The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-23

Describing his experiences in the Ber-
liner Topeblutt, a German aeroplane Scout
tells Of the thrills and the dangers whic"
attended his thrilling dash over PARIS
He was attacked IN the air by French
aeroplanists and his machine was finally
wrecked whii9 passing over battery.
lie landed with the wreckage of his ma
chine In some woods, where he was res
cued by German outposts. His account
of the fight reads as follows:
"BrvouAc IN Onto sept. 10.
God be thanked After verltable
Odyssey I am at last Joined again this
noon to my division. To be sure, my
wanderings were not much to be won
dered at. for. during my absence my
troop had advanced about sixty-hve kilo-
meters I'm n southwesterly direction. All
the more joyfuliy. however. was l greeted
on all sides. for 1 had already been
given UP after an absence OF more than
four days; and. indeed. I myself won
dered as 1 made my report to my com
mander, that Jack Death had so allowed
me to slip through his fingers.
Machine Is Bombardcd.
ION the morning OF September
had assembled from D with the COM
mission to report the positions or the
enemy at s. and = and 10 make
charts OF the opposing forces which
I observed. First Lieutenant K went
with me as a guest on the flight and my
brave biplane soon bore us Mt an au-
tude of about 500 meters above the hos
tie positions, which were repeatedly
sketched and photographed from alott.
As we had expected, we were soon the
- hon, Iur dr
several times felt trembling of the
machine already we'll known to me,
sign that shot had struck one OF the
wings. After n three hours Night we
were able 20 give our report at the once
OF the General staff of the --- army
at Nj and earned for II the warmest
praise and half OF a broiled chicken ana
an excellent Havana,
As was making my 'Kiste' ready Tor
flight again In the afternoon with the
help OF several drivers Of the General
Staff auto-that IL 10 say, renlling the
benzine tank and carefully patching with
linen the places where snots had pierced
Il counted four Of them. one In the body
and three in the Wings Bavarian off,
Ger of the General stan informed me
that he had been glad to observe the
retreat OF the English along the great
military road toward NJ I prepared
the machine at once. and assembled at
Major O., the aforementioned General
staff officer Following the road II was
| ut once obvious that the retreat OF the
English was a dlsorderly one, absolutely
without plan. that Il had apparently &C.
CURED 70 the troops TO reach the fortified
positions at Paris as soon as possible
| and there to make their stand.
Arriving at Paris.
AT Paris, My flying companion
| shouted something into my face. Al
though the noise Of tho motor drowned
| Il out I believed that | nevertheless
understood what he meant. ! glanced AT
| the benzlne indicator. | had sufhcient
| fuel Then held a direct course to the
! south. and aft r a period of about half
an hour we saw ahead OF us in the gray
| dIstancc--far, far below, the gray Inn
/ measurable sea Of stone that was the
] chief city Of France At speed OF 100
: kilometers an hour we rushed toward H.
II became clearer and palmer, Tho chain
If forts. st. Denis. Montmartrc. stood
! out; from the haze there raised lts.lf
the fligree framework OF the Eiffel
Tower. And now-now We hover over the
/ mellow panorama Of Paris
Paris, The major pointed below with
/ his finger, then turned slowly to me-
raised himself from his seat. and
| yodelled at the top of his voice | saw
/ IT, although tho motor. which sang its
! song necessarily, overwhelmed the sound
/ and |? ! went absolutely out OF my
! little head with Joy, and cut the maddest
| capers and caracoles in the air with my
| trusty biplaue. There lay the white
| church OF Sacre Cpur. there the Care
du Nord. from which the French thought
| to leave for across the Rhine; there
| Notre Dame. there the old 'Boul Mich,
! the boulevard st. Michel I'm the Latin
! Quarter where l bohemianized 80 long
I as an art student. and over which I
now few ns a cououeror. Cnprotocted
! beneath me lay the heart of the enemy.
/ the proud glittering Babel of the seine
/ The thought Of everything hateful. al
ways attached to the great city. was
! OF power alone remained. And doubly
| auerors In great circle ! swept over
/ the sea OF houses. In the streets raised
| itself murmuring OF the people, whom
| tho bold German bird astonshed. who
| cannot understand how the Germans are
/ turning the French discovery to their
own service more cleverly and advan-
/ tageously than the French themselves.
French Monoplane Attacks.
For nearly an hour we had been
! nylng In swoops and had been shot at
va,nly from here and there below us,
when there approached In extremely
{ rapid fight from the direction of Juvisy
/ a French monoplane Since II was much
/ faster than my biplane, I must turn and
seek TO escape, while the major made
! ready my rife and reached for hIs 20