BRITISH RAIDS IN GERMANY.
.ATTACKS AT LOW ALTITUDES.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association
and Reuter.)
(Received Sept. 4, 9.5 p.m.),
London, Sept. 3
The Air Ministry reports
In addition to the morning attack on the- aerodrome at Buhl on Monday, we attacked the afternoon the same objective with very good results, hitting the hangars and .causing fires.
At night we dropped seventeen tons of bombs and again heavily attacked Buhl /aerodrome, works at Bin-bach, railways at Saarbrucken and Bhrange, and trains and Boulay aerodrome.
Several fires were started, at Buhl, and three hangars were demolished. Direct hits were obtained on many others.
Our attack was carriec^ out as low as 300 feet. Over fifteen tons of bombs were dropped on this aerodrome in 24
hours
We attacked at Bhrange railways at a height of ninety feet, every bomb directly hitting. A fire started at Burbach works, where good results were observed.
All the British machines returned
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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14859, 5 September 1918, Page 5
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156BRITISH RAIDS IN GERMANY. Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14859, 5 September 1918, Page 5
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