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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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mer-set House. He was studying for the IndianCivil Service when the war broke out, and wasthen granted a commission in the Royal Fusi-liers. He was wounded at Loos, and afterwardsat Ypre;. Joining the Royal Flying Corps inJanuary, 1916, he took his pilots certificatein June, and had been night flying since. Hewas with his friend Lieutenant Robinsonwhen the latter brought down the airship atCu£3ey. )VIr. Sowrey had been fljTng sometime on the night of the raid in Essex whenhe picked up the Zeppelin. He at onceclimbed and attacked it. The Zeppelin repliedvigorovisly, and an amazing fight in theair followed, each manoeuvring for position.;Mr. Sowrey out-manoeu\Ted his giant oppo-nent, attacked him, and caused the gas toignite. Mr. Brandon, decorated at the same time,was a New Zealander, 32 years old, and was abarrister in practice in Xew Zealand iintil thewar broke out, when he retiuTied home. Hejoined the Flying Corps and distinguished him-self, not by the destruction of any partictdar
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HHMrjVIN(; A MAfJIINf. (;nN AND A HKOKf.N IKOIMll.liKWf<HCKAf;H Ol IHR CUFFI.KY AIKSHIP. FROM THH 194 THt: TIMES IIISTOliY OF THE WAR. Zuppuliii, but by luurkoil gtiUaiitry and devo-tion to duty. He \uul taken cunupicuuuti;)ttrt in beveral of the biggetit air fightti inKugland, and liad Htiared in the dtnitructiun ofthe Eaaex Zeppehn. Tiie tale of liis doingHwan fainiUar to most iniUtaiy airmen, andhid decoration wad universally regardeil asthoroughly well denerved. One ol the raiderti on the night of Sep-tember 23 reached outer London from the«outli, dropping bombd at irregular intervals.Its activities striking!v rovonlod tho ii.sst»ntial destroyed. In another outlying East Londondistrict another Zeppelin dropped bombs ina poor quarter and killed or wounded somemore folk, but the outrages affected Londonas a whole no more tlian a pin prickwould affect a liealthy man. Most Londonersknew nothing of what had happened untilthey read about it next morning in the news-pa;)ers. The mai

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