Part 73

Sept. 3--German aeroplanes drop bombs on British transport on the Seine and on Belfort; German aeroplane over Paris destroyed, aviators killed.

Sept. 4--Three German aeroplanes wrecked by French.

Sept. 9--Russian and Austrian aviators killed in battle.

Sept. 12--German aviators killed in battle with French near Troyes.

Sept. 14--Japanese aeroplane drops bomb in Kiao-Chau.

Sept. 17--Berlin claims that no Zeppelins have been destroyed.

Sept. 18--Bomb dropped on Antwerp; Japanese aviator sets fire to ship in Kiao-Chau Bay.

Sept. 20--Vedrines kills German aviator; French aviator Chevilliard captured by Germans.

Sept. 21--Japanese aeroplanes wreck two forts at Tsing-tau.

Sept. 23--British drop bombs on Zeppelin shed at Duesseldorf; London fears Zeppelin attacks and reduces lights to minimum.

Sept. 24--Zeppelin drops three bombs in Belgium; French capture five Taube machines from Germans; destruction of Zeppelin by Russians near Sieradz.

Sept. 25--Duel between Belgian and German aviators over Brussels; Zeppelin drops bombs in Ostend; London prepares to repel attacks.

Sept. 26--Zeppelin raids Warsaw.

Sept. 27--Man killed and child crippled in Paris; three killed in Warsaw.

Sept. 29--Zeppelin drops bombs on two Belgian towns.

Sept. 30--Japanese aeroplanes attack Kiao-Chau Harbor.

Oct. 1--Zeppelin drops bomb near Antwerp, but is driven off.

Oct. 2--Germans report capture of thirty French aeroplanes; it is learned that aviators patrolled the Straits of Dover during passage of British expeditionary force; German aviators drop messages to Russian troops.

Oct. 5--Searchlight tests made in London in preparation for Zeppelin raids.

Oct. 6--It is announced that German airship aided in sinking British cruisers; commander and crew decorated by Kaiser.

Oct. 7--London insures against damage from Zeppelin raids as air fleet is prepared at Wilhelmshaven; French aviators set fire to German aeroplanes.

Oct. 8--German aeroplanes drop bombs on Paris and Antwerp.

Oct. 9--British air squadron destroys Zeppelin in hangar at Duesseldorf.

Oct. 11--Three killed, fourteen injured from bombs dropped on Paris by German aviators; Zeppelin over Ostend driven away by guns; Japanese drop bombs in Tsing-tau.

Oct. 12--Six more bombs dropped on Paris.

Oct. 13--French rout German aviators near Paris.

Oct. 14--French aviator decorated for bringing down German; Cossacks bring down Zeppelin near Warsaw; bombs dropped on Nancy.

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