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Show JULES VEDRINES HAS THRILLING BATTLE IN AIR FROM THE BATTLE FRONT Sept 20 via Paris 5 36 p m The bulk of the a led armies rema ned today n the trenches wa ting whi e the r art llery ex changed a fu ious cannonade w th the st onglj p aced German ba te ies Some bri lant feats of arms were per formed at various points on the 1 nes e ending along the O se the Alsne and Woev e The seasoned Algerian troops made a gal ant capture of another Ger man f ag Jules edrlnes the noted French avia tor was cred ted with a courageous f ght n midair with a German aviator whom e brought to earth The German was daringly reconno ter ng the pos tion of the al es when edrlnes ascended Moving swift y upward tfntil he was above the German Vedrlnes ga e chase end as he skimmed along fus 1 aded the a r scout wKh his automatic gun The German mach ne was rldd ed and the aviator ki ed both co laps ng to the ground w thin fifteen minutes f om t e time Vedr nes took the air Vedr nes has accomplished a s milar feat once before Allies Encouraged These incidents however are important only for their Influence in encouraging the al led troops and do not affect t e resu t of the great hatt e which a ready has lasted a week and prom ses to con tinue for many days onger M tary experts here be e e t at the longer tie battle endures the better It w 1 oe for t e al ed arm es who wl thus be ab e to pass strong forces of f es troops to paces where they a e needed along t e front At the western end of the battle 1 ne Rhelms as been the object of t e great est attent on froo t e Germans who t me afte tl ne 1 a e unsuccessfu y at tempted to break oug the a les nes after subject ng the own to an 1 te se bomba dment It Is tl e Gern ans nten t on to apture Rhe n s, w ch s an n portan ailroad Junction t e possess on of W lei wou d give t em comnand of another road o the north Thev ha e made an ospec a nark of the n agn f cent cathedra wh ch 1 as been n fla nes s nee vesterda Occupy the Heights Tea 08) n t e ean me a e nade fo t emse ves a strong posit o o the r ght bank of e A sne whe e t e c c py a t e e g ts The Gern ans have taken ad antage of t e sites of the fo s wh ch we e tended fo the defense of The ms but w h we e abandone bv the a et w en the nvaders n ade a rap d dash sout wa d om B g m V hea a ns orm w a co d w nd added odav o t a dsh pj of e trene ed ops "who e ent e v w th out onts b t t d d o affect t e r sp r w a e g he omn sa u depa ne s of tea es n e vo k ng up d d e me a e we fed and o c-d 1 o c on e cd cena cauaol C a ona e t o p e su geo s and a orps o e a go of a o p ta f ed h e na and on wo nde Te e caofes fo u d e hosp ve n n ge ad he r e ou e so c ea ed t I e ma su ge as ef ge |