THE WEST FRONT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11470, 23 February 1918, Page 5

THE WEST FRONT.

BRITISH AERIAL ACTIVITY.

BOMBING GERMAN TOWNS

London, Feb. 21

■ .Sir Douglas Haig reports: We bombed yesterday an aerodrome northward of Douai, a dump northeastward of hallo, and dropped 50 bombs on billets. One hundred ami fifty bombs were dropped at night on an important railway centre south eastward of Oambrai. We successfully attack on Thionville, and 2<i heavy homhs were dropped oil the railway station, and there was a large explosion and two fires. Despite considerable gunfire all our machines returned. Aeroplanes to-day dropped a ton of explosives on factories and the station at Plrmasens. in Germany. Hits were obtained near the station and on the gasworks and factories, where a large fire was caused. All our machines returned.

TURKI SH AND AUSTRIAN TROOPS ARRIVE. United Service, Loudon, Feb. 21. Turkish and Austrian troops have arrived on the West front. ALLIES AERIAL WARFARE. AMERICA’S AID. Washington, Feh. 21. Mr Baker, Secretary for War, stites that hitherto neither the Allies nor the Germans on the west front have had more than 2500 battleplanes simultaneously available. The American planes are going to the front four months ear. lier than was expected. ESCAPE OF FAMOUS FRENCH AIRMAN. .. Amsterdam, Feb. 21. The famous French airman, Gerros Marchal, has escaped from Germany. Marcel flew over Berlin and just failed to reach the Russian lines.