London, June 2.
Royal Air Force planes protecting the evacuation of Allied troops from Flanders engaged in a number of fights with the enemy yesterday, while medium-size bombers dropped their deadly missiles on bridges, tanks, motorized columns, and infantry troops, the Air Ministry announced today.
A German Messerschmitt chaser approached to within forty yards of one of the bombers but was forced to retire and was later seen in flames.
Off Ostend, a large group of British compelled to drop their bombs into and then to flee at full speed.
them had its rear machinegun put out of action.
'A German observation balloon was attacked at an altitude of 1,500 feet near Nieuport and is believed to have been destroyed.—Havas.
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