AIRMEN'S GREAT WORK.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14713, 19 September 1918, Page 5

AIRMEN'S GREAT WORK.

FORT Y^FIVE- HOSTILE 'MACHINES BROUGHT DOWN.

(Australian' and N;Z. Cable (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON, Sept. :18< Sir Douglas 'Haig's aviation report says-:-^- • v . ■ . / =■■■■ .- ■There has been great aerial activity along the whole <ii the British front. jOn the 16th, 'despite -fetvong opposition, we took a record 'number of 'photographs. Our aeroplanes and 1 balloon* imported much damage hi hostile batitery positions, and -that many 'ex-, i plosions and 'ftres 'had been caused by our 'artillery fire. , ' Wo dropped 24 -tons of bom'bsj m the and 'ls tons at 'night on raei'o- | ctPomep, railheads, and dumps. In-tense.day-long fighting and 'combats ocxhined a considei'aMe di.<stan'co east of tfuv lines. We 'brought 'down 45 hostile lnacliiries, of whid-h ; seVen w*r« downed in 'on© 'fight by otic of 'our Squadrons. -Wo drove down 20 dlhel's uucontrollable. Otir anti^airci'aft 'gunsj fehot down one 'hostile machine. "Sixteen British are missing. (Aust ralian and N.Z. Cable Association,) (Renter's Telegram.) : LONDON, Sept. 17. ' Tho Air Ministry reports : — .On the afternoon of- the 16th . \ire'\ twice 'attacked 'the 'aeroplane works and chemical factory 'at r Mannhe.im with ex-' cellettt : results. Th« enemy attacked Us .over the objective. Three British ma-i chines are missing. We attacked ■a| ■G'eitniaii 'home defeneo. 'aerodrome at; Hageiiau. Bursts were observed- on aii'd near tho hangars, one of which was set on fire. All our machines returned | On th« night qi the 16th-17th we attacked 1 three aerodromes with bombs, and machine-gun fire, with good re, suits. ! ; We heavily attacked -tho railways at Metz Sablons and Treves, starting thtee 'fii'es <at Metz Sablons. We dropped bomhs all round Treves station. W« also heavily attacked the Frankfurt station with good effect. The night began calm but later high winds arose. At present seven British machines avo unlocated. . During the past three days we dropped sixty tons of .bombs.