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Show (FlpAViATOR DESCRIBErifflE iuVE IN THE AIR OVER HOSTILE ARMY B ... RAYMOND E. 8WINO. H B JK-A hero ha. stopped out of E. WFvMt "The War of the Air" in s B a ' of Fcldwobol Worncr, one mTJLtti of German aero- tt' hi. the dlstlncUon of be-'TUm be-'TUm B . of the nret Germans to fly nd ?, fl the ' wlth two ol tho V .. .eroplanes. Ho wa a pas-"H pas-"H HH, for" short distance in tho B' cr put at tho disposal of cor-1," cor-1," Events on their way to Liege and I t7 Bj7 "raphlo story of his export. 'F nraei'iflnt assignment was to rli K the English army near Mons. Ir,d H !rmr was about 100,000 strong ' .! retiring baforo a Gorman l K of double Its strength. i "' Bwbere Were French Avlatora7 Kre t the start, ono wonders how ,n' BSnch uld haT0 a,lowcd tholr u Bh to he so misled about tho ,T" Birth of tho opposing forcos. Bn " th0 Fronch nvlntora? X ! Bo of a man who had boon over tt B Held and who told tho wnr offlco L Bnuee that at least 200.000 Ger- oLn B-- " ln tb0 anWn& nrmy ad- iC Bclnf through Hclglum, but ho was H B'1: "Ioposslblol Thero is only down HrM " , , mm. Brit French woro complotoly out- Pink- B'Ud fr thla flank movoraent- Tn0 sUa- B'tr of tholr army was at tho Al- ((frontier. Tholr mlstako will cost dj- HaPirli. loclj Hit Mons tho English forcos took i&E. Hntmng position, filling houses at on- Hedttof the city with troops and mini Hichlce guns and covering tho road con- Bti) idranclng Gorman troops. n Hit: the enemy approached they dl- tots Hctcd i terrific fire upon them and inJ. H,u t dislodged only at heavy cost. Will H; then retired to a position bo- ;' Kj peat mountains of slag behind i Hi city, where tho Germans woro Hibtt to dislodge thorn with howitzer ' Flyer Watches the Battle. boil HP'11' t,iey coul(' ,)0 drlvcn unck H'r It tanking movements from both ilnli B Tnls t,mo our flyor' wn0 add' H!ched thls ,mtt,c toId UB tuo EllK' .' Hi retired hastily along tho road in HJe direction of Lo Cntc.au. "The English hnvo reached their li position successfully," said a (ea Hidon report In Its account of this Brat. "And out of bronth," added Httrrespondent on reading tho dls- Huh. p,j HTbe fighting at Mons was furious nut H1 "" 0crmans wc,e enrngod by tho ftish method of fighting, which HOout at Mons was done under Hrtr, Never had Gorman soldlors ol H(M with such frenzy as against for Kifoe. til Atticked by Two Airships, m Then tho enemy retired Airman g rter was assigned to tho duty of Wng and discovering their new irjj Htlos. He found the army near Lo Hu, where, at the edgo of a wood, H Mw them taking up a strong po- i i B0" '" 80m,c,rol before tho for- v. While watching thoso operations H height of 1,700 yards Werner ho H1Jw,)r ww a doublo-deckor nrlatol U Hro?1'ne coming down on him from or Hjda'. Tho Ilrlstol Is a faster V '"s sure mnchlno than tho win which Werner was piloting. "' no safcty In mnnlng away; I Hh C0l,U1 ovorta," him. Ho Wl not alight, ns the English woro tr"h' Thcro was nothing to H to faco tho worst nnd to fly j. ,owcr nnJ lowor ,c tll !! B?? ' ,he 0crman army. Ab tho H"to1 caiJie nearer Werner espied worn aeroplane, a little Hlorlot, nn-i. nn-i. Hrr ,wlft fl'er, also bearing down on n J?'volver ale In Air. . Hi V lo1 (,rew coer nd closor Brtf. " UPOn Wornor ln larB Hjvuudun,ly Kcttl"S wUhln B.n lth ofl hantl " tho wheel i7 "nr drew out his re- I"13 vCn,ptl0(1 hl" ningazlna nt EachlR foo. Hut tho Ilrlstol S, rt,.,com,nB ftlwayB nenro-. B . "L 7 Bnt ovor n' ti'oy win B? mb' ,h0,,Kht Woro-, nnd Bmri ,uncomf-tahlo. His oh- Bh k adc'1 Wornor'8 rovolvor nnd m. Pt on firing. nut tho Ilrlstol m .h." com,"R cl080r ln It8 clr- BC noTh0 nicrlot -'al co.no Bied V ,nr MW ftnd bu,Vl,8 K'0, W,nKS of "10 Gorman There a'ln,crvn'8 of socondB only. Bnmni.8 1 .B0U"(1 rca:hlng tho Bn i Th. pt tlmt of tholr ow" mo-B'i'prenMf mo-B'i'prenMf nn,y know tho English B'Thid n,., wer0 Bhooti"B from B'tnobom. 