WAR IN THE AIR
33 ALLIED ATTACKS ON GERMANS (Received Thursday, 10.30 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, July 17. The Germans officially admit 33 Allied aerial attacks in June in the Lorraine, Luxemburg, Saar and Rhine regions. They claim that no military damage w-as done, except at Saarbrneken and Lxidwigsliafen. GERMAN AERODROME BURNED (Received Thursday, 9.15 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, July 17. Fire destroyed a new' German aero drome and twenty-two aeroplanes at Navillcs. It is stated that German re volutionary soldiers at a meeting dc cided to burn the aerodrome. Two (Mr man non-coms, and ten Belgians have been arrested. LATEST FROM HAIG. (Received Friday, 2.5 a.rn.) LONDON, July 17. Sir Douglas Haig’s aviation report states: Thunder and rainstorms on the 16th inst. hindered the air work. We dropped thirteen tons of bombs on Z-n brugge mole and on billots at Estaib-s and Mervillc. Also on aerodromes and dumps. We brought down ten aero pin 'erg drove down four, and shot down siv balloons on fire. Nine of our machines arc missing. Our night filers dropped 500 bombs on the railway junctions at Seelin e; 1 on billets. All returned. A large enemy bomber descended be hind our lines.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13941, 19 July 1918, Page 5
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