Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 33 | Air Fighters Smash Many Hunfactories

AI AIR FIGHTERS SMASH MANY HUN FACTORIES Both Army and Navy Fliers Do Splendid Work for Cause i I nV in- Y GUY CARPENTER TEn staff Correspondent Universal nl Service Washington Au Aug 3 Within 3 Within the past four Cour allied ed air all fighters have b become be become be- be come como the tho most menacing menacing- of ot tho the shadon's shadows shad shad- owe ons of ot ultimate defeat that have fallen Tallen athwart the kaisers kaiser's cause The brilliant brilliant bril bril- land fighting of at the tho men Foch Is Ja sending against the army of or the cro crown n prince and the fact that their feats teats can be clearly summarized on pictured maps has for tor the tho moment caused general gen germ eral attention to be distracted from front tho the great reat strides made by the men ot of the air all To the group roup of or allied d war experts here that believes es the war will be won in the air all the events of or the past few days das have havo been thrilling In In promise of or results for tor surpassing the fondest dreams of those who ce co In aircraft the master weapon of ot the battling battling bat bat- armies Da Day b by day the reports from tho fighting front and the naval bases of or France and England have continued to tell In brief sentence of ot the work o or of orthe the men In the tho air all Dall Dally Daily those reports have grown n more and more significant But It Is Isone Isone isone one totals up the achievements of at a a. single week eek that the true realization of at the superhuman efforts now nov being put forth b by the allied aviators Is rs brought home As S yet et no sign has come from Germany Germany Ger Ger- many to Indicate tho the terrible havoc oc which tons of ot allied bombs have created created cre cre- at tho the sources es of at munitions supply sup sup- ply ph equipment of or poison polson gas Jas and other supplies necessary to trench warfare But Elut no uncertain evidence e Is at hand handLo to Lo attest the tho destruction which the German fliers have suffered at the I hands mands of at the tho British French Italian and American duelists of ot the air Within a week a signed order from German headquarters was found upon a I. I German The order was dated Juno June 20 and In terse words tells I the he stor story of or tile the difficulties which the I kaisers kaiser's forces are encountering In seeking seeking- out the raw materials for tor air air- raft craft The Tho order reads alls The Increased difficulties which we weare were a are arc re experiencing experiencing- In procuring the time r necessary materials for tor aviation purposes purposes pur pun poses moses force torce us to be sparing with our machines In order to meet this difficulty dif dif- our aviators a will anI only be employed em em- I for carrying out operations of ot vital importance In the battle All of officers ot- ot t are Instructed to avoid keeping ke t the he machines in the air longer than Is 11 absolutely I necessary It Is In the work of or bombing th time r nerve nef centers of at the tho German lines JInes of oC oCI I I c communication however that the ac aled alj allied al- al j I j 1 lied led airmen have given hen to the German j I 11 j I leaders a true example of ot what Is In InI js s store tore for tor them when hen the completed air I squadrons being prepared for tor 1919 are arc S sent eat into action The record of or a sinIc single sin sin- g gle Ie Ic week shows the amount of or work u a und nd the lelling blows which are being r rained upon tho the Hun lion from the sk sky I 1 In a a recent week on the western front t the he British alone brought down 1 C enem enemy nemy planes and sent three seventy t to a earth out of ot control In that week weel ti the he British lost two fifty planes During the same period the allied aviators a dropped H tons ton of ot explosives sl ives upon railway centers tr n transports 0 on n roads ammunition dumps billets rest set camps and aerodromes rho Tho losses which the they inflicted upon ti the e Germans mounted Into millions of oC dollars I No estimate of the number of or f casualties is Is of ot course possible T This his week the fliers raided fourteen ir Industrial towns owns They also were successful suc sue c cc In six attacks against the genc general genral gen gen- eral l ral aerodrome at Boulay and madej made j tour four air attacks on the tho SAblons Metz-SAblons railway rail rail- way v ay triangle lc four tour against Mannheim three moe n against and hurled bm bombs on the manufacturing plants at D n Tro n. n Kart- Kart iii Ins e en I 1 Otten Offenburg burr and K IK Karlsruhe a no c. c In their attacks against J the sea sen seacoast seacoast coast towns In Belgium the they were equally effective the na navy fliers showIng showing show show- Ing Inh that wind and weather no longer are re rc the handicaps the they once were In Jim Intact tact fact so successful are tho ho navy fliers filers that there Is a belief boIler In man many quarters tens that the aviators operating from British posts poss may some da day force the German high seas Iea nc fleet t to omne out for tor a stand up battle This Title belief Is predicated upon the tIme success of m t Italian Hallan fliers filers In bombarding the Austrian vessels lying In tho the harbor harbortt harbort nt tt PaIn Pola some authorities Insisting that It t was their continued harrying which forced the Austrian squadron to steam Into nto the Adriatic where two to warships were vere lo lost l In Iii an nn exciting brush with he the daring light craft cratt of or the Italian Italians I