Sunday, August 10, 2014
9 August 1914
On August 9, 1914 the French airship "Fleurus" conducted a reconnaissance and bombed the town of Trier in the war's first raid on Germany. The airship, under the command of Captain Tixier, reconnoitered the Serre-Trier-Luxembourg region and dropped four 155 mm shells on a rail station before returning to base without incident.
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