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OFFICIAL STORY OF ENEMY'S RAID ON DUNKIRK,

* 3 OF OUR AIRMEN, BRAT 12.

The following descriptive account we communicated by the Bye Witness present with General Headquarters?

ARA ADA JANUARY 23rd, 1918 On Tuesday, the 19th, the chief event as a sticcessful aerial raid carried our by us against Chistelles, some & twelve miles to the west of Bruges. In spite of very misty weather and a certain amount of wind, our aeroplanes reached their destination about dawn, and tying very low dropped several bombs on certain sheds which formed their objective, Exactly what damage was done it, is not possible to state, but it is known to have been considerable On our right we mada Bome excellent practice with bombs from trench mortare against the Germans attempting to repair their parapets. During the night the enemy opposite the same part of our line were busily occupied. in bailing water from their trenches

On Wednesday, on our right, our guna in one place damaged a German redoubt, and in another drove the occupants from a trench,, Our mortars also were active, and made good practice against the enemy's saps and trenches and some houses

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Bras and Port manteaux. But it without doubt the Einheitegeschoss of the 4.15-ins, light howitzer burst by time fuse that goes by the name of the Woolly Bear,"

The essential _____difference between shrapnel and common shell is that the former contains a number of round ballets or balls, and the latter does not.

Both types have bursting charges, shrapnel either of powder or high exple sive, and common shell of high explosive, In the employment of shrapnel, which is most effective against troops in the open, the object is to burst the shell by time fuse above and in front of the target. The balls are then shot forward in a shower over the troops attacked,

Common shell is employed for the destruction of buildings or cover, and is usually detonated by percussion fuss or impact with the target

JUBILANT GERMANY. BOASTS ABOUT THE TERROR FROM THE SKIES. The joy of Germans over the result of the airship raids is increased by the pro mises of the German Press as to the future Yarmouth, described by the Hamburger Nachrichten us o naval base may have been the first to receive

visiting card, but it will not be the ast The Lokal-Antciger summarises the objects of fature Zeppelin raids as follows:-

On Thursday, the 21st, all action was confined to that of the artillery proper The English harbours which are and the short-range ordnance. By the necessity for the further existence of former a German battery was silenced, a English trade, the merchant ships which singe gun was knocked out, and a pump- lie in these harbours and by import or ing station was forced to cease work, export further the possibilities of exist The trench mortars again did consider once for this land, and thereby make it

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The embargo on the exportation of rubber from British possessions has now been removed, subject to certain restric tions; and the prospects of the plantation rubber industry are thereby considerably improved. The interdict, for the time being, paralysed the South Indian, Ceylon and Straits rubber trades, but the rubber of these engaged in the tea trade, realis planters and merchants, like the majority ing the great issue at stake, supported the Home Government loyally. This, in fact, has been the attitude of the rubber trade. throughout As Mr. Lampard, the well- known kubber authority, pointed out at a recent meeting of the United Serdang IMPERIAL MINERAL WATER CO., (Suman) Rubber Plantations, Limited, rubber planters realised that it was in the interest of the Stato that rubber should be excluded from a certain zone. The rubber plantation industry, and also

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reagon and were prepared to hear with of Japan, Offeilly Recommended by the fortitude any consequences which this Medical Colleges of The Imperial Universities policy enabled. It embraced, of course, certain zones which ought not to be neces sary, merely because a certain number of of Tokyo and Kyoto, individuals, tempted no doubt by possible profit had shipped rubber from neutral countries to the area from which we desire

10 ba xcluded. By doing this the interests of the many genuine importers for home constto.ption were for a time penalised by the cupidity of the fow. This has been a great hardship to Ameri ean manufacturers, to whom a steady supply of crude rubber is of vital import- ance. But the remedy was largely in their own hands. The Government desired to avoid all dislocation of trade between ourselves and neutrals, and certainly did

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able execution against some of the enemy's able to fight and trade, will be smitten not want to penaline a young British MACGREGOR&C. saps, their effectiveness being much by our airships with the object of destroy-industry such as the plantation rubber heightened by subsequent shrapnel fire Ing English trade just as England strikce industry for the benefit of the wild rubber from the field guns the bearers of pur merchandise upon the industry in South America. It is neces

Friday, the 22nd, was sunny, with some highways of the seas frost and not much wind; in fact, as perfect a day for aviation as the be expected at this time of year, and the Germans took advantage of the weather to take an aerial raid on a large scale against Dunkirk The details are as follows:

The stores, and not only the military sary however, to achieve as far as stores, but also those which serve commer possible the exclusion of rubber from a cial purpose, must be treated in exactly particular zone, and whatever sacrifice the same way as the English would treat this may entail rubber planters must best similar German stores if they could come patiently and willingly. It is equally

Transport distasteful to inflict regulations which CLARKE'S high them with their ships. vessels, which could convey English troops hamper the trade of America in rubber

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PILLS. stances reckon on immunity Quays from factory that an arrangement has now which these troops could be embarked aro been reached, whereby, without peril to among the things that do us hurt. Bail British interests, the American rubber ways whereby these troops could be supply will be secured, conveyed must be destroyed.

