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flying very high dropped several bombs in and about Cairo, Egypt, killing and wounding a number of civilians. No military damage was done and only one military casualty was incurred. On November 17, 1916, it was reported that a French aviator had succeeded in flying across the Alps after dropping bombs upon the station at Munich, the capital of Bavaria. He landed near Venice, having flown 435 miles in one day. London was again attacked on November 28, 1916. An aeroplane, flying very high, dropped six bombs which injured nine people and did considerable damage. A German machine, brought down a few hours later near Dunkirk, was supposed to have been the one returning from the attack on London. On November 30, 1916, in Lorraine, three British aeroplanes fought an engagement with several German machines. One German machine was brought down in the forest of Gremecy. On the same day on the Somme front French airmen fought about forty engagements, in the course of which five German machines were brought down. Six French machines dropped fifteen bombs on Bruyeres. Another French air squadron carried out a bombardment of the aerodrome of Grisolles (north of Chateau-Thierry). Between 3.45 p. m. and 7 p. m. 171 bombs of 120 mm. were dropped. That night between 9.30 p. m. and 1.10 a. m. four French machines bombarded the blast furnaces and factories of Voelklingen (northwest of Saarbruecken). On December 1, 1916, a group of aeroplanes of the British Naval Air Service bombarded the blast furnaces of Dillingen, northwest of Saarbruecken. During this expedition one ton of explosives was dropped. A German aeroplane was brought down during the return journey. During December 2, 1916, Italian aeroplanes bombed Austrian positions at Dorimbergo (Fornberg) and Tabor, in the Frigido (Vippacco) Valley. On the following day, December 3, 1916, another Italian air squadron bombed the railway station for Dottogliano and Scoppo on the Carso (seven and one-half miles northeast of Trieste). Notwithstanding bad weather conditions and the violent fire of the Austrian artillery, the aviators came down low to drop a ton and half of high explosives. Numerous air flights took place and one Austrian machine was brought down; one of the Italian machines was reported missing. Austrian seaplanes dropped bombs at several points on the Carso without causing casualties or damage. An Italian aeroplane dropped five large bombs on the flo
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