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Show oo ENEMY BOMBERS SLOWING "DOWS (By Associated Press ) I WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON ItIIE LORRAINE FRONT, Sept. 17. Enemy aerial activity has shown a decided de-cided slowing up in tho past twenty-four twenty-four hours, partly because of the ag- frpcQlvPiidss nf Aninripnn flvnvc rinrl partly because all airdromes behind the German lines have been greatly damaged in tho persistent bombardment bombard-ment they have undergone. Allied cooperation co-operation in bombing operations has been a notable contribution to the success suc-cess of thq offensive. French patrols yesterday engaged in eleven combats, bringing down one plane and four observation ob-servation balloons. The American pursuit group had six combats, sending send-ing down three planes. Reconnaisanco machines took photographs and direct- i ed artillery fire. ! Bombing planes dropped more than eleven tons of bombs on Longuyon, , Dommery and Barroncourt and two I tons on Conflans -and Audun. Observers Observ-ers reported the damage at Conflans was especially heavy. All enemy centers cen-ters In this section have been seriously serious-ly damaged in the past few days. |