REPORT FROM SIR JOHN FRENCH
THE GERMANS FORESTALLED
BARING FEAT BY BRITISH AIRMAN.
(Received April 24, 8.50 a.m.)
;LONDON, April 23. Sir John French reports that the German attacks on" Hill 60 failed,^ am; during these the enemy fired lanch shells into Ypres. We forestalled German mining operations near Armentieres by exploding a mine, " ~ -, .. ' A British airman attacking the Ghent ammunition shed on April- 20, ran the gauntlet of ,fire from a captive balloon, also from the ground but descended to 200 feet and effected his object, causing a large explosion.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9123, 24 April 1915, Page 5
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