Show GERMAN AVIATOR DESCRIBES TRIP OF OBSERVATION O FRENCH UHf LINE The Champagne War Var News printed by German r reservists at the front in northern France contains an inter interesting r. r eating esting account of a night flight over O the French lines linE'S by a German Gennan aviator a One t. t evening recently writes write the aviator my assistant and I received orders to prepare for a flight the the- next morning for tor observation of ot the French position We had to work late into the night to make our Albatross Alba Alba- tress tross biplane with horsepower lOO Mercedes motor rEad ready for the flight Dy By dawn all was r ready rady ady We t were to start at 7 30 We Ve examined everything everything every ever I thing carefully Power was applied I and my assistant who had taken I I part in Jn many a successful flight t t this his position In the observers observer's i s sWe We carried bombs and a n. t apparatus As a protection agthe aga ag the enemy's aeroplanes es' es we also atso led i-led a machine gunThe gunThe gun The aeroplane rose slowly eight minutes we had reached 1 feet fet Wo We Vo were WE're in a mass of cl clot Not Act a thing was vas to be seen A h my my sensation took hold of us ut usi ly Iy the case when suspended l bet lIet heaven and earthlike lOst souls fouls ten minutes we Wf ro rose e above the dr clr Into the sunshine We c were WE're at al bt height of ot feet Through a bi hr in the clouds we saw a the French below us We Vt proceeded i l we were vue directly over oer them Here the observers observer's work b be He gets his c camera ready and t 1 tr pictures from all nil sides In In Inthe the we se see Ile a city surrounded all sides by b- largo large numbers of tro After t taking all aU available a the observer drops his bombs on French lines The French see us open a a. hot fire However as we now feet above them t shells explode harmlessly below At the same time several of ot t aeroplanes have ha smarted s for us We e turn to make for our 11 i when we a Morano nearing us rapidly My l I waits waite quietly for the approach I 1 Ia I a tense moment Suddenly our chine gun gets into Into action and h hits its deadly lire fire at the tue enemy's chine rhine Whether the shots struck or not we could not tell but I turned quickly nn and anA disappeared the clouds while we Journeyed h without further Incident |