FUND FOR ARMENIANS.
NEW YORK, October 4. A campaign has been inaugurated to raise £1,000.000 for suffering Armenians. THE ESSEX COUP. PILOT BRANDON’S PART IN DOWNING TW T 0 ZEPPELINS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Coble Association. LONDON, October 4. (Received October 5, at 1.35 p.m.) Pilots Frederick Sowery and Alfred Brandon (the latter the ex-New Zealander who distinguished himself in the raid of April 7) have been awarded Distinguished Service Orders for gallantry in attacking Zeppelins on September 23. After a spirited chase and a ding-dong battle 1 iiois Sowery and Brandon manceuvrca into position. Sowerv had the better luck, and his shots struck the Zeppelin, which fell ablaze. Brandon srood by in case of emergency, and later on he also attacked tho raider which surrendered. [in the raid mentioned two Zeppelins wore brought down in Essex—one in flames and the other intact, the latter’s crew surrendering.] FRENCH CONSOLIDATION N.E. OF COMBLES. LONDON, October 4. (Received October 3, at 12.30 p.m,' A French communique states: We completed the capture of strong trench lines between Morval and Sr. Pierre Yonß Wood.
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Evening Star, Issue 16237, 5 October 1916, Page 4
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