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Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1918, Page 5

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A FORTNIGHT'S WORK. IiARGE ENEMY LOSSiaS. Received Sept. 1, 5.5 p.m. Hew York, August 34. The New York Times' Washington correspondent states that, official despatches from Paris say that during the first two weeks in August French bombing planes dropped 92,000 kilos of projectiles m the daytime and 220,000 at night on the West front. Five enemy aeroplanes were brought down over the French lines; six were brought down by anti-aircraft guns; 47 enemy machines were brought down over our own lines and! 93 disabled, six German balloons 'being set on fire. The French losses were less than one-third of the enemy's, American aviators, during the sameperiod, brought down at least 20 enemy aeroplanes.—Press Assoc.

WORK OF AIR FORCES. , DRAMATIC EKEESCT r AT MMMEBIM. SOME FIERCE EtEGHUNG. ' Received September ®, 155 pM. August 3L The Press (Bureau gives details of the week's air activity, which show that over 200 tons of bombs were dropped on enemy organisations in the battle area. Onr squadrons also raided Germany 17 times, and constantly raided the Belgian coastal area, some places being visitfid thrice m a single day, notwithstanding these places are the most stronglyfortified in Europe. lairing the last three months we have conducted 109 raids upon Zeeibrugge, Bruges, and OstendThe recent raid on Mannheim, when the British flew to the level of the housetops, had a drastio moral effect, and temporarily paralvsed the German defences. The Air Ministry report on the morning of the 30th:—We attacked the railway stations at Conflans and hostile aerodrome, and directly bit the hangars and aerodrome and the Conflans railways. We destroyed one aeroplane in tho fighting. " In another attack against the stations of Conflans and Thionville, encountering a largely superior number of enemy machines, fierce fighting ensued. We de< strayed one and drove down another four.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter.