AEROPLANES BUSY BOMBING ENEMY.
(Australian and N.Z. Catye Association.! (Reuter's Telegram.) (Received October 30, 10.20 a.m.) LONDON,'October 29. Th© French and Belgians carried out successful operations northward of Merckem. ' The French captured Luighem village. -•-•■. The Allies now hold the whole of the Merckem peninsula. There was -reciprocal artillery ing on the battle front. Our aeroplanes were busy* all day on Saturday, and co-operated? with the artillery. They fired Several thousand rounds a*t ground targets, from heights Tanging from one hundred to one thousand -feet, and dropped 29 heavy bombs on Roulers station, six on Abeele aerodrome, 121 lighter bombs on billets eastwards-Of Lens. Our squadrons at night time dropped four tons, on seven aerodromes and three Important railway stations. Several burst near hangars and rail tracks. Enemy aeroplanes repeatedly attacked, but ours never failed to reach their objectives. We. downed eleven. Nine Of ours are missing.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14441, 30 October 1917, Page 3
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