Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-29
FIGHTING IN THE AIR.
Birdmen Are Doing Much Re-
markable Work.
DARING IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED.
Principal Business Discover Location OF the Enemy and
Drop Explosives from Above-Not so Many DrgbleS as
Repored and Some Have Been Destroyed.

Due to the Press Bureau, writes Z.
E. Grey, a London correspondent OF
the New York World, one gets little
official news of what is happening to
the air craft in this war. However, L
have had some interesting details
from friends in Paris and elsewhere
Among other things, l hear that
four flights" of French aeroplanes'
twenty-four in all, have been told on
to patrol the country around Paris as
a protection against German air craft
The machines are all Henry Farmans
and Bleriots and are armed with ma
chine guns. One of the Bleriot esca-
drilles is under the command OF capt.
Oswald Watt, an Australian pilot VINO
ioined the air service at the oesln-
ming of the war, and with him Is
Louis Noel. NJ. Varrier, another we'll
known Hendon pilot, and M. CheVil-
lard the famous biplane looper, who
has so often thrilled audiences at
Hendon. are in one of the Henry Far
man escadrilles.
British Aviators Determined.
NV correspondent has met several
of the British aviators who have been
at Paris, and he tells me that they
are full of dash and determination.
One of them described flying on active
service as a "gentleman's job COM
pared with sitting in the trenches to
be shot at"
80 f1.n a.
trolls is shown by the fact that not
single German air craft of any KIND
has appeared over Paris since the
regular patrol was started.
Evidently the few visits that have
been made by German aviators to
Paris have had no serious effect, for
my correspondent says: 1T is out or
the question, anything else but our
final victory, in spite of the fact that
the silly dogs persevere to reach
Paris"
A French woman who recently ar
rived in London, says she heard that
several people were hit by falling bull
let's fired during the fight between
two French aeroplanes and one of the
German raiders, but the news is not
confirmed.
Hurled Explosive on Germans.
those Interested in flying may re-
call the name of NJ. GaraiX, who, ear
ly this year, set a number of worlds
records on a huge biplane designed
by NJ Paul Schmidt. NJ. GaraiX in
these flights carried on this machine
six or seven passengers to astounding
heights, and my French correspond
ent tells me that recently NJ. GaraiX
made two separate flights over the
German troops on this machine, car
rying 200 Kilograms (about $50 lbs)
weight of melinite and discharged it
on to the German troops.
This may account for a story pub
lished some days ago that one of our
cavalrymen saw a whole troop of
German cavalry wiped out by one
bomb dropped from French aero
plane But it would take something
out of the ordinary in the way of
bombs to achieve such a result.
NJ. Garaix started on a third trip
with his destructive load, but he new
er came back. 1t therefore seems
likely that ne was brought down eth
er by gun-gre or by falling engine,
and that he and his machine have
been blown to pieces by their own
load. There is, of course, the possi-
bility that he has only been forced to
land somewhere, and has been made
prisoner. so we may still hope for the
best.
A friend in Copenhagen writes to
me that a German paper has seen
contains an indignant letter from Herr
Helmuth Hirth, denying that he has
been shot as a spy, as was reported
As a matter of fact, Hirth, unless he
has since been killed in action, is fly
ing for the Germans. He is a fine pi-
lot a thorough sportsman and gen.
tleman, and he is doing his duty for
his country. just as our own men are
The story about him probably arose
from the fact that the Albatross COM
pany at JOhanniSthal, has sold num-