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Show Artillery and Aviation Forces Doing Effective Work on the Battle Line. PARIS. Aug. 20. Tho Belgian official offi-cial communication as issued through tho French war office tonight roads as follows: "On the nights of the 17th and ISth our patrols combatted advance elements ele-ments on the left bank of tho Yser and Saint Jacques Capelle. Yesterday Yester-day and today the artillery executed destructive fire on the enemy batteries bat-teries and neutralized aevoral others. "The aviation service showed great activity last week, despite the continual contin-ual barrage of the enemy, operating In' dense formations. We executed numerous nu-merous missions above the enemy lines. On the 16th Sub-Lieutenant Thieffry brought down his seventh German machine." |