The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-10-01
BY RAYMOND e. SWING.

,f the hundreds of German aero
lauts, who has the distinction of be-
ng one of the first Germans to fly
,ver Paris and to fight remarkable
aattle in the air with two of the
snemy's aeroplanes. He was a pas
senger for a short distance in the
special car put at the disposal of cor
respondents on their way to Liege and
:old US a graphic story of his expert
Mces
Werners first assignment was to
ind the English army near Mons.
The army was about 100000 strong
and was retiring before German
'orce of double its strength.
Where Were French Aviators?
Here, at the start, one wonders how
he French could have allowed their
strength Of the opposing forces.
Where were the French aviators?
know of a man who had been over
he field and who told the war Office
n France that at least 100000 Ger
mans were in the flanking army ad-
| old: Impossible, There is only
,avalry."
The French we're completely out
Hitted by this flank movement. The
lower Of their army was at the AL
SAGE frontier. Their mistake will cost
hem Paris.
At Mons the English forces took
| lp strong position. filling houses at
The edge of the city with troops and
machine guns and covering the road
of the advancing German troops.
When the enemy approached they d.
-ected . terrific fire upon them and
could be dislodged only at heavy cost.
they then retired to position be-
hind great mountains Of Stag behind
| he city, where the Germans we're
| Unable to dislodge them with howitzer
Are
Flyer Watches the Battle.
| Again, they could be driven back
only by Ranking movements from both
sides. This time our flyer, who
watched this battle. told us the Eng
lish retired hastily along the road in
the direction Of lie Cateau.
1.-The English have reached their
new position successfully" said a
London report in Its account of this
retreat. And out of breath" added
correspondent on reading the dis
patch.
The fighting at Mons was furious
and the Germans were enraged by the
British method of fighting, which
throughout at Mons was done under
cover. Never had German soldiers
fought with such frenzy as against
this foe.
Attacked by Two Airships.
When the enemy retired Airman
Werner was assigned to the duty Of
following and discovering their new
position. He found the army near lie
Cateau. where. at the edge Of wood.
he saw them taking up strong po-
sition in semi-circle before the for
est While watching these operations
from height of LOO yards Werner
suddenly saw dOuble-decker Bristol
aeroplane coming down on him from
the clouds. The Bristol is a faster
but a less sure machine than the
Taube which Werner was plotting.
There was no safety in running away;
the Bristol could overtake him He
could not alight. as the English we're
underneath. There was nothing to
do but to face the worst and to fly
gradually lower and lower In the di-
rection Of the German army. AS the
Bristol came nearer Werner espied a
second aeroplane. little Bleriot, an
other swift f1ier, also bearing down on
him
| Revolver Battle In Air.
The Bristol drew closer and closer
flying down upon Werner In large
circles, gradually getting within
range With one hand on the wheel
the German officer drew out his re-
volver and emptied his magazine at
the approaching foe. But the Bristol
continued coming always nearer.
When they get over me they will
irop bomb thought Werner. and
felt most uncomfortable. His OBJ
server reloaded Werner's revolver and
JUN htpL tH ming. nut tHe bTlSlul
| Kept always coming closer in it's cir
| lies. firing constantly on the German
| nonoplane. The Blerot had come
.lose enough to fire also and bullets
| ounctured the wings OF the German
| machine at intervals of seconds only.
There was no sound reaching the
Germans except that OF their own mo-
tors. They only knew the English
md French pilots were shooting from
he vivid flashes from their revolyers
But no bombs fell: It was evident that
the English and French were not
carrying them.
Escaped to the German Army.
Firing continued as Werner de-
.cended gradually, reducing his eleva-
ion from LOO yards to $50, always
coming closer to the German army
Every moment he faced the risk of
being wounded or Of bullet striking
lis steering apparatus.