RAIDS ON GERMANY
EFFECTIVE WORK BY BRITISH i AVIATORS ; 253 FLIGHTS CARRIED OUT ; (Roc. March 20, 9.45 p.m.) ! London, March 19. i In the House of Commons, Mr. J. I. ■■' Macplierson (Parliamentary Secretary > to the War Office) said that 253 flights \ had recently heen carried out in Ger- ] many, and only ten machines had been lost. Over a ton of bombs were dropped on Mannheim, and fight direct hits on largo ivories observed, on March 18. Our ■ airmen have carried out 38 effective : raids since October, dropping 48 tons of bombs. Tho air service was increasing the distance of its raids, in striking contrast to the enemy s air ac- ..; tivity. The Government had decided, ■ with permission of the Allies, to place '; maisons tolereos in French towns out of bounds for British troops. Jewish units, ns far as possible, would be utilised in Palestine.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 156, 21 March 1918, Page 5
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146RAIDS ON GERMANY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 156, 21 March 1918, Page 5
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