Show LONE AVIATOR SCATTERS HOST thrilling air battles batties in recent big offensive in Fon fenders ders FIGHTS CLOSE TO THE EARTH british airman swoops down low bombs bomba airdrome putt puts machine gun out of action and die dl 20 men british headquarters Headquarter a in france had belgium the work louo done by tile british air service in the recent ofte in flanders has not been surpassed lu in and spectacular features since tho the war began many fights occurred between tile tho rival pilots but the were completely outclassed botti both in numbers lind and skill and were forced to retire at roost most after loll losing g NIX the majority of themo air battles were at a height of foot or less and in at least one instance the tw opposing pilots battled to within fifty feet of the ground tit at which height tho german sidestepped and crashed to tab curtly tho the british planes were under contant constant anil and heavy lire fire particularly from rifles and nin machine chine guns owing to tile ho low altitude fit at which they were flying but through all this hurricane of lend lead ind steel all but throe c nine camo safely these are reported missing and there Is no indication of 0 what befell them wonderful heroism was displayed by the british algmin who performed remarkable deeds one typical in stance will indicate tho the nature of tho the important work they carried out A british aviator crossed the ypres cypres salient just ns am the infantry attack be gun eon at dawn one man attacks a force vor lor a time he patrolled the ilia ronda ond and canals now and then running tho the gantlet of enemy ire fire at ft 1 I height of thirty feet in order to obtain anfor matlon for the guidance gul danca of the infantry in III their advance during this patrol work ho he came to a german airdrome owing to the early hour only one enemy was wan stirring outside the shed and tie ho paused lit in his ablutions only long enough to satisfy himself that the plane above him evidently was waa one of hla his own the british airman circled low and dropped a bomb squarely on one of 0 the th sheds this brought numbers ot of germans tumbling jumbling lit in a panic from tho lie ile turned ills his machine gun on them hern and circling about tho the field bombed two other sheds with disastrous effect all the time ho be kept up lit a steady stream of machine gun alro at it the germans a number of whom were killed or wounded alone disperses men tile the germans finally got a machine pin gun into action against him but ho he dived and nt at twenty feet allen ced it with ills his own gun having put their gun out of action lie ho circled tho the field firing with its his machine gun through the doors of buildings nt at tile tho huddled enemy within at one time his ina machine actually touched the ilia ground leaving tho the airdrome the british aviator attacked two german mounted officers and put them to flight A little later he encountered a column of troops and swept along the ilia line with ills his gun working steadily tile tha entire column was dispersed find and led flett by devious ways to cover leaving numbers of their comrades lying in the ilia road two german battle planes appeared on the scene and tho the briton engaged them bolli sending one to earth and putting tho the other to flight lie ile pursued the fleeing plane but it was soon goon lost in the clouds pumps lead into troop train in III tile tho meantime a largo body of german soldiers lad gathered around tile the machine which had been brought down the british flying man came cam sweeping back from the mists in which he tied had hidden bidden and accounted for several of their number with hla him machine gun ills next objective was waa a troop train lie ile traveled along its entire length pumping bullets into the crowded cars later lie he did valuable scouting wark over tho the enemy lines instances are related of pilots clini charging ging the antiaircraft anti aircraft gun ailers and machine gun operators tit at it a height of oc thirty or forty feet and A 1 fencing the guns illston duels between the british nyla tors find the german infantry were not uncommon occurrences in one instance a young avlo avla tor ter in a hurst burst of 0 chivalry deliberately stopped his machine gun when a german C drew hla his pistol and began shooting at him film and engaged the lie enemy with ilia his own pistol apparently feeling that he be had bad no ina right to take an unfair advantage of ills his opponent tho the avla toes pistol was sufficient however |