IN THE AIR

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13814, 19 July 1918, Page 5

IN THE AIR

HUN AIRMEN'S PROGRAMME. BOMBING AMERICAN HOSPITALS (Australian and N.X. Cable Assn.) Received July S, 10.25 p.m. LONDON, July 17. The German airmen are apparently carrying out a set programme of bomhing hos|)itals. A captured map showed tlie position of every American hospital near the lines. Nevertheless they have li'ren liomhed, killing and wounding nurses, doctors, and orderliei. THE RAIDS ON GERMANY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received July IS, 10.25 p.m. AMSTERDAM, July 17. The Germans officially admit .33 Allied attacks in June in Lorraine, Luxemburg, and the Saar and Rhine regions. No military damage was don* l except at Saarbrucken and Ludwigshafen. GERMANS CLAIM TKIRTY-SEVEN ON TUESDAY. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received July 17, 11.50 run. AMSTERDAM, July 17. A German report claims that they brought down 37 aeroplanes on Tuesday. PRISONERS' CAMP BOMBED. NINETY-FOUR GERMANS KILLED. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received July 18, 11.50 n.m. LONDON, July 17. A German air raid on a prisoners' camp in Troves, in Champagne, killed 94 Germans.

LATER BRITISH ACTIVITY CONTINUES. (Australian and N.Z. and Router.) Received July 19, 1.55 a.m. LONDON, July 17. Sir Douglas Haig's aviation report states that thunder and rainstorms on Tuesday hindered air work. We dropped 13 tons of bombs on mole, billets at Estailes and Merville, also aerodromes and dumps. We brought down 10 aeroplanes, drove down four, and shot down six balloons on fire. Nine of our machines are missing. Our night-fliers dropped 500 bombs on railway junc f si .'.<*<■ !in and billets. All returned. A large enemy bomber descended behind our lines.