| Show TROOPS WITNESS AERIAL DUEL german airmen meet death in battle with frenchmen bordeaux official dispatches received by the french war department wednesday gave a graphic account of an aerial duel which was watched by thousands of soldiers of the french and german armlet armies october 5 at jon cilery chery in the region of rheims A german nero aeroplane plane ascended with two men and after circling over the french positions was returning to its own lines when sergeant frantz one of the most export of 0 french aviators accompanied by his mechanic quinault sprang to a machina mach u and gave chase by a skillful maneuver the french aeroplane took the german on the flank and wounded the pilot a and nd put a bullet through the casline tank A sheet of flame enveloped the get german man aircraft and the machine dropped rapidly landing close to the french lines in the descent the unbounded man continued to fire bis his pistol anted by the flames serge sergeant ant frantz came to earth in a series of magnificent spirals both germans were found burned to death in the embers of their machine |
