New-York tribune., 1918-05-24

brought down out of control and an
other by gunfire. Three British air
planes are missing.
-Four tons Of bombs we're dropped
on the very important electric power
station at Kreusewald, cast of Saar-
brucken. One bomb struck the boiler
house and another caused large
cloud of steam to arise from one build
ing. All the British machines re-
turned
"Thc Metz Sablon railway station
was heavily bombed at ii o'clock in the
morning of Thursday. Bombs were seen
to burst in the engine sheds and on the
railway. The hostile gunfire was con-
siderable, but all the machines returned
safely"
After dark eleven tons Of bombs
docks at Brugcs and billets in the
Somme area. Several direct hits were
made upon a train causing it to burst
into flames.
"Mannheim was again attacked.
Twenty-four heavy bombs were dropped
on a chlorine factory there. causing
two large fires. The blackened girders
of buildings gutted by the fires caused
by the bombing of the preceding night
were clearly visible in the moonlight" :"
In aerial fighting Tuesday British
planes and two observation balloons,
and drove down two airplanes out of
control. Bombing of military targets
behind the German lines continued &C
lively and the latest official statement
on aerial operations says that 1900
bombs were dropped during the day
and more than twelve tons at night
The statement reads:
"Reconnoissances and bombing by
our airplanes continued uninterrupted
ly Tuesday. Some 1900 bombs were
dropped on various targets, including
four of the cnemy's large airdromes
near Ghent and Journal and billets
IN the neighborhood of Armentieres,
Bapaume and Bray.
"a good deal Of fighting again took
place around our bombing machines
Sixteen German airplanes were de-
stroyed and two driven down out OF
control The observation balloons also
were destroyed. Three of our air.
planes are missing.
During the night both ours and .ne
enemy's bombing airplanes were &C
tive. Over twelve tons of bombs were
dropped or airdromes used by the
enemy's night-fyng machines and or
billets at Bray and Bapaume. All oul
machines returned. Two German ma
chimes were brought down by gunfire
behind our lines
1.-TWO tons of bombs were dropped
on chloride factory at Mannheim,
causing three large fires, and another
two tons on railway stations at Thion-
vile and Karthaus. One of our ma
chimes failed to return.
AT dawn Wednesday two formations
set out, on long distance raid to
lombard the important railway triangle
at Liege. All the machines reached
their detectives and dropped twenty
two heavy bombs. Those dropped by
the first formation caused three very
large fires, which were burning fercely
three quarters Of an hour later when
the second formation flew over Liege
Other machines dropped twelve heavy
bombs on the railway stations at Metz.
All the machines returned"
The series of raids carried out by
British airmen in the last week shows,
says the Daily Mail" that the air
service is best in cultivating the
offensive spirit 1t continues:
GAS the British air forces develop
we shall be able to reach every city
of western and central Germany
and compel the enemy to weaken his
front greatly by detaching large air
forces for defense at home. The Ger
man staff is we'll aware of this risk,
| which will increase greatly when the
American air forces have arrived in
strength later this year.
Hence, the enemy is certain to at
tempt to paralyze us by negotiations.
He could accomplish no more brilliant
stroke than to get us to abandon raids
for a promise that he would do the
same, which promise would be re-
pudiated at the first convenient mo-
mcnt. But the fast growing strength
OF the Allies in the air will be used
with increasing vigor and will play a
very large par. in bringing the war
home to the German nation
D-1s AT ~.