WAR IN THE AIR
ZEPPELINS FLYING NORTH, : PASSED BERGEN,. ." (Australian and N. 55. ()»Wn Association,) . Received August 28/ at 8.5 p.m. ■ . ... COPENHAGEN, August 28. Two Zeppeljns passed Bergen bound, northwards. Cruisers are escorting airships.. This is the first time Zeppelin& have been seen so far nortlj, . > ,•: VARNA ATTACKED. RUSSIAN SEAPLANES BUSY. ; . (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association,) ' Received August 28, at 8.5 p.m. PETROGRAD, August 28." ' . A communique says:. (Mr seaplanes■ visited Varna (on tlio Bulgarian coajt '* on the 2oth and bombed the port build-, ings ami harbour, setting ships and the • port'works'afire. LIMIT OF ZEPPELIN CAPACITY. FRENCH EXPERT'S OPINION, , ESTIMATED LOSSES, ' , (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association.) Received August 28, at 8.45 p.m. ■ PARIS. August.2B.' M. Julliot, builder of the Lebaudy. dirigibles is septical as to the value.of • the. super-Zeppelins. Ho saysthat: '. only when, the fuel has beou largely used up and the projectiles have been discharged, can the vessels reach ".a . height out of the reach of artillery. He estimates that out of 130 Zeppelins, thirty have been destroyed and twenty- - ■ five lost in neutral countries, tli'e Baltic and Germany..
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North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13658, 29 August 1916, Page 2
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180WAR IN THE AIR North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13658, 29 August 1916, Page 2
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