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Show AMERICAN AIRMAN WINS BATTLE AND CAPTURES CAPTAIN WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, July 26. (By the Associated Press.) For the second sec-ond time since the bfg battle began the weather today interfered with operations, especially in the air. The afternoon was cloudy, with local" showers frequently drenching the fields and forcing the airplanes air-planes to descend. Before the work of aerial observation and bombing was ended, however, one American aviator, Lieutenant Avery, succeeded in forcing down alive within the American lines, a German captain who had a record of sixteen six-teen victories over allied aviators. v Another American near Villeneuve also brought down a German plane. |