The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
THIRD DAY OF
ALLIED VICTORY
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ALLIED VICTORY
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gaged in the fight, the admiralty
statement said. The fight took place
Thursday morning.
Telling Of the engagement, the ad-
miralty added:
During the scouting operations
Thursday morning we were unable to
follow the destroyer and mine sweep
ers. owing to a mine field.
During the engagement submar-
ines attacked our light forces also
After this second action we were
unchanged"
1.-THE Germans for some time past
have been sending mine sweepers in
to the North sea from Heligoland, un-
der escort of destroyers. They have
been sighted several times by British
patrol war vessels, but this is the hrst
clash reported This diligence OF the
Germans in their mine sweeping WORK
has given rise to speculation in Eng
land as to whether the enemy fleet in
tends to come out again
IA Aeroplanes Brought Down.
[By VIM Philip Simms. United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Aug. ia total OF LA
German air planes have been brought
down during the past week in fierce
sky fighting that has been in pro-
gress in connection with the allied
offensive.
Sixty-two of these enemy machines
were destroyed outright and hfty-two
were driven down out of control.
The aerial operations were carried
out despite unfavorable weather, and
were marked by extreme daring
check up today showed forty
British machines missing. following
the weeks fighting.
The Prussian fliers took great
chances in their efforts to communl-
cate artillery ranges back OF their
lines.
II was learned they were under
orders to get the ranges or die In
the attempt
French Make Air Raid.
PARIS. Aug. 1s.-An air raid In
which III French aeroplanes. partlcl-
pated, dropping 1900 Kilograms Soo,-
100 pounds) of projectiles on German
military establishments. was reported
by the war Office today.
Seyen German machines were shot
down and a balloon and eight others
we're badly damaged, it was stated.
Two French machines failed to re-
turn from the raid.
The Colmar aviation grounds ana
aviation camps at Frescati and HAD
scheim were bonn barded. Chambiay
station. Fribourgen Briskau and other
POINTS were also attacked. Numer-
ons Are. were started and Cortemarck
station was seen to be In flames.
Nancy was bombarded by German
.viators. but there was no casual
ties. .,.L,,
The French aviators went within
eleven miles of the Rhine on their
raid. Freiburg in Brisgau Is In the
Grand duchy of Baden. seventy-hve
niles from Karlsruhe and eleven
miles from the Rhine. 1t has popu-
!. tion of more than 10000. Colmar
and Freiscati are in upper Alsace.
Continue to Advance.
PARIS. Aug 1S.-FTench troops
continued to advance In Flanders to-
day capturing strong position east
| ~ the Steenbeck. Progress was made
north of Bixschoote along the road
to Langemarck
A brilliant counter attack on the
r,eht hank of the Mouse also threw
the German out of all positions they
| took from the French on August 16
and IL In Caurieres wood, the war
l aon ,nporpce6
| North of the Aisne, German raids
were repulsed, and in the Champaign
near Massiges a German attack was
broken UP by artillery fire.
/ In Alsace, lively artillery exchanges
were reported with a German attack
near Steinbach repulsed.
Drop Sixteen Bombs.
PARIS, Aug 1S.-As the new Elan
ders battle was raging personal
] compilation shows that nineteen enc
nv air planes were brought crashing
| to the ground in one day. Twenty
were driven out of control.
Sixteen half ton bombs were
dropped on railway stations, ammu-
nitfons depots and aerodromes by
British aviators in one night.
| Four and half tons of explosives
were dorpped by single British
squadron A seventy mile gale was
blowing that night when the Britons
| took to the air on their first trip.
They bucked the gale with their de-
structive freight, dropped their bombs
and returned to their camp. Loading
up. they again took to the air. de-
spite the bowling wind, and kept at