LIKE SWARM OF BEES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 207, 30 August 1918, Page 2

LIKE SWARM OF BEES.

ALLIES' GREAT AIR FLEET. LONDON, August 13. Describing the Allied air ;ictivity, Mr Perry Robinson said that the fleet in the sky resembled a swarm of bees. Such huge bombs were dropped that the airmen felt the concussion at altitudes of 7,000 ft. A pilot chased a crowded troop train, and fired repeatedly through the windows for a distance of oOft. Another performed the incredible feat of dropping bombs on an enemy machine underneath, .striking it and fairly blowing the machine to fragments. Another pilot was driven down in the midst of British cavalry patrols. He borrowed a rifle and a horse and went forward with the cavalry. He galloped back to his aerodrome after a hard day's fighting. Rcuter's correspondent at British headquarters telegraphed yesterday: "'Remarkable work has been performed by our airmen during; the battle. On the opening of the offensive our machines ■were so thick that flying was most difficult owing to the risk of collision. They bombed aerodromes, and also the Somme crossings, with such success that the enemy retreat -was partly diverted in a south-easterly direction. This was of considerable advantage to the attackers."