Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-31
Many Men Fall and Bombs Are
Dropped by Ton.
HOSPITALS HIT By HUNS
Hundreds of Wounded Men, Sisters
and Women Workers Killed or In
iured During German Raid
British Attack Railway Sta
tons and Factories
Three u. S. Flyers
Lost in Battle.

London, May 24.-The fighting in the
air in the last two or three days is I'M
precedented in savage fury and VIDE
extent in the great war, so far as IN
official records go TO show.
Combat squadrOnS, reconnaissance
expeditions and bombing fleets nave
left a wake of blasted hospitals, WIN
helpless men and Sisters OF Mercy
slain, of crushed airplanes, of cities
afiame, of billets shattered and OF rail-
ways torn and paralyZed. In this great
warfare of the skies are Brltlsp.
French, italian and American alrmeh,
always on the aggressive, and the Ger
mans, whose military goals have been
a hospital group back of the BRUSH
lines and the civilians of Paris.
Hundreds of Combats.
1t is impossible TO record the exact
number of engagements between AVA
tors, but in the last few days the
planes and balloons destroyed reach
hundred, in round numbers, while in
decisive encounters run into the nun
dreds.
The latest British statement on aero
nautic operations announces that tons
of explosives have been dropped an
railway points, on chloride factory at
Mannheim on the Rhine, on the fort
ress town of Metz and Thionville in
Lorraine, on enemy afrdrOmeS at Gnen;
and Journal, and on billets near Ar
mentieres, Bapaume and Bray. Gseat
fires were caused at Liege and at
Mannheim.
British Bag Sixteen.
The British report destroying IL
German airplanes and two Observa-
ton balloons and driving down two
other hostile machines out of control.
Three British machines are missing.
Thirty-seven enemy airplanes have
been destroyed, 60 forced down out OF
control, and eight captive balloons de-
mOlished since the weather became
favorable, Paris reports. During the
night of May 10 100 machines were in
the air at one time. Hundreds OF
bombs have been dropped.
Paris Raid Thwarted.
For the second time within the week
the Germans have attempted to raid
Paris. Some thirty enemy machines
were driven off Wednesday night by
the terrific barrage of defense guns
and Sby the 81 French flyers who took
the air as soon as the 'alerte" was
sounded. Only one enemy machine
was able to reach the city, but many
bombs were dropped on the suburbs.
The casualties so far reported are one
woman killed and about a dozen hurt.
The. German bombing attack against
q hospital colony back of the British
lines caused the death or injury "of
hundreds" according to dispatches.
Wounded men, sisters, and women
workers were murdered or MANNED by
this attack. One German plane here
was shot down, and the three occu-
pants made prisoner.
Fighting on Ground.
The official reports on ground fight
ing show a continuation of brisk raid
ing operations. The British repulsed
small patrol attacks in the Aveluy
wood and south of Hebuterne. In the
Aveluy wood General Haigs troops
cleared out a hostile machine gun
post. Other small operations were re-
ported, in one of which the French
took prisoners and a machine gun near
Bailleul and east of Locre.
The French report artillery activity
south of the Avre river on the Amiens
front.
Increased gunfire in. the KENNEL re-
gion is announced in the German state
ment. Berlin also claims French at
tacks on the western bank of the Avre
were repulsed.
Three U. S. Flyers Shot Down.
Berlin, May 24.-Three American
airplanes were brought down on the
Tvs battlefield Wednesday, according
to the statement issued by the war Of
flee, which says that frequent attacks
made by the allies on the western bank
of the Avre were repulsed.