27 JULY 1918, Page 1
The Allied airmen took a most active part in the
new battle of the Marne. They harassed the enemy on the southern bank by bombing his bridges, and when he retreated they followed him up and attacked him with bombs and machine-gun fire. Last Sunday the airmen showered explosives on Fere-en-Tardenois, the ecatre of the enemy's salient, and caused a great fire 'which must have obstructed his communications. They also did much damage at Fismes on the Aisne, the chief railway junction in his immediate rear. Our Independent Air Force has made daily raids on German towns, visiting Mannheim twice, Heidelberg, Offenburg in Baden, and other places. On Monday our airmen caused an explosion in the powder factory at Rottweil in Wurttemberg, which is a long tray east of the Rhine.
