Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 4 | Twelve German Machines Downed by the British

TWELVE GERMAN MACHINES DOWNED BY THE BRITISH LONDON, Aug. 17. Tho following com-i com-i niunif a tion on aerial operations wua Issued Is-sued tonight: On August '10 the wnil her continued con-tinued fine, but the enemy's aerial activii y was not greu t. Twelve hostile hos-tile machines were brought down by our airmen and two were driven down out cf control. Six of our machines are missing. Another hostile machine wns brought down duriiiL' the niuht. The hostile airdromes of puibounlin and 1. oniine were heiivily attacked on the. inorniims of the Kirh and ITih by rt la rue numbPi- of our machines. Bombs were d rnppeil fiom a low height, and at the former ninlrmne sis hunga rs wre dt mulished and two iMiicidtK'S standing in the open were destroyed. Thine lurigarn w re f lest roved it t the la iter ai r.lroine ;i ml at bo til j daces the living quarters were heavily fired on and. several fires were started. , ' , More than forty tons of bombs were dropped by us during the twenty-four hours. . v