The airmen have been very active. Our naval men have
bombed the Flemish aerodromes and submarine bases army day or night during the week. They inflicted great damage on St. Donk; Westrem, near Ghent, while the military airmen paid special attention to the neighbouring aerodrome at Gontrocle. These persistent visitations must in time make West Flanders " unhealthy "as a base for enemy aircraft, though it is a slow process. The enemy's attempts to check our bombing raids led to much air-fighting. In seven days our military airmen destroyed forty-five enemy machines and lost thirty-two of their own. The naval men accounted for several other enemy machines without sustaining any loss. The French airmen, who rival our own in activity, extended their raids to the Rhino and beyond it. On Monday night they dropped bombs on Treves, Coblentz, Frankfort, and Stuttgart.
