THE WESTERN THEATRE.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14625, 1 February 1918, Page 5

THE WESTERN THEATRE.

BRITISH BOMBING RAIDS.

CONTINUOUS AIR FIGHTING

SUCCESSFUL PATROL EN-

COUNTERS

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association

and Reuter.)

London, Jan. 30

Sir Douglasl Haig reports:— The lostile artillery is active in the Arras and Ypres regions.

Our aeroplanes yesterday dropped four hundred bombs on Roulers and Menin and the aerodromes near Tour.nai.-

They fired several thousand rounds at etemy troops. Air fighting was continuous all day.

We last night dropped 6£ tons of bombs on billets, railway stations and trains and two night flying aerodromes near Ghent and Tournai.

All our machines returned

There were successful patrol onco' ":• ters north-east of Havrincourt and Bullecourt.

Tl" c Admiralty reports a successfu naval air raid on Colkerkd aerodrome