The sun., 1918-09-16
GREAT AIR ATTACKS
SET METZ ON FIRE
Twcnty-seven Tons Of Bombs
Dropped on Railway Yards
and Barracks.
RAIDERS GO TOSTUTTGART
Large Daimler Works There
Are Hit-Saarbrucken Sta
ton Is Damaged.
RAIDERS GO TOSTUTTGART

toNpoN. Sept. 15.-Powerful sllied
air attacks are being continued around
Metz, according to the statement issued
tonight by the British Air Ministry
The railway stations and tracks at Metz
sablons and Courcelles again have been
attacked. as well as various enemy con-
centration points. The statement says:
on the battle front. in addition to
the bombing reported in yesterdays
conmuniaue. the following bombing
operations were carried out:
Two further attacks were made on
Netz-Sablons in the late afternoon
and many direct hits were obtained on
the railway triangle, on the work.
shops. the gas works and the barracks.
The Boulay Airdrome was also at
tackled with good results.
Attacks by Day and Might.
Heavy attacks were kept up through
out the night Of September 14-15 on
Metz-Sablons, Courcelles, Ehrange.
saarbrucken. Kaiserslautern and the
airdromes at Frescaty and Boulay.
Many direct hits were obtained on the
railway. especially at Metx-Sablons
and Courcelles. and several fires were
started at Nets. Kaiserslautern. the
saarbrucken station and the Frescaty
airdrome. Three of our machines
failed to return.
This morning the railway triangle
at Metx-Sablons was agai1 attacked
and many direct hits were obtained.
Enemy scouts were active. Bombs
were also dropped on the Bull air
drome. Three Of our machines are
missing.
The Daimler Works at Stuttgart
were also attacked to-day with good
results. During this raid twenty enemy
aircraft were encountered and two
were destroyed Our machines all re-
turned safely.
The total weight OF bombs dropped
during. the twentny-four hours was
more than twenty-seven tons
Activity ON British Front.
Describing the aerial operations in the
battle zone. an official statement tonight
says:
on September IA the enemy aircraft
,howed more activity on some parts OF
TIE British front than for several days
past In air fighting four hostile ma
hines were destroyed. In addition
Two enemy two seaters we're burned
on Nne STDu!lu III tue Course VI SuS-
sessful attack carried out by our air
men from very low height upon an
iirdrome south Of Lille. Four German
FALCONS were shot down in flames.
Two of our machines are missing.
\ good deal of photography and ar
ti,lery observation work was accom-
plshed. together with a number OF
contact patrols.
The weight Of the bombs dropped
ny us during the twenty-four hours
mounted TO nearly eight tons.
Twenty-one Towns Bombed.
bombed by the British independent air
force during the month of August. &C.
rording 10 information from All authorl-
.ative source. The detectives were rail-
way stations, chemical and other fac
tories and blast furnaces and the towns
'7olIded Frankfort. Mannheim, Metz
sahlons. Saarbruck. Thionville. three
ines each; Burbach. CoblenZ, Cologne
narmstadt, Karlsruhe. Luxembourg, OF.
'suhurg and Treves.
The total weight of bombs dropped In
'Nsse raids was more than 100 tons.
During the last three months the in
''nendent air force has made 249 aerial
'aids over German territory. The ex-
trrsiye damage done has been confirmed
:, photographs in--many cases. The
German territory thus brought definitely
to the war zone represents a belt In
vic Rhine Valley approximately ESQ
niles IN length.