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Discussing the general effects of the war on the plantation rubber situation, it is satisfactory to find that Mr. Lampard, on the whole, takes a rabisfactory view of the future, hole ing that the industry to CONCERNING ANOTHER ENAMEL conflict has not damaged

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The saroplane was captured, loge:ber with its pilot and observer and eight unexploded bombs. The observer was armed with a double-barreled pistol for firing chain shot. In face of the heavy odds against them, this feat on the part of our aviators was distinctly micrio ous. The damage done by the raiders was slight re

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Qus of our "noroplanes a single mater was on patrol duty when the observer saw several hostilo mashines approach ing. He at once gave chase to the first hostile machine and opened fire on it Meanwhile two other British machines started from the ground. It took them some little time to ascend the height of 6,000 at which the action in the air was proceeding, during which the British machine which a un patrol had 6 succeded in driving off with its fire the her hands against us, she tries even to

much as one might have expected. In two leading German machines, bring us to our knees by starving our Central Europe a large consuming market

Ten others, however, had come up by women and children; therefore we on the time that the three British macaines our side, will not allow to rust these certainly, for the time being, been shut were all in action. After the Gerinans weapons which German inventiveness har down, but the increasing demand from had dropped several bombs over the harput into our hand. We will drop the other markets is sufficient to absorb all bour and town, the whole turned and few Terror from the Skies upon England as the supplies coming forward, and now We will lie in wait upon her coasts with be quite a prosperous outlook and a strong our submarines and fire our torpedocs at market. For the first time in the history overy mark which appears to to serve of the world the vital importance the purpose of weakening England And rubber in the con la pile of are addressing these remarks perhaps wel in order that the nation motions has been demonstrated, vifich shows why, with the number of freely advertised soil nation may the value of the article. The removal of Enamels on the market it is worth our learn face to face the nature of this war great numbers of horses previously em- that it has unleashed out of pure greed ployed in the transport work of British while to tell you about "FALCONITE!? That is the most practical methods of towns and cities has very much accelerated

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place in the substitution of mechanical that "FALCONITE is better, that we The Hamburger Nachrichien sketches traction in preference to horse traction. On some parts of our front it has been the incidents of the raid with peculiar People who were hesitating about making want you to know of it, and give it a trial. FALCONITE" is the Enamel that noticed that the Germans are Bring a gusto. It takes special pleasure in the change liave been forced by the with drawal of their horses in employ mechani new type of high explosive shell, its visible recording the visitation of Sandrineal traction, and it is certain now that gives a surface which will reflect like a characteristics being that its detonates On the way to King's Long they will never go back to the antiquated mirror, when viewed at an anglo. with a cloud of thick white smoke. Their ringham, the present residence mine werfer, also, occasionally throws a George, wah not overlooked. Bombs fell form of transport by horse traffic. This very large bomb or neris torpedo. Its also in the neighbourhood of Sandring chango will be good for the health of 3ft. Din in length, pearly 10in. in ham, and with loud crash notified the British cities and towns, and, incidentally diameter, and, with le bursting charge King of England that the Germans are it will also be good for the rubber industry of about 100lb, of high explosive, weighs not far off.

Our Zeppelins hayo With regard to the future, it is of course shown that they could find the hidden possible to estimate the output of planta THE ENEMY'S ARTILLERY.Royal residence. In any case, they did tion rubber much more closely than the Though much has beca sald and written not intend to hit it, and only gave audible selling prios The ouput for 1915 may samples: about the artillery that is being used notification of their presence in the imme-approximately run to 85,000 tone. For against us, some description of it may 'diate neighbourhood A

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THE FIFTH THREAT.

