WESTERN ATTACK.
BRITISH POST ATTACK FD. DRIVEN IK SLIGHTLY. London, Dec. 2". sHr Douglas Haig reports: L'ndcr cover of a keavv burnt go yesterday afternoon, the worn? locally attacked neat the Yprei-Staden railway, and drove in our advaftswl posts a short distance on a 700-yards front. There is hostile artillery ttptivitY *t Glielovelt ar»d Foclcap•llel *' ' AERODROMES BOMBED. SIX TOXS DROPPED. «ns. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Renter. Received Dee. 25. 3.5 P- m London, Dee. 24. Tlu- Admiralty states that aircraft Imt nif?ht dropped six tons of bombs *>ntbe St. Denis Westrem, Marakerke, ml Ifostacker aerodromes. All re<«<iM»ed ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. DtTXKLRK BOMBED. And N.Z. Cable Assoc. aid F.euter. Received Dec. 23, 5.5 p.m. London. Dec. 24. _ A jjjrench communique states: There is reciprocal artillcrving activity on r the the Meuso, in the Mort Homme region, Aeroplarje* last niglit dropped forty bombs on Dunkirk, one civilian betag killed, and three wounded. EXTENSIVE AERIAL FIGHTING. tfjCCESSHX. BOMBIXf! RAIDS. AtU. "fcndif.Z.Cable A woe. and Reuter. ' Received Dec. 23, 11.43 p.m. London. Dec. 21. £ Frincb communique states: From jut to the 23rd December there were 100 air fights, mostly over enemy lines. Sttltteen enemy aeroplanes were brought jotfrn, ten being afire or destroyed by the smah. dropped 19,1500 kilogramme? •jf bomb* on railway stations, ir.ur.it>-; wprks, cantonments, and military buildtoff- "
ATTEMPTED RAIDS FOILED. ENEMY DRIVEN OFF. tit. and X.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. Kecaived Dec. 25, 11.30 p.m. London, Dec. 24. Sir Douglas reports: We drove iff attempted raids south-east of Epesy, in th« neighborhood of Monchy le Prenx wd ttwfertrd of La Bassee. ARTIIXJffRYING OX FRENCH FRONT. Ana. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. London, Dec. 23. A French communique reports: There M artillery activity at various places, jawing the Thur and Doller regions far Upper Alsace.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 December 1917, Page 5
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