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Show - tf - GENERA LIMAN, defender of Liege, o has returned from German pr camp in time to witness wit-ness great .ed victory. INSTITUTE-NIGHT FLIKpOLS Valuable Information Obtained Ob-tained Despite Rain and Shells of the Enemy. By The Associated Press. "WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 20. Night flying patrols over the American lines have been inaugurated. In night flying over the front, a feat performed by American aviators for the first time on Friday night, two patrols, consisting of five machines, were sent out from northwest of Verdun to the region of St. Mihiel for the purpose of searching out flying Germans. The Americans went over the German lines and drew fire from anti-aircraft guns, but did not encounter the German fliers they sought. Low clouds were encountered en-countered over the enemy lines, and the Americans returned after two hours of flying. Lieutenant Louis Bernheimer of New York City, pilot, and Lieutenant Ralph Bagby of New Haven, Mo., observer, flew over the enemy lines today, despite a downpour of rain, obtaining valuable information. Owing to the mist and rain they were compelled to descend to within 300 feet of the ground in the region of Dun, the Germans firing at them with anti-aircraft and smaller guns. At one place they flew so low that Germany Ger-many infantry fired many volleys from their rifles, bullets piercing the wings. Because of the uncertainty of enemy movements west of the Meuse, volunteers were asked to make an important observation obser-vation trip over the boche lines. Bernheimer Bern-heimer iand Bagby responded. During the trip they were compelled to descend below the mist several times to take observations regarding the German Ger-man positions and then ascend quickly to get out of the range of the Germans, who were pouring a rain of shells at them all the time. Reaching a region where the officers particularly desired information as to conditions, they descended to less than 300 feet from the ground. The Germans fired from guns of ail calibers, but tho Americans continued skimming along, taking their observations. The bullet holes in their canvas did not hamper the machine and they returned to the American lines, dropping notes at different dif-ferent headquarters, reporting information informa-tion of much value to the army. No other machine, enemy or American, was sighted over the entire American front today. Aviation officers say that the flight was made in the face of the heaviest rain ever encountered by American Ameri-can aviators on a flight of this distance. |