IN THE AIR.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1918, Page 3

IN THE AIR.

[AUSTRALIAN A’ N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION’] AIR REPORT. f AUSTRALIAN A’. N.Z. CAIIi.E ASSOCIATION] r-A REUTER.] WELLINGTON, Nov 1. General Haig’s aviation report stated many casualties were caused by mach-ine-gun lire stampeding horse transport. The air fighting resulting greatly in our favour, was an outstanding feature of the- day. BRITISH AIR ATTACKS. ! AUSTRALIAN it N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION it REUTER. ] (Received Thi» Din at 10 15. t m.t LONDON, November 3. General ■ Haig reports we dropped 15J tons, with many direct hits on railways. We shot down thirteen enemy aeroplanes and drove down seven—un 'ootif.roll able. Ten British are missing. FRENCH AIR WORK. (Received This Day at 10.35. a.m.) LONDON, November 3. A French communique states despite a dense fog on the whole front for aviators, who were most .active, two of their reconnaissances pusin-u seventy-five miles to the enemy rear exploring the situation. A great- activity of troops and convoys were reported in the enemy rear opposite Argonne front. One hundred and forty-eight bombing planes in successive groups, protected by one hundred and twenty fighting planes, dropped forty tons of explosives and fired thousands of cartridges, panicking and dispersing the enemy concentration. Seventeen German aeroplanes were shot- down and twenty-one tons dropped on enemy stations at night.