The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31
FRENCH FILTERS MAKE
Big SERIES OF RAIDS
One Squadron Of rs Aero
planes Starts Attack Against
WcisscmbOurg Region.
OIL FACTORY SHELLED
Special Cabie Despatch to THE SITS.

PARIS, Jul 3O.-The most extensive
series Of air raids carried out by either
the Allies or the Germans since the be-
ginning Of the war 10 reported In the
French official communicate this eve
ming. From the most n%ortherly section OF
the battle line in Belgium to .Aisace
French aviators dropped bombs on MILF
tary positions. railroad stations and fac
tories producing war material.
In one OF these raids the flying
squadron consisted of forty-five aero
planes. The object of this raid was to
lombard the German petroleum works
near Wissembourg, thirty-four miles
northeast OF Str~assbourg. Wissembourg
was the scene OF the first battle OF the
Franco-Frussian war. Another squad
ron OF ten aeroplanes made "A raid on
the railway station at Chauny. on the
Disc eighteen miles from Laon.
Apart from artillery duels and en-
counters between bomb throwers there
was little activity on the French front
to-day. A desperate battle Is in prog
rsss, however. in the vosges. The
Germans delivered a counter attack last
night In an effort to retake Barrenkopf.
The sustained Are OF the French guns
broke down this attack. but the hghtlng
continued throughout the night.
Little ActuN1Vy ou o"s
The offciaI communicate Issued this
evening wal as follows:
No infantry engagements has been
reported on our front.
Artillery actions have been rather
violent In Belgium, In the ~neighbor-
hood OF 81. Georges and Steenstraete,
on the plateau Of Quennevieres and IN
Champagne In the neighborhood OF
Auberive-sur-Suippe.
In the western part OF the Argonne
there was an engagement between
bomb throwers. accompanied by a
vigorous cannonade on both sides. es-
pecially in the region Of st. Hubert.
Between the Meuse and the Moselle
artillery activity was concentrated In
the region of the Mortmare wood and
lie Pretre wood.
On July 20 our aviators bombarded
I. The railroad between Ypres and
Roulers. nea Passchendaele.
2. The German bivouacs in the re-
sion OF Longueval, west of Combles.
3. The German organizations on the
Brimont Hin. near Rheims.
I. The military station at Cha,el, In
the Argonne.
8. The railway station of Bsrthe-
court. In Lorraine.
During the night OF July 1880 one
OF our aviators bombarded a fac
tory where asphyxiating gases were
manufactured at Dornach. Alsace.
An aviation squadron bombarded to-
day the railway station at Fribourg.
Another squadron. composed OF ten
a~eroplanes from the intrenched camp
OF Paris. dropped forty-four bombs on
the railway station at Chauny.
A squadron OF forty-fve acceptance
started this morning, having for OBJ.
jective the gasoline factories OF
Pechelbronn. between Haguensu and
Wissemboure. A cloudy sky and fire.
quent fogs prevented many OF the
~aeroplanes from reaching their objec-
tive. The other s%eroplanes dropped
1903 bombs on the Pechelbronn fac
tories and the adjoining buildings. Six
bombs were dropped on the railway
station At Dettweiler near Phalsbourg
and six bombs on the aviation sheds
at Fhalsbourg. All the aviator re-
turned to our lines safely.
FiRht al the LAB, rinth.''
The afternoon communicate. which told
OF renewed fighting at the "t.abyrinth"
and . herman air raid on Nancy. was
as follows:
In the Artois district near SoucheE
and at the Labyrinth there was all
last night lighting from trench to
trench with hand Erenadss and bombs.
the Disc and the A!sne. on
the plateau Of Quenrevieyes. there was
continued activity yesterday with
artillery and bomb ;hEowers. Be
tween Boureuilles and Nauquols and
In the Forest Of Malancourt the ex-
plos'on Of mines by the enemy did no
damage.
In the forest OF lie Pretre a Ger
man movement of attack at La Crois-
des-Chrmes was easily repulsed.
a German aviator Yesterday threw
down on the town Of Nancy a total of
four bombs, but no casualties or dam
age resulted.
In the Noages, AZ B~arrenkopf. the
hghtinE continued until midnight with
great fury. A fresh German counter
attack was repulsed. A curtain of
hre maintained by our troops inflicted
heavy losses OF the enemy.