London, June 7.
During yesterday's bombing by the Royal Air Force of German forees Seeking to penetrate Allied defence in the region of Abbeville, British machines "in the morning ' dropped many tons of heavy bombs and large numbers of smaller bombs on armoured columns.
In the afternoon, a strong force of medium bombers maintained a minute incessant bombardment, scoring direct hits on roads, bridges and Hines of communication." Important] bridges over the Somme estuary were the objective of another sortie later in the day, and on one vital bridge three direct hits were made with heavy bombs—Reuter.
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