The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29

pistol. The three cavalrylnen fell. Inc
lieutenant received bullet through the
arm, but not before he had been abe
to discharge his revolver at a distance
of few inches against the chest of his
adversary, who sank to the ground.
Hit With Musket
THE German who was in the auton1o-
bile with this officer succeeded in land
ing on the French lieutenant heavily
with the butt end of musket and the
blow sent him skipping into the gutter
of the roadway. Here he lay semicon-
scious for a few moments, but recovering
himself, and with the assistance of an
other wounded man the lieutenant sue
ceeded in dragging himself to the shelter
of field of beets.
"Our losses were numerous. In the
three platoons engaged only 10 men came
out of this engagement unseathed. ihey
hid in village and for three days lived
within the German lines Their deliver
ance came only on September 10, when
division of French infantry, victorious
over the enemy. marched into the town.
Another recital, this time OF an aerial
engagement, also was given out oiiiciaiis
this afternoon. 1t follows:
Aerial Engagement
Toward half past six of the morning
of November Is, sergeant oil one OF our
air squadrons, having on board MS aero
plane a lieutenant observer, was return
ing from reconnaissance along the front.
He was about over the French iines Wn"a
he perceived a German flying machine
gcing in the direction of Amiens. lie
at once started in pursuit of the enemy,
but the speed of his machine was slightly
inferior to that of the German. In front
of Amiens the German executed series
of evolutions to make possible the throw
ing of bombs, some on the aviation field
and some on the village OF Cailly. These
evol1tions made it possible for the French
machine to come up. The lieutenant
opened fire on the German and discharged
about 100 bullets from his machine gun.
This fire damaged slightly the German
machine, but struck neither the pilot nor
any vital part of the mechanism. Never
theless this machine descended to the
ground.
1.-THE French sergeant then approached
another German aeroplane. this one of the
Albatross type. flying over Cailly and
prepared to attack it. The pilot of the
Albatross, in sldllful and desperate ma
neuver, made rapid half turn and pre-
cipitated his machine at full speed on the
French aeroplane. The French sergeant,
to avoid collision. threw his machine
back to such an s'e that the rapid fire
gun was detached ffoa Rs fastenings and
fell down inside tns F ov the time
the Frenchmar BAD iee9r sied his equi-
librium the German asachine had had
time to get say
AT about aH acther French
aviation ser III haze Just landed on
the aviatiof ieid ~. Aniefs perceived the
machine - ssslnS Is <sse air over tn,
city. Az soAp4n,ei ~ 4 mechanician hs
took tb aif again and lifting to a con-
siderate htieht. TART in pursuit of tn,
Germ maelsnc Which had eluded tn,
Frep nan ne seond French machine
cam lia tefHf tbis serman just as he wa.
ge' ing ava from Amlens ana was sue
o.stiai Ia preventing him from gettins
within sho German lines. He followed
as r as he region of Montdidier
ST n4~eagn;cian in this car fired ten rifle
eE6f 81 Nc German machine without
Fs, Ing u Meantime the German had
mes - f*teas and the French machine hat
r@eeYef = rec bullets, one of which hat
ere n Ugh the gasoline tank and an