AEROPLANE RIDDLED BY BULLETS.
(Received August 11, 8 a.m.) PARIS, 10th August. During the French advance on Alt. lurch a French aeroplane was riddled by bullets. The aviator was wounded in the thigh, but reached Belfort, the fortified town on the Savoureuse, 1 35 miles west by north of Basle. TO DELAY FRENCH ADVANCE ON METZ. GERMAN ENDEAVOUR. (Received August 11, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 10th August. The Pall Mall Gazette publishes an official message to the effect that the Germans are trying to inundate the 'Seille Valley, in Alsace-Lorraine, in order to delay the French advance on Metz.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1914, Page 7
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98AEROPLANE RIDDLED BY BULLETS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1914, Page 7
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