BOMBS ON LILLE.
TWO FOKKERS BROUGHT DOWN. BRITISH MAKE RAIDS. LOXDOX. July 2. British aviators bombed Lille stai.ion. Wihile returning jjlcy were attacker liy 20 Fokkers, two of which wore brought down. The British are making air raids on the northern part of the line. A German communique states: — ■"The enemy's aerial attack on V,il)e caused no military damage, but many civilians were killed, especially at .St. Saveur Church, where the kiiled and wounded exceed 00. "Numerous French inhabitants have been killed or wounded at Douai, IVronne, Bapaume. and Xel=e by French and English gun fire and aircraft bombs.' .
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 157, 3 July 1916, Page 6
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