Show fiGHT DUEl IN IM MIDAIR AT YARD RANGE British Machine Ablaze When Landed German Also Severely Severely Severely Se Se- verely Damaged London I June 26 A S.-A A dramatic air duel in which a British aeroplane re- re over oyer the tho Belgian Bellan town of at a height of or feet teet met and engaged ed a large German bi biplane biplane biplane bi- bi plane which had double engines and propellers Is 18 described b by the eye eyewitness ness at nt the he British arm army headquarters In a narrative mado made public toda today b by the official press bureau He lie writes Tho The German machine first circled 1 around ou ours oure tit Itt the same lime time shooting a machine gun Jun but so 80 far tar as known not Inflicting uny damage Then our ob observer oh- oh er server fired fifty rounds In return at ata ata a a. range of ot less than ZOO 00 00 yards ards It h had d some effect for the hostile biplane was seen to waver and after arter more shots Its en engines stopped The enemy aeroplane nero nero- plane viane then dived to a 11 level le of or 2000 feet reet where It again flattened Its course fl flyIng flying fly fly- Ing In and erratically Under heavy craft anti fire from below our pilot turned toward our line to complete hl his reconnaissance When his hll machine was hit he ho decided to tomake tomake make for Cor home The Tho patrol tank had i bet n pierced piercell and UK us the aeroplane glided glide downward on a tho petrol was set alight b by the exhaust and r ran n nI I blazing down the front of or the body of or orthe the aeroplane The Tho machine traveled on The Tue unused rounds of oC machine gun un ammunition 1 exploded in the h heat at and lon loaded revolver re wa was discharged The rhe pilot however howe did 1111 not ot lo lose e control control control con con- and the aeroplane proceeded ell steadily steadily stead stead- ily 11 on a downward course Before It had hall reached renche the ground a largo large part of or the tho framework had hart been lit destroyed liven I the tho hardwood blades of or tho the propeller propeller pro pro- peller were so burned that the propeller propel propel- ler censed e ell to revolve When the machine finally landed back bacI of ot our Jur lines both officers hail had been severely orI burned and tho the pilot climbing out of ot the tho blazing blan wreck I tripped over a n wire sta stay and nd sprained i bin lix ankle Th The few ser sert serviceable por- por 1 or tho the aeroplane were then collected col col- and i under tinder the ahr shrapnel of or the Gorman Gurman guns gunSo |