Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-26
IRON NERVE IS
SHOWN BY AIRMEN
IN DEADLY DUELS
Battles Between AyiatOrS Fur
niSh Most Spectacular and
Dramatic Incidents of the
Entire War;

Berlin. JULY u.s. With the few rsra
cases Of duels between airships ana
submarines as the only exceptions ar
battles between flying machines have
furnished the supremacy spectacular
and dramatic features Of the present
war They have been hy no means
which perhaps increases
the spectacular feature-and thew
have invariably demanded Of the uar-
Elephants 4 degree of iron nerve than
the average men can hardly conceive
Of
such an air battle took place rs.
Gently on the west front Two French
and one Enslish aerOplanes We're pit
ted against one German FLYING ma
chine. The Frenchmen soon withdrew
leaving the German and the English
man to match their skill and nerve
against each other The fortunes 81
var were gajnst the Enelishman. ana
he was killed but not before be had
gwen an exhibition of nerve that
compelled the admiration of the Ger
mans who witnessed the battle
Thrilling Contest.
HOW thrilling the contest was NAV
be Judged from the following account
written by a Berlin officer:
very naturally. a strong attraction for
our opponents, the French and the
English. We have TO be constantly
on our guard, and the sentries dare
not take "a moments rest lest they
fan to give us warning of the ap-
proach of the enemy at the earliest
possible moment
Recently the building has been
visited repeatedly hy the French Who
have tried To hit ii with bombs Thus
far they have had no luck in Thar
direction, and our artillery has been
able ia one week "a bring down two
Frenchmen who relied too confident
IN on the speed OF their machines.
and who accordingly displayed an
altogether too great carelessness, one
might almost say imprudence.
yesterday afternoon three biz
nlanes were signalled, and at the sig
nal Lieutenant c. rose to meet
them and to prevent their coming II
possible. As a matter OF fact two Of
the biplanes. which got into the cross
fire Of our guns, turned and went
hack The third dyer however. who
was about 200 meters up. continued
onward and steered for his goal with
the utmost persistence.
Bombs Are Dropped.
about $50 yards in front Of tile
afrship building two bombs were
thrown. one OF which did not eX-
plode at an and the other Went off
barmlessly. In the meantime our flyer.
who had first satisfied himself that
the other two biplanes had left
turned toward the third enemy and
steered toward him as fast as he
could
"Om biplane. it could be plainly
seen. was not MS fast as the other
which later proved to be English
but the aviator attempted, neverthe-
less. to get into the same altitude.
AT first the maneuver was not clear
to us. then we realized that i.leuten-
ant G-s tactics were right From
guns i'm the rear of the building the
Fnglishman received a couple of
shrapnels that burst intentionally
near to him.
Nevertheless he made short
curve and steered toward the build
ing again He was again taken under
heavy fire and one shrapnel struck
his machine The Enghshman, how
ever. wanted to do what he had come
for and so in spite OF the quiek-ti firing
Guns dropped from 900 to 400 yards
lower So as to be able to ann the
better.
EugIishman Is Killed.
"This vancouver was his undoing.
Lieutenant c. who now was at
least 500 meters higher up, decided
ia overcome tho inequality in speed
in he two machines by dangerous
IN steep ''plaine" and shot down to
point about SO meters above the
Enelishman The observer i'm our ma
chine at once began TO fire upon the
enemy
"Thc English aeroplane reared
suddenly. topped over to the right
and then fel sharply AS we found
later. the propeller had been torn
away by several bullets and the sidt
steerer was badly damaged when
about 200 yards above the ground
the machine turned twice over and
plunged to the ground As it struck
the henzine tank exploded and we.
hurrying up from all sides, found
nothing but remnants. The two oc-