BRITISH AIR ACTIVITY.
LONDON, February 19. Sir D. Haig Toports: W T o dispersed a raid eastward of Epehy, and hostile artillery is active. • Our aeroplanes on Sunday dropped six tons of bonrbs on various targets, including aerodromes at Tournai and Lille, and a dump near Courtrai. There -was also air fighting, in which we brought down 16 machines, while three of ours are missing. Our airmen further raided last night aerodromes at Ghent and Touraai and the railway station and siding.? at Conflans Bursts were observed, and a We fire started. Our squadrons to-day raided by daylight, with excellent results, the barracks and railway station at Treves and steel -works and Tailway station at Thionville causing two large fires at Treves. These raids weTe carried out despite the heaviest anti-aircraft gunfire.
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Evening Star, Issue 16663, 20 February 1918, Page 3
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