The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-02
ENEMY IGNORANT
uF attacking FORCE
Av|atois on Return Little Knew
Ihay Had Been Mst ard
vanqulshsd

Paris Aug. s.-rhd lrst aerial sha i
tsllt has Just taken place, ylcloev
remaining With tlie attacking anfl1
planes. The combat took place ba.
tween Rheims and MuurIneinn. ANA
two military hlplancs 'demolishod' i.
rut liprs dc combat mouopIene and
4 biplane OF thc onemy
The idea OF tljs first aerial skiru.
isp occurred TO Lieutenant Colonel
fsiieuno, director OF the miIiJars ayih.
llon establishment at vinccnncy ~
'nPv that spyeril a'lntors Who haa
iaken art III the Betheny mcctalg n,
tcndod e. ~ back MIN tl4If macbin.s
y Moufmelon. Col i.stienac took TIC
opportunity 20 carry ont an interest
Ing aerial ulancuycr He telegrapiiea
70 the military officers at Mourmelon
9 the eicctsthat como aylators wcie
y return 80 their sAcis They were
~ suppose that they had rocaigcd e.,
acrs tointcrceni their passage
Thgftelegram was addressed TO Lieu
tenant ClaYcnad and CronieN two sx-
peft llers They al once dFew up a
Yclcme OF attach Tho supposition
was tbat q hostile army Fsom the
North had pushed It's advance guards
as far as I-aon. while a french army
Nas marching norlhward and had
ieacbcd he ncigi h0rh1od Of Rhcim,.
The French general was supposed u
have issued an order to the two o.
GERS to the following effect: Three
aeroplanes OF thr enemy explored the
Vicinity Of Rheims between 4 and 4;3a
C'clcck, They were at such height
that they could not be destroyed by
1.-THE French army marching north. Two
I more aeroplAnes were seen at Gar0h.
Ire nj $50. They are 70 be stopped.
Enemy ignorant OF Attack
The two officers, oil a Farmnn III.
plane eet ont nt G o'clock. One Of
thenl Was armed with Il light maFA-
zine rife, such as viii be used here
after By the aviation corpsn During
their excursion they came across n
b:plane ard monoplane returning t.
Moarmelou. The pilots OF these ma.
chimes did not perceive them. and
knew nothing OF Tie iuiliary mancuv.
els OF which tlsy were Tho object
They were attacked according to the
orders received The FIRST 10 be per.
tclsed WIS . punoplaue ilsitg tova !
iht sooiltasi al q height OF 200 g T.
Lieutenant Clagcugd in MS repur'
states: eWiih Our Hold-glaas we
rhrld sce that The cneniys inoro-
plane was mounted Us Il snple pilot
We man uyerod 80 that lie Dilot
could not ire N Us wit loui fiskin1
illc rlppllpg open Of fNe ealiHass af
liis riEli wing or smashing q blade Of
ris propeller The cilirer then calmly
fred fsne on fyc shots n a gauge p
40 70 500 sarsa which 89aiJ ipfsiii
als hase smaghed sumalliag ~ lha
enemya inonoplane or dlaabled the
pilot
AS soon as Ibis was achieved ite
ctAepng eiiirpr perceived 4 biBlasla
70 Tie lefl. slso going gouilieast. but
y heigllt Of more ilian 100 feet
lie was going very Fast, vim Wind IN
lis favor
Feared Bonb Would De Dropped
NO. having sufficient liHe % rise
Move bllu we gimply avoided latli1g
i'm pass over % 1T vertical line
ahd dfopplne she'll on u.s. we then
;saproached himgunder hts right wing.
Ne could rec With our glaases TINT
iterp was only one pilot, and hIA 1rs
lnr would not be danrefous Our oa-
s.arviun ofTionr fred shot or two At
LIN, hat. iamrcred by ihe upper
wing we missed the enemy II was
taeless 10 tIy to pursue hif1 With OF
machine
We therefore stcorcd for Bethenr-
~.begc ~ knew that fast monoplaae
vas ready We plunged down rapidly
from height OF 500 feet, and fond
! Il. T.abnacncre. With Bis Antoineite
taonoplsnN. just ready 70 start. Na
sDe1 hlin 10 60 N pursuit and W
started again With him. The pon1
nlano was the Fret 10 rise 70 a ereal
lhelght and 10 locate thesenemy while
se woui6 4, lower Tho Ant5laeit'
scared yleft rnpidly, but after shof'
d;efauc our ,lplanc's motor bfp1s'
aown ard We had 10 land The Az
tciuotie monoplanc. however o. =
took lhe enemy at Row
This rham combat ami eEebinE I''i'
sAlss sh0sYs that the nlIlit9E aYiato
Il 4rg aly4ray 4aukIng excrleri usr 8
y ihH n.tns lsachinps a. shFif aiSpphdis E