FRENCH AVIATORS RETALIATE.
BOMB GERMAN EXPLOSIVE FACTORIES. . (Received ' May 28 / 10 a.m.) PARIS, May 27. An official communique states: Eighteen French aeroplanes, each carrying fifty kilogrammes of projectiles, to-day bombarded the aniline dye works at Ludwigshafen,. now one of the most important explosive factories m Germany. Several buildings Avere struck, and numerous fires started. The aviators 'were neatly six hours m the air. This was retaliation for the air raid on The High* Cbmmi_sioner reports : — < , LONDON, May 27, 5.15 p.m. A. detachment of 18 French aeroplanes, ! each carrying fifteen kilograms of projectiles this morning bombarded the Ludwigshaf en chemical works, the most important , explosives factory m; Germany. 7 The results proved the efficacy of the ' bombardment. Several buildings Avere struck and riuiherous fires broke out. The aviators remained six hours m the air, ; travelling 400 kilometres. The expedition 's attacking of an important '''•.military. estabUshntent served as a reply to the German aviators attacking Paris.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 13696, 28 May 1915, Page 3
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155FRENCH AVIATORS RETALIATE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 13696, 28 May 1915, Page 3
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