SERIAL WARFARE.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15605, 1 June 1916, Page 7

SERIAL WARFARE.

I A THRILLING TIGHT. BRINGING DOWN A FOKKEK. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received May 31st, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. In the latest list of honours n fine; story is told of Seeoud-Lieutenants Lord Doune and Walker. They were flying in an aeroplane when they sighted a Fokker 1000 feet below them. They dived towards it, Lieutenant Walker opening firo at a rango of 60 feet. Lord Doune headed straight at the I' okker, and both officers then opened | fire. They shot away one of the wings of the Fokker, which fell insido the ! British lines. Both officers havo been awarded the Military Cross. THE ZEPPELIN FLEET. THE LATEST MONSTERS. o . PARIS, May 30. Swiss spectators declare that the Jarest Zeppelins at Lake Constance are enormous. rhey are nearly 250 yards long, nave four armoured cars, and seven propellers. A BAD RECORD. FORTY-SEVEN REPORTED LOST. (Received May 31st, 8.20 p.m.) ROTTERDAM, May 31. It is reported that 47 Zeppelins aave j been lost since the beginning of the war. " AERODROMES BURNED. TWENTY-FOUR MACHINES DESTROYED. „„ . COPENHAGEN, May 30. Xt a aviation sheds at Dresden aa-1 Neustadt wero burned. Twenty-four aeroplanes wore destroyed. Dresden is the capital city of the Kingdom of Saxony. It is situated „n the Elbe, 100 miles south-south-east of .Berlm. ' S ea st by semth of A [GERMAN CLAIM. ALLIED DESTROYERS ATTACKED. AMSTERDAM, May 30. A German communique says: "Our aviators attacked enemy destroyers off Ostend."