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Show TROOPS OF BOTH ARMIES WITNESS DUEL IN THE AIR BORDEAUX O 3 40 p ra Off c a d spa ches rece ved b he French war depa tment today ga e a gxap c a ount of an ae a due wh ch was watc ed by housands of so d e a of t e F enc and Ge man arm es October 5 at Jon he y n e eg on of R elms A Ge n an ae op ane ascended wi two men and after c c ng over the Irenon pos t ons was re u ng o s own lines when Sergeant Fran z one of the moat expert of French av ato i accompan ed by h s mec an c Qu nau t sprang to a mach ne and gave chase By a 8k fu maneuver he French ae o n ane oo the German on t e flan and wou ded e P ot and put a bullet rough the gaso ne tank A sheet or flame enve oped t e German a rc aft and the mach ne d opped rap d v and ng c ose to the F ench lies In tl e descent the unwounded man cont nued to f ahsps tol unprevented by the flames Se geant Frantz can e to ea h In a serfres of magn f cent sp a b Both Ge mans we e found burned, o dea h n t e embe s of the r mach ne F antz was deco ated w h the Legion of Honor and Qu nau t was awarded t e ml ary medal fo the r exp o |