BRITISH ACTIVITIES
LIVELY WORK IN THE AIR
PRISONERS CAPTURED ON LENS FRONT
(AUSTRALIANrKEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION AND REUTEH.)
■ ' ■ , LONDON, sth September. Sir Douglas Haig reports : Last night's raid northward of Lens yielded a number of prisoners and machine guns. Considerable artillery activity prevails on the Ypres _ front. The enemy bombed various places behind our lines, a few soldier and civilian casualties resulting. . Great aerial activity^, prevails. We dropped five tons of bombs on the enemy's railway stations, billets, and aerodromes, and brought down thirteen arid drove down five of the enemy's machines. Seven of ours are missing. I (Eeceived September 6, 10.30 a.m.) ' LONDON, sth September. Sir Douglas Haig reports : We drove off raiders in the neighbourhood of Armentleres. ' ' GERMAN OFFICIAL NEWS LONDON, 4th September. A German official report states : We threw out the English who penetrated our line north-west of Lens. Our aeroplanes bombed Dover, Chatham, Sheerness, and Ramsgate. We brought down yesterday nineteen aeroplanes and two balloons. l GUNS BUSY ON FRENCH FRONT LONDON, sth September., A French official communique states : There is great artillery activity in the region of Ldffaux Mill, between Cerny and Ailles, arid on both banks «f the Meuse. ' . . , '
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 58, 6 September 1917, Page 7
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