GREAT AERIAL ACTIVITY.
BRITISH HARASSING THE, ENEMY. HEAVY LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES. {Aus. and N.Z. Assn. and Renter.) LONDON, April 81 Sir Douglas Haig reports: We progressed at a number . -of points.-be^ tween Selency and ' Jeancourt, and reached the outskirts of Freenz le Petit. Our aeroplanes during the sth and 6th were continually harassing the enemy's communications, and seeking out his fighting machines a considerable distance in the rear. Seventeen hundred photographs were taken of large tracts of the enemy's country many miles in the rear. Despite repeated p attempts to prevent co-operation, our artillery was not hindered. • Seventeen successful bomb raids were conducted on enemy aerodromes, ammunition depots, and railways a long distance in the, rear. Intense fighting occurred between large formations. Twenty-eight of our machines are - missing, maiiy. of which are known to have been shot down. Fifteen hostile machines,were actually seen to crash to earth, while 31 others were driven down, damaged, and a, large majority were undoubtedly destroyed.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 83, 10 April 1917, Page 4
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162GREAT AERIAL ACTIVITY. Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 83, 10 April 1917, Page 4
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