Brussels, Apr. 21.
Several foreign planes flew over Belgian territory yesterday morning, according to a communique issued by the Ministry of National Defence. Some were identified as French, and others as German.
Belgian anti-aircraft batteries, and fighter planes went into action. A German plane was shot down by Belgian pursuit planes, and crashed at Bunde in Holland, near the Belgian frontier.
Over the Faliseul district, a fight took place at a high altitude between four foreign planes whose nationalities could not be distinguished. Two of the planes flew off in an easterly direction, and two in a southerly.
A French plane made a forced landing at Flavion in Belgium. The pilot has been interned, and the plane seized.
The Belgian Government is making vigorous protests to Paris and Berlin against these violations of Belgian neutral territory.—Reuter.
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