ENEMY'S AIRCRAFT BUSY.
SEVEN CIVILIANS KILLED. RESPECT POR BRITISHERS. WELLINGTON, this day. The High Gotmmiesioner -reports under Hate London, 23rd March- —-The Canadians hav=e lost 15 kffled, and 27 wonncted. '•'General Knench reports that operations are quiet generally on the front. On SattHriiy and: Sunday tbe enemy's aircraft showed unavonted? activity, -the weather iKiiig particularly favoucrable. Bombs* were droped at Lillers, Saint Omer. and lEEta-i-reti The buildings damaged were neither occupied, by BoSdaers •nor use J lor mHrtarj-purposes. The-iotal damage t-o persanel was three women and war civilians Idfled, and six civilians wounded. IThe ■bond* were dropped from a great- height, in- one case nine thousand feet, preventing tbe airman aiming deliberately at aary mtßtacry objective, in this procedure is a tribute to the respect in wthieh -the enemy holds the British airmen."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19150324.2.32.29
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 71, 24 March 1915, Page 6
Word Count
133ENEMY'S AIRCRAFT BUSY. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 71, 24 March 1915, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in