OPERATIONS ON WEST FRONT
LONDON!, 12th July.
Sir Douglas Haig reports: Heavy rainstorms on 11th July limited our activity in the air. Our aeroplanes dropped nine tons of bombs on railway junctions behind the German lines. We destroyed three German aeroplanes and drove down two others out of control. Three British machines are missing. Night flying is impossible. The Air Ministry reports: On the night'of 11th July we successfully bomb' ed three aerodromes, causing two fires. We bombed the railway sidings at Saarling on 12th July. All our machines returned.
The Press Bureau reports: The independent air force, co-operating with the Navy, from Bth to 10th July dropped eight tons of bombs on the enemy's docks and works.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 13, 15 July 1918, Page 7
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118OPERATIONS ON WEST FRONT Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 13, 15 July 1918, Page 7
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