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Show IBATTLE IS FOUGHT HIGH INJHE AIR Northeastern France. Jan. :1. Dunkirk Dun-kirk again has suffered an aerial at-lack at-lack on a large scale Ixite yesterday afternoon twelve German aeroplanes appeared over the town and released a perfect hall of bombs The Germans had approached at a great height, bidden from view by low lying clouds. When Dunkirk was reached they volplaned into sight of the watchers, who now are stationed upon the church tower. At once the danger flag was hoisted and the lells clanged a warning . the townspeople. Almost immediately afterward the dull roar of exploding bombs shook the streets. The explosions continued contin-ued with only a few seconds' interval between each for several mln ;tos The inhabitants of Dunkirk have had a thorough (raining in the correct procedure pro-cedure to be adopted on the arrival of German aircraft. Almost aa soon as the bells began to ring the streets emptied. i The bomb droppers appeared to be t aiming principally at the boat- in the i harbor and the railway station i Some of the bombs fell into the wa- t ter. but many of them struck private i dwellings, doing considerable dam-j- t The bombs appeared to be of incen- j t diary character, for flames broke out in several placos. No great damage however, was done by the fires. I understand the Germans again found BSVeral victims among the civilian civil-ian population, four being reported killed In addition to a soldier and a Red Gross worker. The raid accomplished, all save one of the machines turned eastward and Bel off toward their base. Two Belgian aeroplanes took the air By this time four German machines were rapidly winging their wav oast-ward oast-ward and one hud flown in the dlrec-non dlrec-non of Galais. The Belgians rose rapidly and at-tempted at-tempted to cut off tho retreat of two other Germans, who had lagged behind be-hind their eastward-hound comrades An exciting air contest followed, which was mostly lost to view In the thin gray clouds, hut eventually one of the Belgians pot on fighting terms with one of the raiders and the observers observ-ers in the respective craft maneuvered for position and pumped lead into one another from their quick-firing guns. It was a desperate fight for life. Eventually the Belgians conquered. The Germans were shot and their machine ma-chine came hurtling through the -lends to the ground bearing the two bodies with It. The second of these two Gorman machines got awa by making a de-:our. de-:our. and ihe Belgians gave chase, JUt lost track of It. |