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Show AMERICAN AIRMEN LAY BARRAGE FOR ADVANCING TROOPS WITH THR AMFnU'AX FORCES NORTHWEST OF YEKPt'N. Sept. 2S. j (Ily the Associated Press. ) Low-flying airplar.es have been used by the Americans Amer-icans in the advance now in progress to i over the forward movement of the Infantry, In-fantry, by laying down what amounted to a huri'ase. Ofttn the aviators have Mown as low as liO feet. There lias been borne notable air fighting, fight-ing, with numbers of victories scored by the Americans. Amors t iieso ma y be mentioned one by l.ie:itena nt Hoover, who brought down a mniioplan1 near Sivry. while Lieutenant White attacked two Fokkers in quick succession, bring- ing one down at Mom fa neon ai)d the other to the east of that place. Lieutenant Buckley and Lieutenant Curtis got a Kumpler bipi.me near Breuiiles, and Lieutenants Buckley, Butz and Houston "Woodward of Philadelphia drove down another Kunipler out of control con-trol iuar FVville. A total of seven tons of bombs wa.i dropped on Longnyon. A ndion Krieux Goui aincourt and St--nav by French und I'aiian aviators, while the Britij-h bomoed A ud an, M iHz-Sabinns. M t-ie r, A 's. Thionvir.fi and Fresraty. American aviators avia-tors dropped a quantity of bombs on Ktain. |