FRENCH GAINS CONSOLIDATED.
SUCCESSFUL AIR FIGHTS. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received Nov. 5, 12.30 a.m. London,. Nov. 4. A French communique states: We are organising the new ground on the Ailette front. The artillery duel continues at Chemin des Dames. In the battle at Mnlinaison, French airmen felled 10 German machines and engaged in 611 air •fights. Fifty German machines crashed down in their own lines,
ATTACK ON BRITISH POST. LOST AND REGAINED A. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received Nov. 5, 12.30 a.m. London, Nov. 4. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We repulsed during the morning an attack southward and westward of Passchendaele, where the enemy captured an advanced post, &ut we retook it in the afternoon. The enemy is actively artillerying northward of Ypres. The weather is interfering with flying. THE ART OF MISREPRESENTATION. AN AMUSING GERMAN CONCOCTION. Received Nov;. 4, 5.S p.m. London, Nov. 3. ' Wireless German official: Unnoticed and undisturbed we, last night, withdrew our lines from the hilly front of Chemin des Dames. AIR RAID ON ROU'LERS.
London, Xov. 2. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Taking advantage of the change in the •weather on Wednesday, our aeroplanes and those of the enemy were in the air all day. The visibility was not very good, hindering artillery work, but many photographs were taken and much bombing done by our machines. Aeroplanes co-operated successfully in infantry ,Taids north-eastward of Loos, firing several thousand " machine-gun rounds and bombing troops and communication trenches. Five tons of bombs were dropped on ißoulers, causing fires and explosions, and on many billets further on. There were S'/j ton? dropped in the night on aerodromes in the neighborhood of Courtrai, the aerodrome at Goutrode, the railway stations at Roulers, Thorout, and Courtrai.
AEROPLANE LOSSES. Amsterdam, Nov. 2. The returns reveal that 274 German and 109 Allies' aeroplanes were DTought i down on the west front in October.
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