Heroic airmen and their exploitsWalters, E. Walter
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Heroic airmen and their exploits
Walters, E. Walter
Aeronautics; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations
On the twenty-ninth a large body of infantry and transport concentrated
at Porna (about thirty-two miles west of Kavala, on the Seres—Drama
line) were attacked. Considerable havoc was caused in the village
and among the troops. A large fire was started among the stores in
the transport park. The moral as well as the material effect of this
bombardment seems to have been considerable, as a reconnaissance made
on the following day showed that all troops, camps, and transport had
been removed from this district.
On the thirty-first an attack was made on Angista railway station
(twenty-five miles west-north-west of Kavala). Direct hits were made
and extensive damage was caused.
Further communications issued by the Admiralty in the same month showed
that between August 25 and 29 a series of attacks and reconnaissances
upon the enemy railway communications in Palestine were carried out by
a British seaplane squadron. These fights were made under hazardous
conditions, due to the fact that the railway runs, for the most part,
behind a range of mountains difficult for seaplanes to surmount.
Bombs were dropped on Afuleh Junction, where considerable damage
was done to the rolling stock, permanent way, and to stores in the
vicinity. A railway engine and fourteen carriages were also set on
fire and destroyed. The railway stations at Tulkeram and Ardana and
an enemy camp four miles north-west of Remleh (thirteen miles from
Jaffa) were successfully bombarded and severely damaged. And on August
26 a seaplane bombarded the railway station at Homs (about eighty
miles north of Damascus). This flight, carried out at a distance of
forty-five miles inland under extremely adverse conditions and through
clouds low down on the mountains, was a singularly fine performance for
a seaplane.
At a later date, from September 13 to September 22, further series of
attacks were carried out by naval aeroplanes operating against the
Bulgarian coast. On the thirteenth the head quarters of the Bulgarian
10th Division at Bademli Chiftlik were attacked, with considerable
effect. Subsequently these head quarters were removed elsewhere,
but were discovered, and attacked three days later, with excellent
results. A large explosion was caused, and a fire, which lasted for
a considerable time, broke out among the buildings. On the sixteenth
considerable damage was caused to transport proceeding on the road
towards Drama, and on the same day the shipping in Foujes harbour
was bombed. On the seventeenth and eighteenth the rolling stock,
gun emplacements, and stores at Drama station were bombarded and
considerable damage done to them. On the nineteenth a column of troops
and transport were thoroughly plied with small bombs, which caused
considerable damage and confusion.
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