DUTCH FIRE AT HUN AEROPLANE.
AMSTERDAM, March 14.
A German .aeroplane, which flew over Sluis yesterday afternoon, was shot at and hit by Dutch troops, who were manouvring in the nedghborhood, according to the Handelsblad. The aviator was wounded and compelled to desoem? in Dutch territoi*y, but before he cou'd be overtaken by the Dutch soldiers hp re-started his machine and flew 100 metres over the border into Belgium. German troops hurried to his rescue, and he was carried away by Red Cross attendants.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14286, 1 May 1917, Page 3
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