RITISH aircraft carried out London, Nov. 7. successful reconnaissance flights over Western Germany yesterday, according to a communique issued by the Air Ministry. They are said to have secured a number of valuable photographs.
One British machine failed to return. There are no new reasons to suppose that a German attack on the Western Front is more likely now than ten days ago, observers declare.
Weather conditions in France, they add, are not suitable for offensive action.—Reuter.
Paris, Nov, 7.
A violent air battle took place yesterday on the Western Front, when nine French fighters attacked a group of 27 German fighters, A French communique claims that nine German aircraft were ne Ag brought down, of which seven fell within French territory. All French planes engaged in the combat are said to have returned safely to their base. A "quiet night" was spent on the Western Front last night, according to the latest official communique issued here today.—Reuter.
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