The sun., 1918-08-24
BRITISH FLIERS
BOMB AT WILL
Air Sqdadrons, Unmolested,
Wipe Out Enemy Aero
dromes and Quarters.
ROAD TRANSPORTS HIT
Men, Train, Automobiles and
Ammunition Sheds Are
Destroyed.
SPECIAL Cable Despotch to The SuS from the
London Tfmes Service.

SPECIAL Cable Despatch to The SuN from the
London Tfmes Service.
Copyright. 1913; all rights reserved.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE,
Aug. 23.-The feature. of recent air work
has been the bombing Of enemy aero
dromes by overwhelming forces OF our
aircraft. Two of these raids. on August
1911. give an idea Of their effectiveness.
A large number OF our machines
started about noon for the Habourdin
aerodrome. Arriving there about l
O'Clock. they attacked from an average
height Of about 200 feet and at this ele-
walton In daylight made good hits with
their bombs No enemy airplanes tried
to interfere, but two were seen and at
tackled; one shot down crashed into
some trees close to the aerodrome the
other was driven down and presumably
crashed. although 1t was not observed
actually to hit the ground.
Enemy Guns Silenced.
The machine guns and anti-aircraft
guns, which were plentiful about the
aerodrome. were attacked from above
by machine guns on our a!rplanes as
roon as they opened fire or disclosed
their positions All were silenced; none
did any harm. Hundreds of bombs were
dropped. Three large Iron hangers con-
tanning numbers Of enemy machines were
destroyed; six others were known to
have been hit and partly wrecked. Two
machines on the ground outside OF the
sheds were hit by bombs and burned.
Fires were caused In the officers and
mems quarters and a building supposed
to be the officers mess was blown up
and destroyed. A number of other out
buildings. including one ammunition
shed. were set afire and a large number
of casualties were caused among the
mechanics and other personnel. who
when the raid began ran toward hos
pital in the neighborhood for shelter
After half an hour spent in destroying
the aerodrome, other objects were
sought train on the railway was
shot at, chased and finally stopped One
staff motor car was shot at on the
road and overturned into a ditch an
other was made to run up a steep bank,
where 1t stuck: no occupant was left in
either. presumably all were killed.
Finally several transports were shot at
on the road and men and horses were
seen to fall. All our machines returned
home safely.
The raid on the following day started
earlier. the machines going out at Z
o'clock. The objective this time was the
Lomme aerodrome. where the sheds
were Of wood OF canvas More than 100
bombs were dropped, some from heights
as low as nifty feet, which was too low
because the conclusion strained our own
machines. Four sheds were set afire
and It Is believed three others were
destroyed. A number OF outbuildings
we're wrecked and the personnel running
In all directions, were chased and killed
or driven to shelter.
Raid Spreads Terror.
Large workshops near by were hit by
several bombs and left smouldering.
Two enemy airplanes which were met
diyed to the ground and crashed on the
aerodrome in mere terror, without being
shot at. Afterward our men attacked
troops and transports. One OF our ma
chimes was shot down by the anti-air-
craft defences; all the others returned
undamaged.
1t Is believed that In each case the re-
suit Of the raid was the practical OBJ.
liberation Of the aerodrome and the de.
struction probably OF all the machines
in them and Of large part of the per.
sonnet These are only examples; there
were many similar expeditions.
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