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Show ! FRENCH AIRMEN DEFEAT GERMAN Paris. July 3n The first attempted aerial attack on Paris was frustrated today when four German military aeroplanes crossed the frontier flying in the direction of the capital and were driven back by the Rheims air squadron A Rbeims telegram say? that wire less messages received fully confirm reports of the aerial sortie. Air scouts discovered the oncoming planes shortly after daybreak. The warning was flashed by wireless to the remainder of the corps in the tented hangars in Rheims Immedi ately the remainder of the French corps took the air, their machines la den with contact bombs and explo sive shell, high-power rifles. With the first flutter of the flock of flying machines, the German invaders in-vaders swung around and returned across the border, with the French men in full pursuit. The French aviators avi-ators sought altitude to gain a stra tegic position for the impending bat tie In the air The maneuver gave the Germans an advantage in their straightaway flight and they escaped. Meanwhile at the Eiffel tower the military wireless operator had caught the warning out of the air, and quick-fire quick-fire guns were immediately gotten ready. A fresh danger which the French government has taken to ward off. If possible, is a raid by Zeppelin airships air-ships Leaving their stations on the frontier fron-tier at nightfall, the Zeppelin leviathans levi-athans of the air could be over Paris within a few hours, drop bombs on the capital and return to Germany. Tonight, between Paris and the frontier the sky is a literal network of high-power lights, from which no aerial invader can escape undetected. undetect-ed. The great beams from the searchlights search-lights are combing the sky from a dozen different stations between here and Rheims. Immediately a Zeppelin is sighted military airmen will be up to drop special projectiles on them. If thi has no effect the airmen s orders are to ram the airships. Such a heroic exploit means certain death to the airman, but each of the corps accepts the order with a smile Aeroplanes stationed in the Bue aerodrome, near Paris, have been specialh constructed for this work The pilots Include Pegoud and Ve drines, widely known for treir daring |