14—THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914.
BURSTING SHRAPNEL MARKING THE GERMAN "DOVE'S" TRACK: SHELLING A TAUBE.
The bursting shrapnel marking the line of flight of that dread "steel dove," the Taube, comes from a new kind of anti-aircraft gun at the front. This weapon, generally used to fire a stream of shrapnel, also fires shells containing a composition for setting aircraft on fire, and its range-finder marks both the height of an aeroplane and its speed.—[Drawn by A. Forestier from a Sketch by H.C. Seppings Wright.]
BIPLANE FIGHTS BIPLANE: THE FATE OF A VANQUISHED GERMAN "AVIATIK."
We see here the finale of a fierce air-fight near Rheims. A German "Aviatik" biplane passed overhead and a French biplane with a machine-gun went at it, There was a hot contest until suddenly a French shot struck the "Aviatik's" motor. Taking fire instantly, the German craft fell blazing to the ground, where it burned to a cinder with its airmen.—[Drawn by Georges Scott from an Eye Witness's Sketch.]
THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914—15
"MISSING AND WOUNDED," AT BRUGES: STRICKEN BELGIANS IN CHARGE OF GERMAN RED CROSS MEN.