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Show Allied Aviators I Dropping Tons I of Projectiles 1 PARIS. Wednesday, Aug. 21. An jfi official statement on aerial operations B says: M "On August 20 nine enemy airplanes If were put out of action and three cap- B tive balloons were burned. Forty-ono jfl tons of projectiles were dropped on, W enemy concentrations and convoys in tho region of Guny. St. Paul-aux-Bots, m Juvigny, Chavigny, Crocy-au-Mont jm and crossings on the Ailette. Tens of. W thousands of cartridges were flred on m the same objectives. Last night twen- B, ty-three tons of projectiles wero drop- B ped on tho stations at Mezieres, Am- agnanc, Lucquy, Chatelot-Sur-Re- tournc, Conflans and Armanvillers. fl Four tons of explosives wore dropped w on the station at Thionvllle. Heavy e.v- plosions were observed particularly in. tho Mezleres and Armanvillers sta- fl tions. A total of slxly-four tons of pro- I jectlles were utilized with excellent? I results." I |