AVIATION ACTIVITY REPORTED.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11446, 28 January 1918, Page 5

AVIATION ACTIVITY REPORTED.

NIGHT-FLIERS DROP MANY BOMBS LARGE EXPLOSIONS OBSERVED. (Anac, and N.Z. Cable .Aaaociation.3 London, Jan, 26. Sir Douglas Haig reports aviatiol 1 activity on the northern front. Wo dropped over 300 bombs on Courtrai, Ledgohou and Douai railway stations and tho aerodrome at GonriiJi,l«I u l biUetS westward of Oambrai.” Our night-fliers bombed aerodromes and billets at Ghent, Courtrni aud Roulors. All returned. Wo also *•. Mannheim factories, hitting a the docks and the town; also tiie °‘ u racks and railway station at Treves, steelworks at Thioaville and railway stations at Saarbrucken and Oberbillig. Our pilots report large cxplosi ons at all the objectives and a largo lire at Treves. One of our machines is missing.

RAIDS MB COUNTER RAIDS. MACHINES BROUGHT DOWN London, Jan. 26. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Tho enemy raided a post south of Fontaine les Crosilies. An enemy party was driven off northward of Passcbeudaele. Hostile artillery is active at Havrincourt and Poelcapello. There has been hard air lighting all along tho line, which has been greatly in our favour. We brought down 16 enemy machines. One of ours is missing. Our night fliers last night dropped eight tons of bombs, bombing live large aerodromes in the neighbourhood of Ghent aud billets in tho vicinity of Douai. One hundred and sixty bombs were dropped on a new aerodrome westward of Tournai. All our fliers returned. PATROL ENCOUNTERS. London, Jan. 26. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We captured positions in patrol encounters south of Lens. The enemy raided a post east of Lens. There is hostile artillery activity at Flosquieres, Bullecourt.tßalloui and Poelcapello.

BRITISH TASK IN FRANCE., THE LINE EXTENDED. BELIEVING THE FRENCH. Reuter. London, Jan. 27. Reuter’s special correspondent on the British front states that the British have taken over more of the French line. The British front now etxends slightly to the south of Saint Quentin. AMERICANS ON THE BATTLE FRONT. HAVE BEEN IN ACTION. ■Washington, Jan. 37. General Pershing cabled that American forces have been in action on the French front on several occasions this weak. AN IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT Washington, Jan. 2(1. It is officially announced that E. P. Stettiuius has been appointed surveyor General of all army purchases.