Evening star., 1917-11-02
DROP MANY BOMBS
| ON GERMAN TOWNS
French and British FIiers Con-
tinue Their Extensive Raids
Against Enemy.
PETAIN CHECKS THE FOE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. November 2-Ten German
airplanes were brought down yester-
day by the French or compelled to
lsnd in damaged condition. the war
office announces.
The artillery battle continues on tho
Aisne front German attacks at sew
eral points were repulsed. The COM
munication follows:
North Of the Aisne there was in
termittent artillery fighting. We dis
persed enemy detachments which at
tempted to approach our lines in the
region Of Chevreux.
Enemy attacks on our small posts
at the Main de Massiges, near Tahure
and north of st. Mihiel, were without
success. Patrol encounters on the left
bank Of the Meuse enabled us to take
prisoners.
Aeros Brought Down.
November 1 two German airplanes
were brought down by our pilots and
third by our special cannon. Furth-
ermore. seven enemy machines were
compelled to land in damaged condi-
ton.
Our bombarding squadrons threw
down many bombs on the railway sta
tion-st Mulheim. the aviation grounds
at Bethlestada, munitions depots at
Ruefal and Wepereimthal and the rail-
way station at Thionville
In reprisal for the bombardment of
Dunkirb seventeen of our airplanes
dropped $500 kilograms $500 pounds) Of
pro1ectiles on the town of Ofenburg. in
the grand duchy of Baden"
British Improve Positions.
LONDON, November I'm minor
operations yesterday evening the British
slightly improved their positions south
and west Of Passchendaele and southeast
Of Poelcapelle. the war office announces.
Prisoners were taken.
1.-THE number of German prisoners can-
tured by the British armies in France
during October is 9.125, including 242
officers. We also have taken during the
same period fifteen guns, 431 machine
Bavarian Factories Attacked.
German munitions factories In Bavaria
have been attacked by British airplanes.
a substitute official statement issued last
night says. British airmen also dronned
bombs on German billets and airdrome.
behind the lines in Flanders. The state
ment reads:
the change in the weather and both our
own and enemy airplanes were in the air
all day. The visibility was not yery good
for artillery work. but great deal Of
bombing was carried out by our machines
and many photographs were taken
The airplanes also co-operated success
fully in a raid carried out by our Infantry
yesterday afternoon northeast Of Loos re-
ported in Wednesday nights official state
ment. firing several thousand rounds from
their machine guns and dropping bombs
on hostile troops in the communication
trenches.
Many Bombs Dropped.
were dropped by us on Roulers causing
fires and explosions. and on many hostile
billets. At night further two and ons-
half tons were dropped on airdromes in
the neighborhood OF Courtrai, the air
drome at Gontrode and on the railway
stations at Roulers. Thourout and Cour-
trai. Two trains were attacked from a
low height. One Of them was deraiIed
and the other was destroyed completely
1.-The enemy aircraft was more active
and aggressive than for some DAYS. at
tacking our artillery and bombing ma
Cnlno9 LII tH6 dir uBuliIiS seven hostile
machines were brought down. Nine OF
our machines are missing.
.Today (Thursday) another success
full raid was carried out into Germany
The munitions factory at Kaiserlauten
(about forty miles west of Mannhefml
was attacked by two groups of sir
each. Cloudy weather impeded
the accurate dropping of bombs One
group encountered enemy defending
scouts and brought one of them down
All our machines returned safely"
Germans Report Casualties.
AMSTERDAM. November 2.-Dt.-
matches received from Pirmasens, Ba-
varia, reporting an entente air raid.
and its environs. One person was kill
ed and four were wounded and some
material damage was donas