8l?fro 'lr revolvers. BLWSfcl " evident that H,rr'i them"" Krnch woro not I nS?eli the, Ger'"an Army.' " "om i S y' rP,,Uel,,B hln oIovn-Bffllng oIovn-Bffllng elnVJ .ynr,,B t0 8no- nlwnH H CnTi1 h f"CP" th0 rl8,f ot B;teeri " ' ' or of " "ullot striking connLtSulrS !,e h8'm' J' p.aonrsrw,therbui,rt,ou,nd hu the poalUon that h.h(SSdT'r Germans attacked with two flnnvln! Dropt Bombs on Parle. Later on Wornor was Instructed to oral bombs, some with good effect though others did not explode! Ho carried two kinds of bombs one a round shell about the sire of a L.e ball and weighing U pounds, the X or shaped like a small artillery she I and weighing H pounds. Se ! or, whon they oiplodad. wore power-amlTrglVt0,tCnrUPI,avci18'' power-amlTrglVt0,tCnrUPI,avci18'' old of dropping notes Into Paris, calling call-ing the French such hated names as cochon." The flyers nro tho only men who really aro seeing this war. They have tho enemy's position under them and can study It to their heart's content V UCk. 8hot can 'dislodge them, and their chief danger Is from tho at-tacking at-tacking aviators. The Gorman scouts usually fly at a height of 1,700 yards On dark days they fly at tho edgo ol the clouds and slip In and out for ob nervation from this excellent (ronn Accurate Aim at 2,000 Yardi. Extraordinary stories about Zeppelins Zeppel-ins aro to bo hoard In Germany, some of which nro nlmost incredible. One account is of tho method used by Zeppelins Zep-pelins in throwing bombs. A recent Invention, I nm tuld, permits a Zep pelln, when thero ore clouds, to fly high nnd unseen from the ground and to let down a basket containing a man, who then, by telephone, signals tho nlrshlp what position to tnko. In cloudless times tho bombs aro dropped from nn apparatus hung directly di-rectly below tho airship, the bombs being hung on two lingers. 'When the position of tho target Is determined, tho fingers open and tho bomb falls. Thoso bombs are snid to bo twelve Inches In diameter and two foot long. Tho damage they can do Is terrific Houses ln tho neighborhood of tho explosion ex-plosion collapso as though mada of enrds, and thoy can teor up streets for a distance of scores ot yards. Zeppelins to Attack Fleet. I am told that practically all Zeppelins Zep-pelins hnvo rotlrcd from acttvo assistance assis-tance ln taking fortifications and are centered around tho North sea, where thoy aro to assist in an attack on tho Hrltlah fleet. Tho outcomo of such a bnttlo will bo highly Important, for It will dctcrmlno whothor a dirigible can measure up against a warship. If It can, tho Germnn fleet will not bo badly outnumbered In tho conflict about to tako place, for tho Hrltlah fleet Is In-Butllclently In-Butllclently supplied with balloon guns, ns only n fow of theso nro ln existence. Wo hear, too, remnrknblo stories nbout tho number of Zeppelins. At the outbreak of tho war thero woro twon ty-two on record. Today tho report of their number varies from fifty-six to ninety. Mnterlal for Zeppelins Is snld to hnvo been itored at points throughout tho omplro, whore It could bo put togother In n fow' days, and this Bchemo has added Zeppelins to the nlr fleot at tho rato of two n week. ThlB story Is Improbnble, for the Germnn nrmy does not possess a sufficient suffi-cient number of men trained In operating oper-ating dirigibles. Differ on Bomb-Hurling Ethics. Tho Gormnn aeroplanes hnvo done excellent service Thero nro sovcral hundred machines in operation, nnd comparatively fow havo boon shot down. I know of ono young mon, a son of ono of Germany's most prominent men, who flow to Paris early In tho war Ho was fired on repentedly, nnd each tlmo descended gradually to a prearranged depot, whence, after tho enemy be-lloved be-lloved him to have been killed, ho continued con-tinued hla trip. Whon asked If ho had Mirown bombs on Paris, ho answered simply: "No. I don't carry bombs." This would Indl-cnto Indl-cnto that thero may bo n dlfferonco of opinion In tho nrmy Itself ns to tho ethics of bomb throwing. Tho astounding ndvnnoo of tho Ger-mons Ger-mons J..13 been analyzed by n military expert, who says that It Is duo to four points; henvy nrtlllery, nvlntcrs, Hold kitchens and ppdestrlnn feats of largo troop groups. Tho first two points nro now gonorolly recognized. |