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Show BRITISH AVIATOR DESTROYS U-BOAT AND A ZKPPKLI.V Hamilton, Ont., July 18. Destruction, Destruc-tion, slnglo handed, first of ,a German Ger-man submarlno, and then of a Zeppelin, Zep-pelin, by Lieut. Basil D. Hobbs of tho Royal Flying corps, Is described In advices received today by ihls relatives. rela-tives. Tls Exploits, which havo won him a letter of congratulation from Admiral Ad-miral Jelllcoe, and; recommendation for the Victoria cross, 'wero accomplished accom-plished from a seaplane. Ho swooped down ovor tho ilT-boat nnd dropped bombs on it until It sank. A few days later he attacked the airship and sent it crashing to earth In flamee, causing the death of its entire crow. |