Impression sketch
Italians on Venice roof aiming skywards - by Jamie. Original image can be seen
at: http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/2014/11/21/exhibition/26666/venezia-defends-itself-1915-1918-casa-dei-tre-oci-venezia
In France,
experiences of bombs,
Falling from
planes
Had become
commonplace,
Over cities and
towns -
But for Italy
this was a novelty.
Across Italy and
in Milan,
Told in Venetian
And Milanese
papers, details
Of Austrians started
Attempts at Italian
vandalism.
The age-old city
of Venice
Was asleep at
3.30 a.m.
When steam
whistles awoke
The people-along
with
Sound of a loud
signal boom.
A Taube was seen
heading
Towards the city,
As all rushed
outside to see
In the grey dawn,
To take on a new
part history.
With a signal
fire in the sky
Of Venice saw a
new
Aspect with shots
from Arial
Guard station
guns
Of rifles and
machines aimed.
For forty five
minutes the Taube
Hovered safely
above
The spitting
gunnery, dropping
Four bombs On
Venice
And seven places in
the waters.
A bomb fell to
San Luca - another
At the Rio del
Carmini -
As two hit
courtyard of Colonna
A Castelpo on
Tana,
Near Rio della
Tana, with effect.
The Taube
monoplane remained
Under fire from
batteries -
To dot the sky
with white marks
Of shells, as
crowds
On Piazzas and
balconies cheered.
In front of the
Castello windows
Exploded to cause
Injuries to four
women who were
Taken to Santa
Anna
Hospital - causing excitement.
On the ground,
bridges crowded,
Cheering as if at
a fete -
The plane finally
taking flight
To shouts of
'Evviva!'
And 'Evviva Le
Mitragliatrice!'
by Jamie Mann.
Beaumont,
A., 1915 Aeroplane Raid on Venice
- Four Bombs Dropped - Little Damage Done. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 27 May.
P.9. Col.2. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11631026/Daily-Telegraph-May-27-1915.html
[Accessed: 27 May 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 27 May 2015).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11631026/Daily-Telegraph-May-27-1915.html
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