IN THE AIR.
SEVERE AERIAL FIGHTING. FORMATION BATTLES. Received 10.55. LONDON, March 15. Sir D. Haig reports great activity in the hostile artillery from Vermielles to South of Armentieres. The Portuguese drove back a strong enemy party in this neighbourhood. Our aviators dropped seven hundred bombs on billets, dumps and rail sidings at Courtrai and Demain, also an aerodrome used by the enemy’s nightfliers. There was severe fighting between large formations, and we brought down nineteen aeroplanes. Seven of ours are missing. In Wednesday’s Freiburg raid a large number of hostile aircraft attacked ours, and a fierce fight ensued until all the hostile machines were forced to; withdraw./ Three of ours are missing. A Berlin official message states: On the night of-the 12th our airships attacked fortified places in England and military establishments on the Humber, in Yorkshire. Good results were obtained, and all our machines returned undamaged.
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Taihape Daily Times, 16 March 1918, Page 5
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148IN THE AIR. Taihape Daily Times, 16 March 1918, Page 5
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