Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-05
RAIN BOMBS ON
:. CONSTAN7|NOPLE
Greek Units Assist British in
Attack Upon lmpor-
: .1:~ tant Points.

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~ the Associated Psssa
LONDON. September 4.-Constanti-
nople was bombarded on four success
sive nights in the latter part Of
August, the admiralty announced to-
- day. The arsenal, the dock yard, the
Turkish war office. the airdrome at
Galata, the seapiane base at Gallipoli
. and Chanak were attacked The raids.
:. where were carried out by the royal
81 and %.
!. On August Is and September the
royal air force, cooperating with.
the navy, carried out successful
-bombing raids on Ostend and Zee-
brugge, on the Belgian coast. Thin
teen tons Of bombs were dropped and
I. large fires were started, the state
.'ment announces.
Text Of Communication.
sued by the British admiralty reads:
During the period between August
rs and September /. the royal air
= force contingents working with the
navy have carried out successful
bombing raids over ostend and
Zesbrugge, and approximately thir-
z4teen tons OF bombs have been drop
ped. with excellent results. Large
fires were started. Two direct hits
wore obtained on anti-aircraft bat
I'm the docks.
- In homo waters anti-Submarins
Reconnaissance and offensive patrols
have been maintained. In engage
.ments with enemy machines two were
destroyed and another was driven
down out Of control All our machines
- returned safely.
In the Aegean . constant rsoonnois-
maintained.
Greek Unit Assists.
Constantinople was bombed on the
night of August 1926 The airdrome
at Galata and the seaplane base at
Gallipoli and Chanak were also heav-
lily bombed by British machines in CO.
operation with q Greek unit.
Constantinople was again bombed on
the night of August 27-28 with good
results. Tho attack was directed
against the arsenal and dock yard on
rofflce and the barracks adjoining on
the Stambul side. Ono Of our machines
failed to return.
An Official communication Issued oy
Il
"On tho afternoon Of the third in
slant our squadron carried out most
successful attack on the hostile air
-drome at Morhange. Several hangers
received direct hits and two hostile ma
chimes on the ground were blown up.
The extent Of the damage 10 confirmed
by Photographic. All our machines re-
ION the night Of the sd.4th instant
our squadron again heavily bombed
<bA afrdrornA a MnrhanR0. Several
moro hangers were hit and some fires
were started. The hostile airdrome at
Boulay and the blast furnaces at
Esch, southwest of Luxembourg. were
= also attacked Direct hits were OBJ
tained on the blast furnaces and fires
were started at Boulay., All our ma
chimes returned safely. .. r..
Seven Hangers Hit.
"on the morning Of the 4th instant
at Morhange. this being the third
attack within tsSenty-four hours, Elk
=. cellent shooting was again unade and
~ seven hangers received direct hits.
All the bombs were seen to burst
- we'll.
a. zone squadron attacked the Buehl
,nairdrome with very good results. All
our machines returned safely"
:, The aerial operations referred 70
- by the air ministry were carried out
by the British Independent air force. >
T., T., Flying In Battle Zone.
y. OF the aerial operations along tho
battle zone tho aviation department
makes the following statement to-
night:
far visibility. enabled our airplanes
and balloons to cooperate effectively
in the advance. The fighting zone
and the enemy's back areas were kept
~ under close observation throughout
80 the day.
Contact between the infantry and
.1ow-hying patrols was carried out
So. along the battle front, while our ar
tillery machines signa1ed targets to
Our guns and reported the effect of
their fire. Twenty-ore tons Of bombs
were dropped during the day and an
other twenty-one tons at night.
a. Our airmen destroyed nineteen
enemy machines and drove seven
down out of control. Four enemy
balloons were brought down in flames
Ten of our machines are missing"