French Flyers Drop Bombs

1916

Depots of German Troops Violently Attacked.

PARIS, France. — The French war office issued the following statement of an air attack on German depots by French aviators:

"During the night ten of our aeroplanes dropped sixty bombs of heavy caliber on important military factories south of Bruges. The bombardment was carried out from a height between 400 and 800 meters and was very effective.

"On the same night 104 bombs were dropped on ammunition depots and other military establishments north of Somme-Py. Violent explosions were heard.

"Finally one of our air squadrons attacked the barracks and aerodrome at Saarburg (in Lorraine). Twenty well aimed bombs of heavy caliber inflicted serious damage."

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Sept. 16, 1916, p. 2.