Subjected to further bombing air raids, by 2 October aerial reconnaissance photographs revealed the German aircraft hangars formerly at El Arish had disappeared. By 25 October there was no anti-aircraft fire reported over El Arish and reductions in the Ottoman–German force based there were apparent. By this time the railway construction was well passed Salmana where a British forward aerodrome was under construction and No. 1 Squadron were involved in photographing the area around El Arish and Magdhaba, and No. 14 Squadron were reconnoitring Rafah.
On 11 November a Martinsyde and nine B E.'s, loaded with bombs and petrol, left the Kantara and Mahemdia aerodromes at dawn and assembled at Mustabig, just west of Bir el Mazar. There a raiding force of five B.E.'s and the Martinsyde formed the largest force yet organised by Australians or any other air squadron in the East, filled up with petrol and bombs and set off in formation towards Beersheba. Over Beersheba the anti-aircraft guns engaged them with high explosive and shrapnel, and the raiders flew through a flurry of white, black, and green bursts. The Martinsyde dropped a 100–lb. bomb fair in the centre of the aerodrome; two 20–lb. bombs hit tents; others made direct hits on the railway to Beersheba and the station. A Fokker and an Aviatik took to the air but were decisively beaten. After photographing Beersheba and the damage caused by the bombs, the airmen returned, reconnoitering Khan Yunis and Rafa on the way. All machines arrived safely, after having spent seven hours in flight. Two days later a German aeroplane retaliated by bombing Cairo.
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おもに英国軍の、航空隊や空爆について述べています。
＞Subjected to further bombing air raids, by 2 October aerial reconnaissance photographs revealed the German aircraft hangars formerly at El Arish had disappeared. By 25 October there was no anti-aircraft fire reported over El Arish and reductions in the Ottoman–German force based there were apparent. By this time the railway construction was well passed Salmana where a British forward aerodrome was under construction and No. 1 Squadron were involved in photographing the area around El Arish and Magdhaba, and No. 14 Squadron were reconnoitring Rafah.
⇒空中偵察写真によって、以前エル・アリッシュにあったドイツの航空機格納庫が、さらなる爆撃空襲に晒されて10月2日までには消滅していたことが明らかになった。10月25日までには、エル・アリッシュへの対空砲火は報告されず、そこに基地を置いたオスマントルコ－ドイツ軍の縮小は明白となった。この時点までには、鉄道建設がサルマナには十分通じていて、そこでは英国軍の前線飛行場が建設工事中であった。そして、第1航空支隊が、エル・アリッシュとマグダーバ周辺の航空写真撮影に関わり、第14支隊がラファを偵察中であった。
＞On 11 November a Martinsyde(*) and nine B E.'s, loaded with bombs and petrol, left the Kantara and Mahemdia aerodromes at dawn and assembled at Mustabig, just west of Bir el Mazar. There a raiding force of five B.E.'s and the Martinsyde formed the largest force yet organised by Australians or any other air squadron in the East, filled up with petrol and bombs and set off in formation towards Beersheba. Over Beersheba the anti-aircraft guns engaged them with high explosive and shrapnel, and the raiders flew through a flurry of white, black, and green bursts.
⇒11月11日、マーチンサイド(*)１機と帝国軍機９機が、爆弾とガソリンを積んで、夜明けにカンタラとマヘンディアの飛行場を発ち、ビル・エル・マザール真西のムスタビッグに終結した。そこで、マーチンサイド機と帝国軍機５機の襲撃隊が、オーストラリア軍や東側地域の他の航空隊を組み込んで構成した、それまでで最大の空軍隊を形成した。そして、奇襲隊員たちがガソリンと爆弾を一杯積んで、ベールシェバの方へ向けて編隊を組んで飛び立った。ベールシェバの上空では、対空放射銃砲が高性能爆薬と榴散弾で抗戦したので、襲撃隊は白・黒・緑色の爆裂の渦巻きの中を通り抜けながら飛び交った。
(*) Martinsyde：「マーチンサイド（社製戦闘）機」。第１次世界大戦中に英国のマーチンサイド社が製作した大型戦闘機。大型のために、機種（G.100号機など）によっては"Elephant"などとも呼ばれた。
＞The Martinsyde dropped a 100–lb. bomb fair in the centre of the aerodrome; two 20–lb. bombs hit tents; others made direct hits on the railway to Beersheba and the station. A Fokker and an Aviatik took to the air but were decisively beaten. After photographing Beersheba and the damage caused by the bombs, the airmen returned, reconnoitering Khan Yunis and Rafa on the way. All machines arrived safely, after having spent seven hours in flight. Two days later a German aeroplane retaliated by bombing Cairo.
⇒マーチンサイド機は、飛行場のほぼ中央に100－lb爆弾を投下して、２発の20－lb爆弾がテントに命中し、他の爆弾はベールシェバの鉄道と駅を直撃した。フォッカーとアヴィアティクは空中戦線に加わったけれども、決定的に撃退された。ベールシェバを空中撮影し、被弾によって損害を受けながらも途中でハン・ユニスやラファを空中偵察しながら、飛行士らは帰還した。7時間を飛行に費やした後だったが、すべての機械装置類が無傷のまま到着した。2日後、ドイツ軍の飛行隊が、カイロの爆撃でこれに報復した。
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