BRITISH-AIR RAID.
. = nineteen diteiiS /'totosbek "- french.'. make. reprisals.:": / . .' . January 20. ■ Sir.Douglae Haig..jeports:— of our aeroplanes- onyfche 17th. cdiflsiderably damaged_an enemy depot at Lesars, norfch-east "oT-!&ibeHi. •"-ihere--. ■were 19 air encounters' Five of the' enemy's were driven down. We. lost two , aeroplanes. ■■ A party of our:..troops.,raided, enemy trenefie3 north- of the' River fLys, and captured some prisoners." ■• ■ ■'-•—• -■ •'% A French, communique-states: "We cannonaded troops inoving "northwards of Courtes Ohausses,. -m. : -13ie -Argonne. Owing -to _;two aeroplanes:;~droppiug bombs on ><ancy, a French air squadron dropped 22 tombs ahd'damaged the Metz-Arnaville -railway "station.":-.'.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 18, 21 January 1916, Page 5
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