Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1918 — 835 GERMAN PLANES FELLED SINCE JAN. 1 [ARTICLE]

835 GERMAN PLANES FELLED SINCE JAN. 1

Paris, June 28.—Eight hundred and thirty-five German airplanes have been destroyed since Jan. 1, according to an official statement just issued, which tends to prove that the German communiques are not reliable when dealing with losses of airplanes. The statement says that, on .Line 2, the Germans lost 48, while 'on Jane 0 and 10, there were 19 of their machines brought down. The British were responsible for the -destruction of 33, of those lost on the latter date. The German official statement acknowledged the loss of 10 on June 2 and 8 on June 9 and 10. The monthly losses during the year follow: January—France, 20; Germany, 78. February—France, 18; Germany, 79. March—-France, 50; Germany, 186. April:—France, 46; Germany, 136. May—France, 60; Germany, 356.