The Frankfurt Gazette, which vies with its Cologne neighbour in hate-making, discovers that the Zeppelins are "a ffth threat to England, but they are neither the least nor the last

To take first the class of ordnares which in most numerous in every field army the fold artillery. The Gerinen, tela gun is a quick-firing piece of 77 millimetres, or 3.0310 calibre, which is much the same Mr. Winston Churchill spoke recently, as that of our own 2310. I fires both of the four sea-dangers which threatened common shell and shrapnel The former England. On the night of January 18th is filled with high explosive which is a new fifth danger was brought plainly detonated by either time or percussion before English eyes. We eco in the Inse. The shrapnel i burst in the same Zeppelia zaid a gigantic demonstration

Product and a promise of great events in the rubber. Froor this it will be seen that the Heavier guns, such as those of 10 and future. We have shown that we can come future outlook of the plantation industry 13 centimetres calibre, though clasified when we will is by no means a gloomy one. If planters ar siege artillery are used by the Ger by moter and is transported on and fired over the Zeppelin raid is broken by the increased domand, be a very strong market mans in the field. The latter is drawn The monotony of the German jubilation are abs to avoid the danger of over-pro- duction, there will, with the greatly from a special carriage. The wheels of ingenious Count Reventlow in an article this are provided with a wheel belt," in which he calls English franc-tireur for plantation rubber, after the war is

over-Commerce, The which consists of a series of feet arranged attacks on German airships."

FRANC-TIREULA

so as to distribute the pressure produced following extracts are quoted by the by the shock of discharge Times

Of the howitzers, to the employment di “It is an established fact that when GERMAN COMMERCIAL

which in field warfare the Germans have our airships were in order to fly to the TRAVELLERS AND ENGLAND. devoted to much attention, there are fortified place of Great Yarmouth, merely several sized, the smallest

alone called a field piceing hitherto flying over other places or cities, they The United Kingdom Commercial

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light feld were shot at from these places. It mag Travellers' Association, which conferred howitzer of 10.5cm or 4.13 in. calibre be assumed with certainty that these honorary membership on all oversea fires a projectile known as the Einkous shots, which were aimed at the airships delegates to its conference, held in Edin geschoss of universal shell. This is a from below, bit them, and probably they burga in 1911, has received a printed shell carrying shrapnel bullets and wounded or even killed occupants of the notice signed by officials of the German high-explosive bursting charge and airships. This involves an English Commercial Travellers Organization. capable of acting in a dual capacity franc-tireur attack, ruthlessly carried ont They say that they resign their honorary either as shrapnel or common shell in defiance of International Law and in Association and will return their oficial

The heavy field howitzer of 15cm., or the darkness of the night, upon

membership of the United Kingdom 6.9-inch, calibre, fires common shell German airships, which, without the badges They proceed loaded with high explosive There are smallest hostile action, wanted to fly awayThe reason that this has not be done alea two pieces which are called mor- byar these places tars though they are really howitzera The airship is a recognised wear before is that the undersigned had the The 21cm. mortar," of 2lem. or 8.27 of war, and yet people in England sem opinion that after the declaration of pease inobes calibre, fires common ghell conton to demand that it shall regard itself as commercial relations between Germany ing a high explosive charge. The fair game for the murdere performed by and Great Britain would be resumed, and carriage of this piece also has belted a fanatical civil population, and shall nos it would thus be out of place to break off wheels. The Krupp 25cm mortar, a have the right to defend itself. This view good relations with old colleagues, but the howitzer of Beem., or 11.2 inches calibre, is purely English, but we can assure the action of England against Germany in is employed not only to bombard English that it is a view which is not business matters has reached such a degree fortresses, but in field actions. It fires shared in Germany. Our airships will of hatred and low action as has never common shell loaded with high explosive continue to defend themselves against before been known under any conditions In addition to the above there is the franc-tireur attacks, even when they are of warfare amongst cultured nations; 80 now celebrated Krupp siege howitzer of flying over the red soil of England that it is evident the idea is not only to 42cm., or 16.fch, calibre This fires & For six months past we have been common shell loaded with high explosive accustomed to breaches of International destroy German commerce, but the Ger and has a considerably greater range than Law by Great Britain, and we are not man hation entirely. Further, the robbing the 28ent, mortar v A

surprised at this new branch. It must of German property and the bad treat The nicknames bestowed on the various however, bo nailed down as the breach bient of German prisoners in England projectiles by our soldiers have not been of low that it is, and as a precedent which show England to be on such a low station allotted scientifically nor on any definite might perhaps in future have a real and of civilization that it will be many years system, and it is not exactly clear to actual importance. The German airships before friendly, relations can be resumed. which they apply. For sustance, the shells to-morrow no less than to day will claim It is therefore below our dignity and

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