THE AVIATOR'S ACCOUNT

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 11 July 1917, Page 7

THE AVIATOR'S ACCOUNT

(Received July 11, 1.20 p.m.)

PARIS, July 10. Sergeant Gallois, the hero of the bombardment of Essen, tells a thrilling narrative of the 750 kilometres' flight in seven hours. He was heavily bombarded when crossing the German lines, and passing Metz. He struck the Rhine', and followed it until he reached Coblenz. Northwards his flight was illuminated by the fires of hundreds of factories, which increased in number until he reached Essen, which was unmistakable owing to the hundreds of furnaces. Selecting a point where the factories were densest, he dropped ten bombs, and re turned via the Rhine.