The sun., 1916-01-21
BRITISH AND GERMANS
IN "A AIR BATTLES
Former Lost One. TeutOns
Two. All in One Day, Say
Official Reports.
Specia, Cable Despatch TO TUE suS

LONDON, Jan. 20.--Aerial fighting
again was feature Of the Official re-
ports to-day. The report received from
British headquarters In France tells OF
fourteen encounters between aeroplanes
yesterday. In which two German ma
chimes were driven down into the Ger
man lines and one British aeropian. was
lost A German aeroplane dropped three
bombs into the outskirts Of a village be-
hind the British lines.
The German officiae statement tells OF
the shooting down Of British machine
near Tourcoing. and says that an allied
machine was forced to land in the allied
lines on the User. where II was destroyed
the dropping of bombs last night on
Nancy.
The Daily Muirs Rotterdam corre-
spondent telegraphs:
The Germans. driven desperate by a
continued bombardment. made local at
tscks to-day on the allied lines north OF
fpres. and aided by gas managed to
reach the firs; line trenches. They were
driven back with great slaughter.
Further down the line. in the neigh
borhood OF Frelinghien. the British retail
lated with gas and charged into the
trenches over "A quarter mile front with
ing artillery fre was maintained against
other parts OF the German line"
The British headquarters repor, saws
YESTERDAY. in the course Of fourteen
fights In the air, we drove two enemy
machines down into the German
lines. During the day We lost an
aeroplane.
To-day we exploded a mine near
Fricourt.
An enemy aeroplane dropped three
bombs into the outskirts of an un-
important village behind our lines.
Generally the day passed quietly.
There was less artillery fre than
usual and there was nothing OF i'm
portance to report.
The German statement is as follows:
Our positions north of Frelinghien
were attacked yesterday evening By
the English, who used smoke bombs.
The attack extended over Il width Of
some hundred meters. The enemy
was repulsed with severe loss.
Enemy artillery according to the
usual plan. shelled the church at Lens.
An English biplane. carrying two
machine guns, the machine being a
unit OF an enemy squadron. was shot
down near Tourcoing by German
airman.
oH INC IecT' Hre IrOm our anti
aircraft guns forced an enemy ma
chine to land in the enemy lines. The
aeroplane was Immediately DESTROYED
by our artillery
During last night we dropped bombs
on military establishments In Nancy.
The official communque issued BY the
Paris War ONCE tonight follows:
Between the Somme and the Asne
our artillery bombarded the enemy
esta blishments near the station OF
Chaulnes. The bombardment caused
fire. which was followed by explo-
s!ons.
To the north OF the Aisne, on the
Corbeny road. an enemy column was
taken under our fire and dispersed In
the neighborhood Of the Cholera Farm.
The violent fire OF our batteries caused
serious damage to the enemy trenches.
There were intermittent artillery &C.
tions on the rest OF the front
The French afternoon communlaue
says:
Between the Disc and the Aisne
there were clashes between patrols
last night In the region Of Puisaleine.
In the Champagne our artillery dis
persed a supply train on the road be-
twen' Ville-sur-Tourbe and VOUCHERS.
4 hostile aeroplane dropped three
bombs on the outskirts OF Luneville.
None OF them caused any damage.
Another aeroplane OF the enemy was
brought to the ground near Film The
two officers on board the aeroplane
were captured near Ogevilleur, south
east Of Luneville.