A FLIGHT ACROSS GERMANY
FRENCH AIRMAN'S EXPLOIT. Außtralian-New Zealand Cable Association. Paris, July 24. The official account of Lieut. Mnrchal's flight across Germany states that he left Nancy iji a special monoplane at 9.30 p.m. on Juno 20, with petrol for a fourteen hours' flight. His mission was to traverse, the country at a low altitude, drop proclamations in Berlin, and then land in Russia. He flew all night, and alighted at Cholm (in Poland) owing to a defect. Tho proclamation dropped in Berlin stated: "Wo could have bombarded the city, and killed women and children. We content ourselves with dropping a proclamation." Marchal is interned at Salzorbach.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2833, 26 July 1916, Page 7
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108A FLIGHT ACROSS GERMANY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2833, 26 July 1916, Page 7
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