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ftl D fm n "in O E UH I Attacks by 25 Aeroplanes. I Two R iiders and Crews Downl j FIERCE FIGHTING IN ITALY. PRESS BUREAU, Thursday afternoon. General French reports at 1.45:- A RAID BY ABOUT. TWENTY- FIVE ENEMY AEROPLANES TOOK PLACE EARLY THS-S MORNING. The first group of raiders came over Kent at 1.30 a.m., and dropped bombs at various places at and near the coast. The second group made for the land shortly after 3 a.m. Various machines pficooteed up the Thames and seine distance into Kent. Both the above groups appeared to hnve carried out preliminary attacks, with the object of drawing gun fire and engaging the. defences. It was not until one hour later that ¡ the material attacks developed. Between 4 and 4.30 a.m. two groups of enemy machines crossed -4>he Hisses Coast, and three groups the-Kent, prn- ceeding to London on converging courses. By a tactical plan the idea seems to have been to deliver j FIVE SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS I on tfca Capital from the tiorth-east and I south-west. -1 The whole of one group, however, was turned back by gun-fire, a.nd of theii others not more than five or six machines penetrated into London. One or two ex- plosive and a large number of incendiary bombs were dropped in various districts at about 5 a.m. TWO OF THE RAIDERS FELL VICTIMS TO OUR DEFENCES, IN I EACH CASE THE ENTIRE CREW OF THREE MEN BEING CAPTURED ALIVE. A number of fires occurred in Lon-\ don, but were speedily got under oon- trol by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. The casualties are believed to be slight. Full police reports have not yet been received. 'I A number of .our own aeroplanes went up, and all landed safely. i TWO- LARGE FIRES. I I r BRITISH AI? RAID INTO j GERMANY. I I BRITISH GENERAL HE-kDQUARTF,RS, 1 France, Wednesday Evening. On the 4th inst., although the weather was fine, a dense haze over the line greatly inter- 1 fered with work in the -air. fiecoiniaissaaea work was carried out by our aeroplanes throughout the day, and 118 bombs were dropped .k On BlIP enemy aerodrome north of Douai and on villages and German machine-gun emplacements in the battle area. » Several thousand rounds wera fired, at the enemy's troops in these trenclies and in the cpen. Only one or two fights took -Pla9e in the ftir, and no decibive, results were obtained. None of our machines are missing. On the afternoon of 5th inst. two raids were carried out. by our aeroplanes i Into Germany, < These were the first that have foeen possible for over a month owing to iticessant bad- Treather. One raid was carried out on the large railway junction and sidings at Zwei- bracken and the other on the works at Saar- Ibruken. Man,.y -direct hita were observed in both, l eases, and two large fires were started. Hostile anti-aircraft gunfire -was heavy andi accurate, but all our machines "retarned tealely- I SEVEN DOWN. i Fine Work by R.N.A.S. Fighters. I i Secretary of the Admiralty announces — On the 6th December naval aircraft car- ried out a bombing raid on Sparrapelhoek Aerodrome. Many bombs were dropped on the objec- tives and also on a train leaving the Engel. dump. —c Numerous engagements with enemy air- .v- E d r- craft have taken place during patrols with the result that three enemy machines have, heen destroyed ajvJ one driven down out of I control. During the 4th December also in the course of our patrols three of. the enemy's aircraft were shot down cut of control. < AiIl our machines returned safely.

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