THE WAR IN THE AIR
GREATER AERIAL ACTIVITY. "WITH IMPROVED WEATHER. ... ENEMY MACHINES NOT AGGRESSIVE. (Australian and N.Z. and Reuter.) Received April 24, 9.10 a.m. LONDON, April 23. Sir Douglas Haig reports £hat with better weather yesterday there was greater aerial activity with incessant bombing along the whole front. We dropped over 23 tons of bombs on the Thoyrout railway station, Menin, Armentieres, Chaulnes, and other targets. Our low-flyers fired thousands of rounds. Enemy machines appeared in great number, but were not aggressive. We brought down thirteen, and drove down six others out of control. Five of our machines are missing. The pilot of one of the enemy machines brought down was Baron Richtbofen, Our night flyers dropped 9j tons of bombs on Peronne, Armentieres, and Bapaume, also on the railway junction at Chaulnes.
FRENCH AVIATORS BUSY.
MANY ENEMY MACHINES DESTROYED. Received April 24, 9.10 a.m. LONDON, April 23. A French communique states that between Saturday and Monday we brought down 23 enemy aeroplanes and captive balloons. Our machines dropped 49,000 kilograms of projectiles on railway station, camps, and aerodromes at St. Quentin and elsewhere, causing fires in the railway station of Chaulnes and Asfeld. We blew up an ammunition dump east of Guivyard.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13750, 24 April 1918, Page 5
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