BIG BRITISH OFFENSIVE
(Per Press Associawon— Copyright) FORESHADOWED* - IN BELGIUM GREAT AIR PREPARATION^. GREAT BID FOR SUPREMACY. -(Unit'd Si'rvKt! TeDgrariS'.) (Received This Dav at 9.50. a.m.) - " (LONDON, July 18. There iis tremendous n»ir activity on all fronts. Machines aro now reckoned in thousands where then, were only ten at the beginning of the .war. The struggle is fiercest on the Flemish coast where the colossal British air offensive „foreshadows portentous events. Swarms of machines are raining bombs day and night on the German military works communication dumps and depots. While we are using all types of machines the Germans are (apparently pinning their faith on the large, tv.w engined Gotha battle-planes, of which new squadrons are constantly appearing on the West Front and in Flanders also numerous (machines withdrawn from the Russian front. The Germans are undoubtedly making the boldest bid for air supremacy, but the British communiques reveal that tho eneniy are unable to hold their own against the British pilots. ON THE BELGIAN COAST. LONDON, July 18. It is reported aviators thrice attacked the Belgian coast between midnight and one o'clock yesterday.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1917, Page 2
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184BIG BRITISH OFFENSIVE Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1917, Page 2
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