AERIAL RECORD.
Aug. 2—Report that French aviators have dropped bombs on Nürnberg; German troops shoot down French aeroplanes near Wesel; report that Garros, French aviator, wrecked German airship at Longwy; French aeroplanes dispatched toward Nancy.
Aug. 3—German airships fly over Belgium.
Aug. 5—Duel between Belgian and German aviators; Austrians report destruction of Russian aeroplane.
Aug. 13—German aeroplane pursued by Belgians; German aviator throws bomb on Vesoul.
Aug. 15—Harmless bombs thrown by German aviators on Vesoul and Lure; French aviators throw bombs on Zeppelins in Metz; five men wounded in Namur by bombs thrown from German aeroplanes.
Aug. 18—Three Zeppelins wrecked by gunfire, one by fall; German monoplane drops bombs on Lunéville; German aeroplane destroyed near Samno, Russia.
Aug. 19—German monoplane captured in Belgium.
Aug. 20—Pegoud's airship destroyed in flight to drop bombs in Germany; Dutch capture German aeroplanes.
Aug. 23—French destroy Zeppelin.
Aug. 24—France believes five German Zeppelins are out of action.
Aug. 25—Zeppelin bombs fall in Antwerp.
Aug. 29—Russians bring down Zeppelin.
Aug. 30—German aeroplane drops bombs on Paris; French Embassy in Washington denies that aeroplanes bombarded Nürnberg.
Aug. 31—German aeroplane drops bombs on Paris.
Sept. 1—German aeroplane drops bombs on Paris.
Sept. 2—Fight between French and German aeroplanes; Zeppelin renews attack on Antwerp.
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 Düsseldorf; 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 Düsseldorf.
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.