Show b. b 6 B BRITISH nl H FLIERS fUH RAIN BOMBS ON H N 17 Boche Boch Planes Downed in inI I Air Battles English t. t t J t Lose but 3 f By United Press Preas L LONDON July 31 Extensive bo bombing o operations were reported to today today to- to day by the air ministry e. e Seventeen ev enemy machines were destroyed de destroyed de- de de- de and one driven down o out t of ot control It was stated Three British 1 machines a are e missing The com com- follows On the nights of ot the to the our machines attacked the railway railway railway rail rail- way stations at t Offenburg Ottenburg Rastatt and Baden Stuttgart and n were also attacked Three hostile airdromes airdromes airdromes air air- a anti anU numerous ground targets were bombed and subjected to machine gunfire All An our machines returned On the morning of ot the our squadrons successfully bombed the railway station at Offenburg Good results were obtained In the course of ot the combats three enemy machines were shot down and andone andone andone one other driven down out of ot control One of lOt our machines Is missing On the a a. ground mist and low visibility Interfered with artillery 01 ob observation observation ob- ob but our bombing bombing and fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing machines carried out their usual work Eleven tons of ot bombs were dropped on enemy dumps dumps' and billets and fourteen fourteen fourteen four four- teen teen- hostile airplanes destroyed with the loss of ot two of ot our own own machines During the night In spite of ot unfavorable unfavorable unfavorable un un- favorable weather conditions bombs were dropped by us on Bray and Ba- Ba All AU our machines returned |