SUCCESSFUL BRITISH AIR RAID.
IMPORTANT POINTS BOMBED.
Received August 12, 5.5 p.m. 'LONDON, August 11. The Admiralty reports: Naval airmen dropped several tons, of bombs on Ghistelles aerodrome, Zuidwege railway sidings and Thourout railway junction on Thursday night Dense clouds of smoke were caused at Zuidwege.
Machines also attacked by gunfire the railway junction at Thourout. We bombed an aerodrome at Sparappelhoek on Friday. All machines returned safely.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17060, 13 August 1917, Page 5
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68SUCCESSFUL BRITISH AIR RAID. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17060, 13 August 1917, Page 5
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