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Show FIFTY TONS OF 'i BOMBSJROPPED Aviators Busy Day and Night Bombing Bridges and Enemy Objectives. LONDON, Aug. 12 An official communication com-munication dealing with ablation issued is-sued tonight says: "Fifty tons of bombs were dropped by our airmen on August 11 and the following night. The two chief objectives, ob-jectives, both by day and by night, were the Somme crossings and certain cer-tain railway junctions of military importance. im-portance. Courtrai station and its sidings were heavily bombed by some of our squadrons in broad daylight from a. low height, without loss to us. Many direct hits were observed. "At night, the stations of Peronne and Cambnil were severely attacked with good effect. All our night bombing bomb-ing machines safely returned. "Enemy aircraft, flying in large formations, were active on the battle front. Twenty-nine hostile machines were destroyed in air fighting during the day and twenty-four others were driven down out of control. Fourj hostile balloons were shot down In flames. Five of our machines are: missing. "The observation work for our artillery, ar-tillery, carried out by airplanes and balloons, was steadily continued. On the night of August 10-11, a Gotha machine ma-chine was brought down by our antiaircraft anti-aircraft fire In addition to those already al-ready reported." No News on Gas. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Secretary Daniels said today the department had no further information regarding the gas attack yesterday afternoon on Smith Island, N. C, or the effort of an American destroyer to sink the submarine sub-marine off the Virginia coast with depth bombs. So far as the navy department's advices ad-vices go there has been no information informa-tion that German submarines were equipped for carrying gas for such use as was made of on the North Carolina coast Berlin War Report BERLIN, via London, Aug. 12 The war office statement issued today says : "Between tho Yser and the Ancre, partial enemy thrusts frequently broke down before our lines North of the Lys we beat back a strong British attack. at-tack. The enemy in the early morning morn-ing launched violent attacks north of the Somme and between the Somme and Lihons. They were repulsed." |