The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-10-01
GERMAN AVIATOR DESCRIBES BATTLE
IN The AIR over HOSTILE Army

then sent his car rapidly dov,v,u
and descended beside his army. n.
Bristol and the Bleriot retired has,u,
The battle had covered seyent,av.
miles.
On descending Werner found \.
plane riddled with bullets, sp, 4.
patched up the punctures and hi"
witnessed the battle of LIE Cateau o,.,
the position that he had discovered
Here again the English, after plu,h
resistance, were driven back. n.
Germans attacked with two ianhID,
movements and a storming adya,.
against the middle OF the English \.
sition. and through main strength ana
the extraordinary spirit Of the altar
forced the enemy back. The arpy a
100000 had In a few days been N
duced to 10000.
Drops Bombs on Paris.
Later on Werner was instructed IA
fly over Paris. Here he dropped s,.
eral bombs, some with good esett
though others did not explode. M
carried two kinds of bombs, One ,
round shell about the size OF a ba,s.
ball and weighing IL pounds, the Oh.
er shaped like a small artillery shsu
and Weighing Az pounds. These h.
ter, when they exploded, were DOVE,
full enough to tear up paved street,
and wreck houses. Werner ala
told Of dropping notes into Paris, call
ing the French such hated names a
"cochon."
The flyers r the only men vi,
really r seeing this war. They hav
the enemy's position under them and
can study II to their hearts content
Only a lucky shot can dislodge them
and their chief danger is from The A.
lacking aviators. The German scout,
usually fly at a height of 100 yards
On dark days they fly at the edge d
the clouds and slip in and out for Oh
servation from this excellent screen
Accurate Aim at 1000 Yards.
Extraordinary stories about Zeppa
ins r to be heard in Germany, soma
of which are almost incredible. Ono
account Is OF the method used by Zep
pelins in throwing bombs. A recent
invention, | am told, permits o 2p
pelin, when there are clouds, to fy
high and nseen from the ground and
to let down a basket containing a man,
who then, by telephone, signals The
airship what position to take.
In cloudless times the bombs ns
dropped from ar apparatus hung d.
rectly below the airship, the bombs
being hung on two fingers. When The
position OF the target is Determined,
the fingers open and the bomb falls
These bombs are said to be twelve
inches In diameter and two feet long
The damage they a do Is terrific
Houses in the neighborhood Of the e.
plosion collapse as though made Of
cards, and they can tear up streets ir
a distance of scores Of yards.
ZeppeIlns to Attack Fleet.
! am told that practically all 2er
pelins have retired from active assis
lance in taking Notifications and are
centered around the North sea, where
they are to assist in an attack on Tie
British feet. The outcome OF such
battle will be highly important Tor VI
will determine whether a dirigible can
measure up against a warship. M
can the German feet will not be BABY
outnumbered in the conflict about "
take place, for the British feet Is ID
sufficiently supplied with balloon sunN
as only a few of these are In existence
We hear, too, remarkable sol"
about the number of Heppelins' Az Wv
outbreak of the war there were Nsl
ty-two on record. To-day the repON
of their number varies from hiVsn
to ninety. Material for Zeppelins !
said to have been stored at p0nn
throughout the empire, where II cow
be put together in a few days A'
this scheme has added zeppeIlns
the air fleet at the rate Of " a NV,a
This story is improbable lot
German army does not possess d ~.
cient number of men trained III w"
ating dirigibles.
Differ on Bomb.Hurlin9 ttn''t
The German aeroplanes have wv,
excellent service. There are Se''.a
hundred machines in operation s 'f
comparatively few have been ~"
down.
| know of one young man . s~ ~,
one of Germany's most prominent r.
who few to Paris early In the wa" a,,
was fired on repeatedly, ana eaV"
descended gradually to a prearraAsS
depot, whence, after the enem'
lleyed him to have been killed nc"
tinued his trip. ,ombs
When asked If he had thrown U %a
on Paris, he answered simply. ,Dat|
don't carry bombs" This wou,u n
cate that there may be a dllief'" !" N,
oninion in the army itself as
ethics of bomb throwing az, Gr
The astounding advance OIL mrt,p
mans has been analysed by u u a"s ID
expert, who says that It IS u u"S
four points; heavy artillery, I ,..t. 4
field field kitchens and pedestrian .l lsap 10
large troop groups l"o rri,ed
points are now generally reVOS
-. A., uuOrd or Cullh"