New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
West
BRITISH

1oNnoX Oct. - DAY).-Early TINS
.,orr;ro We made local attacks on both sioeS
Of the Ypres-Staden railway Inc Dive
Of these operations Is reported as sa'iSi
French troops co6perated on our lett
A,.;.t;on-At about noon yesterday ral.s
,-ere made by naval aircraft on 'hsseen.a"
and Houttaye sirdromes. 1 me S',r;rc The
na.rod 10 burst accurately. both nuil ns "
s;de and on their return our bombing w.. .o
ob;nes were attacked by enemy aircraiu, W.
Of which were shot down eoIilPI.Ci
central Our bombers returned saley.
Drr;no offensive and reconnaissance va
-, &C. n our scouts engaged about twenty
Los,iIe scouts. two of the latter oeihs ue
.o,..d ord two driven down compleVey 'u'
81 oontrol' one of our pilots IS missing.
In sp;te of very misty weather. iur'n n'sr
attack into Germany was carney out "a
,i~rIares this afternoon. iouhurS au
'iff,"sy junction Ten miles north OF oaai
Lr',,ten Uerc bombed with over a ION %
bombs. Very good results were Jus SJ tbc
pursts we're seen on the founory an anu VI.
,a.io, where a big explosion occutreu-
,,, iost;le scouts attacked the bombing
-a.sdron over the objectives, and Tour VIZ
Jl;,'ar down out OF control. We took phot1-
o..nbs All our machines returned sAieis
except one. an. ,.o-v fine but a
saturday the weather was very n nc ~ -
,,ict haze prevented observation LOT hrVI-
-. During the day carried out Dofn nDs
: onorat;ons vigorously. A total OF ZSo
bombs was dropped on the enemy ar
dromes at Gentrode and hou,eI y" -
Sor,eparck ststion and on hostile oilIes ahu
L,,.n,ants One airdromc at Roulers was
ho,,h.d from a low height. One bcno was
con 10 nit and blow to pieces a uernlah M 10,
chine on the ground. WINE aIo'"s'
,brouoh the centre OF a hangar 4he ci,'.,S
tnIousn o ~. .nd machines on the ground then
80 sttarLed with machine gun fire from
We ;ntancs During this bombing attack
our scouts operating in the neignoorhoou
brought down seven German m sGhlnes' WIN"
Gro Nod in full view of their airdrome =.
A. r;gbt the enemy's airdromes were again
,,,sctad a ton of bombs was dropped on
az Incelrunster airdrome and railway sta-
ton and on the airdrome az CourtIh'. nv
one Of these a direct hit was oDtaineu W. 49,
hostile machine endeavoring 10 leave '"e
In the course Of the day total OF nine
German machines was downed, ano iour
otbers we're driven down out OF control
Three Of our machines are missing
GERMAN
RERIIN Oct. 22.-Front OF Crown Prince
Rupprecht In Flanders yesterday the Art.I-
lery duel again developed great lhVf.sly
from Houtholst Wood 20 the Comines-r sre
canal. end. increasing frequently 10 druIilnIs'
continued violently until morning. my Frsuco.
ing 70 reports at present at hand frSnco-
bank and Poelcapele.
Front Of the German Crown Prince ne
artillery battle between the AiHettc region
and Brave continued even during inc hish'
! with the utmost employment of 81 nghuhg
means and with only short intervals. In the
middle sector Of the Chemin-des- Danes the
l firing at times was very lively near Cerhy.,
In the Champagne and on the Meuse the
/ fighting activity increased
Twelve enemy airpanes ana one captive
| balloon were brought down yesterday
FRENCH
/ PARIS. Oct % 0DAY).-In Belgium we
! attacked this morning ~ the left OF the brlt-
! ssh army on front OF one kiometre. Our
troops attained all their objectives. rnahlhs
J spprecisble progress north Of Neldhoek. \
certain number Of prisoners remained IN our
hands
Recommending parties penetrated the enemy
lines At various points on the front TO the
southeast Of ST Quentin. near Menne,ean
I farm. at Pantheon and in the region oil
| Tahure. We took ten prisoners.
Severe artillery fighting continued all
| along the Aisne front. German attacks BE-
| tween Rheims and Cerny and in the sector
| of Hassiges were without result.
| (NIGHfl--ln Belgium the enemy during
' the course Of the day made feeble reaction