In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 46, 19 September 1918, Page 5

In the Air

ATTACKS ON THE GERMANS.

Press Association—Copyright, Aust

lien and N.Z. Cable Association I London, September 17

The. Air Ministry reports:—On the afternoon of ..the Kith we twice attacked the aeroplane works and. chemical factory at Mannheim with excellent results. The enemy attacked lis over the objective. Three British machines are missing." We attacked a German home defence aerodrome at Hagenan. Bursts were observed on and near the hangars, one of which was set on fire. All our machines returned. On the night of the 16th-17th we attacked throe aerodromes with bombs and machine-gun fire, with good results. We heavily attacked the railways at Metz-Sablons arid Treevs, starting three fires at Metz-Sablons. We dropped bombs all round Treves station, also heavily attacked Frankfurt station, with good effect. The night began calm, but later high winds arose. At present seven British machines are milocated. During the past three days we dropped 60 tons of bombs. Sir Douglas Haig's aviation report states: There has been great aerial' activity on the whole of the British front. On the 16th/ despite strongopposition, we took a record number of photographs. Our aeroplanes and balloons reported much damage in hostile battery positions, and that many explosions and fire were caused by our artillery fire. We dropped twenty-four tons of bombs in, the day time and fifteen tons at night time on aerodromes, railheads and dumps. Intense daylong lighting occurred, combats occurring at a considerable distance eastward of our lines. We brought down forty-Jive hostile machines, of which seven w< re downed in one light by one of our squadrons, and we drove down twenty ethers uncontrollable. Our anti-aircraft guns shot down one hostile mmirne Sixteen British are missing.