London, Nov. 23.
'EVEN German aircraft are reported to have been shot down by'
Allied fighters, and another by French anti-aircraft fire, on the Western front yesterday during one of the liveliest days in the air since the war started, according to Reuter's correspondent with the Royal Air Force, Operations extended over a 100-mile front, over which many thrilling fights were witnessed.
The! French lost two machines as a result of the day's engagements, but the British suffered no losses.
The results received at headquarters show that in the northern zone a Heinkel 3 reconnaissance: bomber was shot down by a British Hurricane fighter, and another German aircraft, type unspecified, was brought down, presumably by British fighters. The Heinkel crashed on the Belgian side of the frontier. the southern zone, three Messerachmldt fighters were shot down French fighters "near" Strasboure, Worth and Remering. The pilots anded by parachute ahd were taken Another German aircraft is said to have been brought down by a French fghior inthe same area, "while fourth Messerschmidt_ was. shot down by French antiaircraft fire north of Sedan ° "The pilot of the Messerschmidt was iiled, and the machine badly damaged.
The eighth German machine claimed have been brought down yesterday Was a Dornier reconnaissance plane, Which met its doom near Nancy." The pilot escaped uninjured and Woy taken Prisoner, but the fate of the rest of the crew i. uninown=—Reuter. ful Mights on, Monday and Tuesday over Stuttgart, Frankurt, Homburg Bremen, In another announcement, the War Jomce and the Air Ministry state that [British coastal defences and a German seaplane fought a machine-gun duel fu. fog and darkness on Tuesday night, "The engagement was one incident in Jo series of reconnaissance raids by JGerman seaplanes which brought anti-Jaireraft guns into action on the east const, "The raider dived low, machine-gun~ ning the defenders, and was answered with fire from the ground, For a few seconds there was a brisk exchange, fand then the seaplane climbed again Jand disappeared in the fog and clouds. "Reuter, German Planes Down Children Have Close Shave Somewhere in France, Nov. 25.
French Curtiss Weight pursuit planes shot down the three German Mess Sschmidts in the Strasbourg area yes-{erday. nilernoon, 'The French ost tivo planes in the battle, 'The German airmen all took to. their" parachutes fnd_were captured when they landed "Franco. One. French pilot was fated' when his parachute fated to cyen—United Pres,
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