Evening star., 1918-08-31

( announced.
American airplanes in France, Of
hoia1 dispatches report. made s64
flights during the first two weeks OF
August, engaged in ninety-four COM
bats and brought down at least twen-
ty hostile hiers. one captive balloon
and probably two other enemy air
planes not officia1ly accounted for
The American bombing planes in
daylight attacked Contains, Longuyon
and Damourie dropping 5,3oo kiio-
grams of projectiles.
Record Of French Fliers.
The French fiiers during the same
time made nearly fourteen tnousana
dred combats. took ten thousand
of enemy positions ana
drnnped $4,000 Kilograms OF pro-
jectiies, $1,000 Of them by daylight
The French. the dispatches say,
brought down FIVE enemies witnin tne
chimes were seen to fall within their
own lines and ninety-three others. II
NOT destroyed, were badly damaged.
Six German fiers were brought
down by the French anti-alrcra1t
guns. six enemy balloons were hred
BY the French PILOTS ,chss mne saN sUsses We're re
less than one-third of the Germans in
these operations.
One Units Big Work.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
ER ANC.E- August 30.-The record OF
an American air unit. comprising seN-
enty-fiye pilots, shows that curing
July it shot down twenty-eight enemy
airplanes and one balloon.
10 have been brought down, but these
are not confirmed. The American arr
men engaged in IA combats ana went
on 131 combat patrols. &c
The units best days were Juiy s no.
when six enemy machines ana one
balloon were destroyed. and July -;
when 1--WE airpIanes were destroyed
without an American casualty.
Three Bombing Excursions.
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE LORRAINE FRONT; Frloay'
August 3O.-American bombing ma
chimes this morning sueeessi'ndiiiy S hsi'diys at At
CONTAINS Several direct bursts were
obseryed. Enemy pursuit planes fol-
lowed the invading Americans PACK
to their line. but did not attack them;
Al noon American airmen dropped
bonnbs on the railway yards at Lon
euyen, scoring several direct hlts.
Late in the afternoon Contains was
again raided. but poor Visibility MAGE
ii difficult to ascertain whether the
bombing was effective.
Enemy anti-aircraft guns were
active against the American raiders
in all three of the days excursions.
All of our machines returned.
One lone American aviator today at
tackled a German who was diving at a
French balloon. Despite the fact that
there were six Germans above him,
the American forced the German ma
chine into a nose dive.
The six other Germans then at
tackled the American and forced MIN
American lines uninjured.
British Activities Increase.
LONDON August 50 (by the Asso-
c;ated Press).SThe operations Of the
British air forces are steadily In
creasing in intensity and dar-
ing. according to an official an
nouncement During the course OF
the past week seventeen raids were
made into German territory and nine
German cities were bombed. of which
Mannheim provided the most striking
example of the success achieved by
the audacious British aviators.
The German defense tactics were
temporarily demoralized and para
iyzed by the unprecedented attack
from bombing machines flying at the
housetop level. to which is attributed
the safe return Of all the machines
from the raid.
200 Tons Of Bombs Dropped.
During the week 200 tons Of bombs
were dropped in the battle area alone.
vigorous attacks were made on rail-
ways and centers Of communications
behind the enemy lines.
The German retirement undoubtedly
was accelerated by the unceasing ac-
tiyity Of the British airmen who CO.
operated with the advancing tnfan-
try and tank units. Their attacks ST.
fenced many enemy batteries and
oyercame isolated centers of resist
ance.
In aerial combats seventy-four en-
emy machines were destroyed and
thirty-four driven down out of con-
troll, while thirty-two British ma
chimes were lost
In the northern coastal region many
aerial attacks were made at Zee
brugge, Ostend and Bruges. the latter
being raided nine times. The inten-
sive character Of the attacks on these
coastal fortresses in indicated by the
record of the last three months,
showing that Zeebrugge was raided
seventy-two times. Bruges sixty
three and Ostend sixty-four.
Great Damage in Germany.
AMSTERDAM, August 3o.AFrontier
correspondents of tho Telegraaf as
sert that travellers from German re-
port heavy damage from recent air
raids in towns along the Rhine.
Forty persons were killed in the
last aerial attack on Cologne and en-
tire streets in Mannheim we're laid
in waste. At Bingen the aniline
works were leveled.
HEADS AMERICAN BAR.