DIRIGIBLE RAID AT POLA.
ARSENAL AND PETROL DEPOT
' BOMBED.
MONFALCONE DOCKYARD
SHELLED
SERIOUS DAMAGE REPORTED,
(Received June 1, 8.15 p.m.)
Rome, Juno 1
Official. —One of our dirigibles bombed the railway station, petrol depot, and arsenal at Pola on Sunday r night. A great fire broke out at the arsenal
The dirigible was subjected to an intense artillery fire, but escaped uninjured.
Our torpedo boat and destroyer Hni;illa shelled the Monfalcone dockyard, causing serious damage.
When returning from the raid the flotilla destroyed some large sailing vessels laden with flour.
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Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13783, 2 June 1915, Page 5
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90DIRIGIBLE RAID AT POLA. Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13783, 2 June 1915, Page 5
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