WESTERN.
NUMEROUS FIGHTS BETWEEN AVIATORS.
Huns' Trenched Raided in Lvs Area.
llec Jan 20, 9 50 p in
London, Jan 20
General Sir D. Haig, commander of the British forces in the western theatre, reports : — > Sixteen of our aeroplanes, ou the 17th inst, considerably damaged an enemy depot at Lesars, north-east, of x\lbert.
Nineteen encounters were fought in the air during the day. Five enemy machines were brought down, and we lost two aeroplanes.
A party of our troops raided enemy trenches north of the River Lys, and captured some prisoners.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6591, 21 January 1916, Page 5
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