WAR IN THE AIR

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1918, Page 1

WAR IN THE AIR

,' A ; [run press association.--copyright.! AIR REPORT. [ A I'STR A I.[AN & N.Z. CARI.K ASSOCIATION A 1! KUTEH.J LONDON, Sept. 29. General Haig, in an aviation report states our aeroplanes heavily machine gunned’the enemy troops and transport at. canal crossings and on roads. We destroyed eight balloons and shot down twenty-three aeroplanes. We drove down twenty uncontrollable. Nineteen of ours are missing. AIR OPERATIONS. LONDON, September 29. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Our aeroplanes dropped twenty tons of bombs on enemy dumps, railheads and billets. ignited hangars and destroyed ; machine on the ground. We downed seven others attempting to repel attacks and four others elsewhere. Five British machines are missing. The air ministry reports: In conjunction with the Franco-American operations yesterday, we attacked the railways at Metz-Sablon s . and Andunleromnn with good results. In bitter air fighting we downed three enemy machines, while six British machines are missing. Night fliers bombed a railway at Metz-Sablon, Mesicres, Thionvilfe, hud the Trcscaty aerodrome. Many' direct hits were made. LONDON’S NEW LORD MAYOR. LONDON, September 29. Sir Horace Marshall has been elected Lord Mayor of London. ALTERING THE CLOCK. LONDON, September 29. Summer time in England ends at three o’clock on Monday morning.