KEY TO SUCCESS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17323, 24 May 1918, Page 5

KEY TO SUCCESS

RUTHLESS USE OF AVIATORS ONLY LIMITATIONS-THOSE OF HUMANITY MATERIAL PERSONAL SUPERIORITY ESTABLISHED 0 LULL ON WEST FRONT CONTINUES PATROL AND ARTILLERY ACTIVITY INTENSIFIED

AVIATION BRITISH AIRMEN'S WORK. PERSISTENT BOMBING AND FIGHTING, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. LONDON, May 22. Sir D. Haig's aviation report states: Twenty-two tons of bombs were dropped in the day time on Monday on the enemy's railway stations, aerodromes, and billets. Our night-fliers dropped 13 tons of bombs on aerodromes in the neighbourhood of Ghent, Tournai, and St. Quentin, and a further four tons and a-half on the railway stations at Thionville and Metz (Lorraine) and Coblentz (on the Rhine), while 22 heavy bombs were dropped on the raiway stations at Namur and Charleroi (Belgium). Since the commencement of the German offensive 1000 German aeroplanes have been brought down, and over 1000 tons of bombs have been dropped over the enemy's lines. ATTEMPT TO BOMB PARIS. PREVENTED BY BARRAGE. LONDON, May 21. French official: Enemy aeroplanes were reported approaching Paris last evening. We kept up a violent barrage, and our airmen went up. The enemy dropped bombs on the suburbs, resulting in material damage and some casualties. The enemy did not reach Paris. BRITISH RAID ON COLOGNE. CATHEDRAL CAREFULLY AVOIDED. GREAT DAMAGE DONE. LONDON, May 21. The Daily Express Geneva correspondent says that the British daylight air raid on Cologne on Saturday caused enormous damage. In addition to the announced civil casualties, many more recruits were killed or wounded, as a number of bombs fell directly on the barracks in .the northern part of the town. Ihe railway station was destroyed, including several locomotives. Other bombs fell in the streets. The tramway service is still stopped. The British aviators carefully avoided Cologne Cathedral, but moved freely over the city, flying very low and choosing their objectives with precision. The populace is terrified, and is indignant at the Government's failure to protect Cologne. THE CASUALTIES. AMSTERDAM, May 22 (Received May 24, at 0.30 a.m.) Thirty-five were killed and 87 injured by the Cologne raid. GERMANY WAKING UP. THEIR OWN MEDICINE PROVES UNPALATABLE. Reuter*s Telegrams. AMSTERDAM, Mav 22 (Received May 23, at 7.15 p.m.) •l—V 3 V° lkfi Zeitung states that Herr iveichhoff, a member of the Reiohstac, questioned the Chancellor regarding better protection from air raids, and asked if he were prepared to end by international treaties this senseless murder of women and children. AIR RAID IN ENGLAND. COUNTRY CASUALTIES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. . LONDON, May 22. (Received May 23, at 7.15 p.m.) The Press Bureau reports that the casualties by the air raid in the coastal districts totalled: Killed, 44; injured, ,179. VALUE OF AIRMEN. MR KELLEWAY'S OPINION. THE KEY TO SUCCESS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, May 22. (Received May 23, at 10.5 p.m.) Mr F. G. Kelleway (Parliamentary Secretary of Munitions! in the course oi a 6peech at Whitechapel, said.- It is now clear that we have reached a material personal superiority in th«j air. If ondy we exploit tha.t arm and properly use it ruthessly, without limitation except the limitation of humanity, I believe we can bring the war to a triumphant conclusion. THE RAID IN FRANCE. HOSPITALS BOMBED. HEROISM OF THE NURSES. THEIR CHRISTIAN FORGIVENESS. LONDON, May 23. (Received May 24, at 1.25 a.m.) The United Press correspondent reports that German airmen bombed a large number of hospitals in their latest raid in France, killing and wcrtmding some hundreds of nurses, patients, and attendants. More than a score of Gotihas participated in the raid, dropping numerous bombs of enormous size. One half Of a In -pital ■where there wae the greatest death roll was almost entirely demolished. Eyewitnesses describe the wonderful cours-i of nurses during the raid. Thev refused to go into dugouts, but remained scathing and cheering l,he natients, many of whom were bad cases, unable to move. The Prussian squadron commander was brought down wounded, and is now being attended by the women whose sisters he had killed. He claims that he saw no red cross; but these hospitaU were never before bombed.

THE WEST FRONT ON THE FRENCH FRONT. ARTILLERY AND PATROL ACTIVITY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. „ . LONDON, May 22. (Received May 23, at 7.15 p.m.) A French communique states: There was violent artillery activity in the regions of Hilles, Rouvray, and Plemrat; also great patrol activity along the entire Ailette front (from Manicamp to Bray, south of the Coucy Forest). COUNTER-RAIDS. THE BRITISH SUCCESSFUL. LONDON, May 22. (Received May 23, at 10.5 p.m.) j 1 Haig reports: We repulsed a second attempt to raid our positions southeast of Mesnil. We made a successful raid in. the neighbourhood of Hebuterne, inflicting heavy casualties and taking prisoners.