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Show aerial ihe Daring Deed of French Aviator; German Zeppe- lin Holds Up Ship. ! i PARIS, Feb. 10. 4 : 1 p. m. A dar ing flight, msdp the uigbt of February 8 by Aviator X , who throw dowu six projectiles in the vicinity of Os-tend, Os-tend, is recounted in a note j;iv?n out by the war office this iit'ternoon. 'The aviator left his station at 9:40 p. m.. in a violent west wind. Hi? first projectile lauded on what appeared , to be a number of niunirion and supply wagons near Middelkerhe. The airman then flew to Osten.i and let fall thr.'e bombs on the Casino building. The violence of thre detonations de-tonations caused consternation among the enemv, who flashed their search- .' lights on "the departing aviator. Later , two more bombs were hurled on a barracks bar-racks to the west of Osteud. , Searchlights found the French airmau i soon after this and German machine guns were fired at him, but without success. During his return flight the j .Frenchman's machine touched the! waves along the coast line. j Guided by the lights of the aero- j drome at Fumes, the lieutenant finally ! landed at- 10:20 p. m.. having been gone j forty minutes. The disrnuce from Fur- j nes 'to Ostcnd is fourteen miles. I |