The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-10-03
|RNLN AVIATOR DESCRIBES BATTLE
IN The AIR over HOSTILE Army

aS.ai. ~ ooeUeu TO him IN,
C continued until he saw ,h,
uerman army In the distance u'
.nen sent his car rapidly dow ~
ana descended beside His ARM 20 r.s
bristol and the Bleriot re,,raa in'
miles. oe'enty-nvt
on descending Werner found 81.
pane riddled with bullets hr, 49,
p .'' up the punctures and late,
witnessed the battle Of LIE Catesu ove,
the position that he had discovered "
mere again the English. after n,uo,r
resistance. were driven bao, Ths
Germans attacked with two eant,ns
movements and storming advances
against the middle of the Eny,,sh ~
sition, and through main strength opd
.ne extraordinary spirit OF tho o,,ao,,
forced the enemy back. The armv .,
ioV'ooo had In few days been 70.
duced to 10000. wv" '0
Drops Bombs on Parls
Later on Werner was ins,rro,o, A..
ny over Paris. Here he dropped sev.
erai bombs. some with good afreo,
though others did not explods ua
carried two kinds of bombs ono =
round Shell about the size of a base.
paii ana weighing IL pounds, the 9th.
CT SNAPPED like a small artillery shell
and weighing Az pounds. These lat.
ter when they exploded. were novor
iui enough to tear up paved streets
ana wreck houses. Werner also
told OF dropping notes into Paris coli.
ing the French such hated names no
"cochon." Us
Inc flyers are the only men who
really are seeing this war. They have
the enemy's position under them and
can study 1t to their hearts content
only lucky shot can .dislodge them
and their chief danger is from the at.
lacking aviators. The German scouts
usually fly at height Of LOO yards
On dark days they fly at the edge Of
the clouds and slip in and out for OBJ
servation from this excellent screen
Accurate Aim at 1000 Yards.
extraordinary stories about zeppel
ms are to be heard In Germany. some
or which are almost incredible. One
account Is OF the method used by Zen
pelins in throwing bombs. A recent
invention, | am told, permits a Zen
pelin when there are clouds. 10 av
nigh and unseen from the ground and
to let down basket containing man.
who then, by telephone signals the
what position to take.
In cloudless times the bombs are
dropped from an apparatus hung di.
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 can do is terrific
Houses In the neighborhood OF the ex.
plosion collapse as though made OF
cards. and they can tear up streets for
a distance Of scores of yards.
ZeppeIIns to Attack Fleet.
am told that practically all Yep
pelins have retired from active assis.
lance In taking Notifications and are
centered around the North sea. whore
hey are to assist In an attack on the
British feet. The outcome OF such a
battle will be highly important, for II
Will determine whether dirigible can
measure up against warship. II It
can, the German fleet will not be badly
In the conflict about to
take place. for the British feet is In
sufficiently supplied with balloon guns,
as only few of these are In existence.
We hear, too, remarkable stories
about the number Of Zeppelins. At the
outbreak of the war there were TWEEN
ty-two on record. Today the report
Of their number varies from fifty-six
10 ninety. Material for Zeppelins is
said to have been stored at points
throughout the empire, where II could
be put together In a few days, and
his scheme has added Zeppelins to
he air feet at the rate OF two week.
This story is improbable, for the
German army does not possess a sufii
,ient number OF men trained In oper
iting dirigibles.
Differ on Bomb-Hurllng Ethics.
The German aeroplanes have done
excellent service. There are several
machines In operation, and
few have been shot
Town.
I know OF one young man, a son OF
me OF Germany's most prominent men,
Who flew to Paris early In the war. He
vas fired on repeatedly, and each time
gradually to a prearranged
iepot, whence, after the enemy be-
ieyed him TO have been killed, he cor
inued his trip.
When asked IL he had thrown bombs
IN Paris, he answered simply; mo, !
lon't carry bombs" This would lndi'
,ate that there may be difference OF
opinion In the army itself as to the
,thics OF bomb throwing
The astounding advance of the Ger
mans las been analysed by a military
Expert, who says that It is due to
our points; heavy artillery, ayiatcrs,
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