Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-24

man infantry attack aud the destrue-
tive effect Of @hsnpnel and high eNpio-
sise shells from GGm4n novltzers
and 70 malt AVA, ia he 1lfec'iop q
cumpcigne.
HIS estimate Of The fighting quail
ties Of The allied forces lalIies with
that OF higher Officers " The general
STAFF, who have returned from duts
ai the front
Except II first "a, l.eter he said.
''the Belgians ran away almost WITH
out fighting The practice " me
French artillery war excellent. The
British were the ben soldiers that We
met. In the first sfsassments before
their morale was SHAKEN BY repeated
defeats and heavy tlossss they stuck
20 then trenches doaedly officers
and men stayed m fbe trfnches Keep
Ing up the fire nnsil our men were
right on them. Our heavy artillery
and the way In which our men Kept
coming REGARDLESS OF losses finally got
them and then they ran. too
British strategy Great.
Il heard Al heaquartefs that the
British were excellent al kleinkrief
tmlnor tacticsl. They were great al
preparing trap for us IN village,
would he low in the houses. get ma
chine guns ready AZ The windows and
when our columns came along would
let the advance party get clear into
town before opening fire. They US
uaily got most Of the advance party,
hut what difference does the loss OF
fifty men or 50 make IN settling a big
baitleg They were great. too. in lit
tie night raids. causing our mckets
considerable annoyance but without
affecting the general result.
'our men? | sav some Of our
boys, the first time under fire, stand
ing up 20 dig bullets out Of the wall
in which they had struck, or holding
up their caps to catch a bullet"
Werner's flight over Paris and his
dropping Of bombs and accounts OF
German victories have already been
mentioned In cabled dispatches. His
criticisms OF English and French fly
ing machines are Interesting from the,
point of view OF an actual expert. He
had been using Taube monoplane
which he complained. was under-en-
gined, rose too slowly and had not
sufficient carrying power
ConId Not Leave Ground.
They could not get off the ground
with less than 100 Yards run. could
not shoot up in the air quickly 10
avoid hostile artillery or rifle fire
when scouting or TO get above n light
er and faster French aeroplane in
a conflict In the air; and with an avia-
tor and observer on board could carry
only two or three of the five-pound
bombs with their nitro glycerlne con-
tents. Now he was returning to Ber-
limo to take over tiplane, a ma
chine which he thought better adapted
for war purposes.
Had he ever been attacked by hos
tile airerafl9 Yes, on his return from
Paris he had been pursued by two
an English Bristol biplanei
and a French bipane. Both we're
faster and quicker climbers and they
soon got above the German aeroplane
and flew along one on each side OF /
1t. while he ana his companion emp |
tied their reviewers exchanging shots |
with the enemy Had either OF the !
other aviators had bomb he could |
easily have gotten above the Germans
and wrecked their machine but after |
an anxious ten minutes they gave up
the attack and returned towards
Paris Crhis incident was mentioned
In dispatches from Paris at the time.) |
French Machines Light
THE French machines were too |
lightly built for war purposes
smashed up too easily and II left out
IN the rain, lacking a hangar, became /
useless This accounted, he thought,
Tor the failure Of the French aero
plane force 70 accomplish what had /
been expected OF It.
Casualties IN the aviation corps, he |
said, had been Remarkably light con-
sidering the risks Little danger was
experienced from hostile fire. one OF
IF his comrades, in the habit of going
without an observer in order 10 carry +
more bombs. failed to return. II was
later learned that his motor had
stopped while he was within the Bel
clan lines. In attempting TO smash
ais aeroplanc on landing. as instruct
"a by regulations he was thrown out F
Ind both thighs broken He is now
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