Violent air battles between German Jand Allied planes were watched by [thousands of spectators at points along the Dutch frontier yesterday Dutch air patrols were sent up to Jprotect Dutch neutrality. People in many places in eastern and central Holland ran out of doors to see what wag happening.
Rival planés—tiny black specks Jwheeling and maneuvring in the clear sky—were clearly visible. Antl-Jaireratt fire was heard from the Ger. man side of the frontier. Great smoke-screens drifted across the frontier, particularly in the nelghpotirhood of Zutphen, Reports that the combatants flew over Dutch territory Inck confirma-ion, but the roar of aircraft engines continued well Into the night. Watehfor saw tive enormous searchlights [brought into action in the neighbour. hood of Borken Gust ever the fron-Ger from Arnhem) and sweeping the skey unceasingly. At one moment observers saw a plane caught in the [beams and escape again after a series lof breath-taking manavuvres—Reuler.
RAF, Fighters Triumph With R.A. in France, Apr. 3.
In another thrilling air combat on the' Western Front yesterday, three irish Hurricane sighters gave Sure ther proof of their ability to tackle Messerschmitts, by taking on a group of those machines at odds of three fo one, without loss to themselves. There is every reason to believe the Hurricanes "bagged" one plane each.
Nine Mescerschmitts were sighted by British airmen during the morning at about 20,000 feet, and as the fighters attacked, the Germans. split into three groups. With flames com: ing from its port wing, one of th German machines "crashed into wood. The British plane which brought it down nearly crashed into the wood itself in following the Paris, Ap!
As the war on the Wesorn Front wound up its seventh month yesterday the fighting greatly increased in, in~ tensity for "the "frst time since September, There was an almost feontinvious roar of guy, chidly on the narrow Lorraine front between the Saar River and the Voxges Moun. tains.
'The first batch of American volun teers to arrive in Burope, including thirteen "Harvard men, landed ut Genoa yesterday. They' are coming Paris immediately to form the first ambulance section of the Amer jean Field Service.—United Press,
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