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Show ITALIAN RAIDERS Squadrilla Carries Out Tre- mendous Task Without Los- 5510 ing a Single Machine. 1 : JA "Jtiei BOMB POLA ARSENAL ii Naptha Depot and Seaplane ; pjft Station Burn Furious Aus- : .5 trian Defense Unavailing. ;Uas : .-MP ROME, Aug. 7. A detailed report on 'r the air raid at Pola, the Austrian naval L4?; base, on Friday night shows that It ;' . .0 , j . jfgg began at 11 p. m. and endod shortly rfo after dawn. Each machine carried : eight bombs and six grenades. The '. 'fun first arrived over Pola an hour after ', fy's departure and the last a 4 a. m. The -: squadrilla carried out the task which c comprised a night of 320 kilometers, ' -Ter 160 of which were over enemy terrl- : !p5ii tory, without tho loss of a single ma- ' tffft chine. D'Annunzio, the poet, was . ,nj3 aboard one of the larger planes piloted Nov by Captain Gori. The damage effect- ed was most important. In addition cie; to bombing the arsenal, a naphtha da- r 'pf' pot and a seaplane station were set - and afire and burned like paper. The Ital- '.6(t lan aviators who kept at an average I Wkn height of 2500 to 1000 yards, were rjfci able to judge of the extent of the de- . rfS struction by the enormous sheets of L? flames and columns of smoke which ' shot up to a height of 600 yards. Ws The Austrians were unable during s WBt- the bombardment to- extinguish any ' fires started by the bombs but they ; kept up a furious fire with their anti- 1 ffi aircraft guns and 30 of their most powerful searchlights threw a dazzling Wm light over the space where the Italians jHg were flying. Notwithstanding, tho lat- K' ter cruised over the city for nearly . ff five hours and escaped unhurt and vie- ' swe' torlous. K |