WAR IN THE AIR.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 14026, 18 January 1918, Page 5

WAR IN THE AIR.

AERIAL ACTIVITY INCREASES DAILYFRENCH REPULSE STRONG.ENEMY ATTACK. i ' (Australian and New Zealand Cal.le Association.) ' ■, | LONDON, January IG. oir Douglas Haig reports : Thcr? : 3 the.nsiml artillery activity. • Our aeroplanes last night dropped a ton of bombs-on the'Thioiiy 0 stce * wor^'3 ' im dway between Luxembourg and Met;;, and a urther half-ton on two.large railway jmieiioiifi in iho newborn--0 of Metz ' Considerablc anti-aireraft/gearehlidits aiwl bamw, were encountered, but all our machines returned. , ° p A Freileh colnim,lrk l l,e sports violent artillery actions in-the Beaumont and-C ffl ,i cra m.,1 S ccl o ,-,, a ,ul 0 „ tk HrU fat * .-10 Mouse. The enemy's attack on Cliaume front of 'vo mndred metres, .was broken by our artillery;; A few enemy ™ a Mog in our advanced element %re ; immediately ,re jess'German report says.: tlie'-Fi-eiich attaek'ed/iiortli . Badonvi ller and, penetrated our Ir oll t.trenelies." ; , ; : " ./ I- : -"r ' -