IN THE AIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1918, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

ATTACKS ON GERMAN TOWNS. important points bombed! Received Sept, 13, 2 a.m. London Sept. 17. The Air Ministry reports:—On the af> toraoon of the 16th wo twice attacked the aeroplane works and chemical factory ax jlaunheim with excellent results. The enemy attacked us over the objective. Three British machines are missing Wc attacked a German home defence aerodrome at Ilagenau. Bursts were obscried on and near the hangars, one of which w«s att on fire. All our machines returned. On the -night of the ieth-lfili we attacked three aerodromes with bombs and machine-gun fire, with good results. We heavily attacked the railways at j Metz-SaWona and Treves," starting three fires at Metz-.Sablons. - We dropped mobs all round Treves station, also heavily attacked (Frankfurt station, with good effect. The night- began calm, but later, high winds arose. At present 3even. British machines are unlocated. During the past three days we dropped CO tons of bomb3.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association. GREAT AERIAL ACTIVITY. 05 ENEMY MACHINES DOWNED. ''m i Received Sept. 19, 1.15 a.m. London, Sept. 17. Sir Douglas Haig's aviation report states: Tbere lias been great aerial ac- 1 tivity on the whole of the British front. 1 On the 16th, despite strong opposition, we took a record number of photographs. ' Our aeroplanes and balloons reported ' much damage in hostile battery positions, < and that many explosions and fires were i caused by our artillery lire. We dropped i twenty-four tons of bombs in the day ; time and fifteen tons at night time on aerodromes, railheads and dumps. Intense daylong fighting occurred, combats occurring at a considerable distance eastward of our lines. We brought down forty-five hostile machines, of which seven were downed in on- fight by one of our squadrons, and we drove down twenty others uncontrollable. Our anti-air-craft guns shot down one hostile machine. Sixteen British are missing.— Atis. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Eeuter.