therefrom--most probably from the flames of the incendiarised air-ship.




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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, DEC. 30, 1914--[Part 21]--5

[Illustration: THE AIR-RAID ON GERMAN WAR-SHIPS OFF CUXHAVEN: BRITISH
SEA-PLANES, SISTERS TO THOSE WHICH TOOK PART IN THE BRILLIANT EXPLOIT.]

The sea-planes came into great prominence, for the first time during the
war, on Christmas Day, when seven of them attacked German war-ships lying
in Schillig Roads, off Cuxhaven. The attack started from a point in the
vicinity of Heligoland, and the air-craft were escorted by a light-cruiser
and destroyer force, together with submarines. The enemy put up a fight by
means of two Zeppelins, three or four bomb-dropping sea-planes, and
several submarines. Six out of the seven pilots returned safely--three
were re-embarked by our ships, and three were picked up by British
submarines. Flight-Commander Francis E.T. Hewlett, R.N., was reported
missing. In our first photograph a sea-plane is being conveyed to her
parent ship; in the second and third, sea-planes are being hoisted
aboard.--[_Photos. by S. and G._]




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6--THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, DEC. 30, 1914.--[Part 21]