Paris, Nov. 18, The longest reconnaissance flight nto France by a German plane since the beginning of the war was made yesterday when a German bomber Tew over the Romanche Valley in the French Alps and surveyed the town Trieves, 500 miles from the Franco-German frontier, it was officially announced last night. Anti-aircraft defence batteries and French pursuit, planes drove the bomber out France, the announcement said, but bombs were dropped—United Press.
"Cotton" Bombs Dropped With French Army, Nov. 18.
German sir raiders, in raiding Inorthern and eastern France this week, alternated pamphlet "bombings" with Jeotton "bombs," reports. the United Press correspondent at the Front.
German planes, flying high to avoid screened anti-aircraft batteries, dropped tons of cotton balls which were scattered by the winds over a radius of many miles. The cotton was subjected to chemical examination, but showed that it was not impregnated with "The end of the Ramadan Fast of the French Colonial Arab troops ended n the West Front trenches and alo the whole border yesterday. Despi the diflculties of digging positions without food throughout the day until Jduske when it was no longer possible to distinguish a white thread from a black, the Arabs continued their fast daily. Army cooks made arrangements to comply with Mohammedan customs, and during the Ramadan feast, the Arab troops feasted all night. French African troops have been especially
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