HAIG'S AIR REPORT
(Rec. Sept. 19, 7 p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 18. Sir Douglas Haig's aviation report states: There was great' aerial activity on the whole British -front on the 16th. Despite strong opposition we took a record number of photographs. ,Our aeroplanes and balloons reported ■'much damage in .hostile battery positions, and that many explosions and fires were caused by our artillery fire. AYe dropped 24 tons of bombs in the daytime and 15 tons at nighttime on aerodromes, railheads, and dumps. There was intense day-long fighting Combats occurred a considerable dis,tanee eastward of the lines. We brought down 45 hpstile machines, of . which seven were downed in one fight by one of our squadrons. "We drove down 20 others uncontrollable. Our anti-aircraft guns shot down ■t>nn hostile machine. Sixteen British are missing.
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Grey River Argus, 20 September 1918, Page 3
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133HAIG'S AIR REPORT Grey River Argus, 20 September 1918, Page 3
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