BRITISH AIRMEN'S GREAT WORK
BAD WEATHER FAVOURS ENEMY
LONDON, August 20. Mr Pirie Robinson states that the unprecedented weather following the battle on the 31st July enabled the Germans to re-organise their shattered air Fiquadrons. Since then the fighting has been continuous and bitter. He vouches for the accuracy of our communiques, and states that our pilots know that from 20 to 30 per cent, more German machines have been destroyed than claimed. He pays a tribute to the work of the pilots in directing the artillery. In one day our guns, guided by aeroplanes, silenced 73 German batteries, destroyed 21 gun-pits, and damaged 35 others. Tha Admiralty reports : —The air servico on Sunday jiight dropped many tons of bombs onSt. Pierre Station, Ghent, Torout station and dtimp, and 'Bruges' docks, and also raided Snelleghen aerodrome, directly hitting a large nhed. Tho Royal Flying Corps assisted. Our returning machines beat off hostile aircraft. All of ours returned.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXII, Issue 17068, 22 August 1917, Page 5
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157BRITISH AIRMEN'S GREAT WORK Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXII, Issue 17068, 22 August 1917, Page 5
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