Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-10-01

and descended beside his army. The
Bristol and the Bleriot retired hastily.
The battle had covered seventy-fve
miles.
On descending Werner found his
plane riddled with bullets. but he
patched up the punctnres and later
Witnessed the battle OF lie Catean over
the position that he had discovered.
Here again the English, after plucky
resistance, were driven back. The
Germans attacked with two Banking
movements and a storming advance
against the middle of the English DO.
sition, and through main strength and
the extraordinary spirit OF the attack,
forced the enemy back. The army OF
100000 had In q few days been re-.
duced to 10000.
Drops Bombs on Paris,
Later on Werner was instructed to
fly over Paris. Here he dropped sevt
eral bombs, some with good effsct.
though others did not explode. He
carried two kinds of bombs, one d
round shell about the size OF q base.
ball and weighing IL pounds, the cth-
err shaped like small artillery she'll
and weighing AZ pounds. These lat
ter, when they exploded. were power.
fui enough to tear up paved streets
and wreck houses. Werner also
told OF dropping notes into Paris, call.
ing the French such hated aames as
"coehon."
The 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 a lucky shot can dislodga them,
and their chief danger is from the at
lacking aviators. The German scouts
usually fly at q height OF 100 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.
ins are to be heard In Germany, some
of which are almost incredible. One
account Is OF the method used by Eep-
pelins In throwing bombs, A recent
invention, am told. permits q zep-
pelin, when there are clouds. to fly
high and unseen from the ground and
to let down basket containing man,
who then, by telephone. signals the
airship 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 il determined,
the fingers open and the bomb falls
These bombs are said to be twelva
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 fof
distance Of scores OF yards.
zeppellns TO Attack Fleet.
] am told that practically all Zer
pelins have retired from active assis
lance in taking Notifications and ars
centered around the North sea, where
they are to assist in an attack on the
British fleet. The outcome of such a
battle will be highly important. for Il
viii determine whether dirigible can
measure up against a warship. II II
can, the German feet will not be badly
outnumbered In the conflict about 60
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
to ninety. Material for Zeppelins 10
said to have been stored at points
throughout the empire. where IL could
be put together In a few days. and
this scheme has added Zeppelins to
the air fleet at the rate of two week.
This story 10 improbable. for the
German army does not possess suffi.
Client number of men trained in oper.
ating dirigibles.
Differ on Bomb-t4urIIna Ethics.
The German aeroplanes have done
CASCAACAL gEtStIG* AE2C &AS 1GFCE1 al
hundred machines in operation. and
comparatively few have been shot
down.
/ know Of one young man, son of
one Of Germany's most prominent men,
who few to Paris early in the war. He
was fired on repeatedly. and each time
descended gradually to a prearranged
depot, whence. after the enemy be-
lieved him to have been killed, he con-
tinued his trip. ...
When asked II he had thrown bombs
on Paris. he answered simply: "No, I
don't carry bombs" This would indi-
cate that there may be difference of
opinion In the army itself as TO the
ethics OF bomb throwing.
The astounding advance Of the Ger
mans has been analysed by military
expert, who says that 1t Is due 10
four points; heavy artillery, avfators,
field kitchens and pedestrian feats of
large troop groups. The first two
points are now generally recognized
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waiting for the word of command.
Suddenly the fog lifted and revealed
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