New British Attack.
BRILLIANT AIR WORK. Received ':his day, 11.30 a.m. London, 'November 1. Sir Douglas Haig reports: The Second Army attacked this morning southwest ward of Atidenarde and captured all their objectives. About a thousand prijonere were taken. The aviafiion report states: Our squadrons on October 30th displayed intense activity on the wihoile front. Over 3000 photographs were taken and nearly twenty tons of bombs were dropped. The squadrons successfully attacked an ' aerodrome, demolishing two hangar? I containing machines from a low alti- [ tudei, and caused many casualties in the personnel of the aerodrome. i Many casualties wore also caused by . macSiine-gun fire and the stampeding of horse transport. The air fighting resulted) greatly in our favour ;\nd was tih© outstanding feature of the day. A Belgian com mini kino stalies : As the result of local operations wo almost everywhere established oureelves on the western bank of the Lys and the Derivation canal. The hamlet of iDaaloen has been caf»':ured. A French communique states: Heavy fighting on the western slopes of tihe St. - Fergea x Plateau resulted adivanta- ' geously. ~
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 2 November 1918, Page 3
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180New British Attack. Levin Daily Chronicle, 2 November 1918, Page 3
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