KNOCKING SPOTS OUT OF 'EM

Grey River Argus, 18 September 1918, Page 3

KNOCKING SPOTS OUT OF 'EM

ENEMY MTT.TTARY PLACES BOMBED.

TOWNS' AROUND METZ

ATTACKED

(Ree. Sept. 17, 7.40 p.m.) LONDON,. Sept. 16. The Air Ministry reports."^ On the battt front, in addition to the bombin., reported yesteiday, we have cai^ ried Jul the following oi*rftt«m^We have twice attacked ab lons obtaining many direct hits on nf'railway triangle, woikshops gasworks and barracks. We also attacked Bouiay ncrodronu-. with good le.ults On the night, of Saturday we UP night-long heavy attacks on Metz-bab lou, Coun-elles, Echctange, Saarbrucken, Kaiserslantern, and the areodromes of Present y and Bouiay. V\e obtained many direct hits on the railways, especially that of Metz-Sablon-Coiucellcs. We caused several fires in Meta, Kaiscrlaughtcrn, Saarbrucken, nnd the Preecaty aerodrome. Three Biitish Machines did not .return. On the morning of Sunday we again attacked the * Metz-Sablon railway triangle, and scored many direct hits. Enemy scouts were active. We also bombed Buhl aerodrome, after which tliree British machines were missing. We also bombed the Daimler works at Stuttgart .on Sunday, with good results. During this raid we encountered twenty hostile aeroplanes, of. which we destroyed two. All, the British ma- ' chines returned. We dropped 27 tons j of bombs in 24 hours. I A. French communique stales: — Fine weather on Saturday permitted consideiablc aerial activity, There were • very numerous and severe fights, in , which 14 enemy machines were '■ brought down, and seven balloons set on fire. The "enemy troops were also aerially machine-gunned,- and G_ tons of bombs dropped on enemy assemblages. Over 23 tons of bombs were dropped at night time at railway stations from Laon to Confians. I -