelins, and in 24 raids on London and elsewhere in England placed 22 enemy machines hors de combat. Hardly a fortnight passed without raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend, and in the 13 weeks ended on January 31 226 raids were carried out and 655,9781bs of bombs dropped.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1918, Page 5
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138IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1918, Page 5
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