SUCCESSFUL ITALIAN AIR RAID ON AUSTRIAN PORT.
MUNITION AND SUBMARINE FACTORIES DEMOLISHED.
SIX ENEMY SHIPS HIT AND FORCED TO RETREAT. Australian and N.Z. Cable. (Received 7 p.m.) ROME. August 5. Details of the aerial bombardment of Flume, one of the principal ports of Austria, on the Adriatic, show that 24 Italian aeroplanes, each with a crew of three, and carrying an aggregate of four tons of explosives, were followed by some fighting aeroplanes- All the bombs dropped exploded, and destroyed munitions depots, and a submarine factory.
Bombs also hit six ships, which retreated in all directions. Six hostile aeroplanes attempted to engage the Italians, but were dispersed, one being destroyed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16301, 7 August 1916, Page 5
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