Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-08-11
WORK Of A|RSA|PS
IN PRESENT WAR
Accidents That Have Befallen Them,
Bringing Death to
Aviators.

Paris, Aug. 1i.-Correspondence oil
the Associated Press During The I.
first year. OF war. SO far as accounts /
have been rendered TO the public,
thirty-five German flying machines.
not including dirigible balloons, were
brought to earth and destroyed by
French airmen. The day he was
obliged to alieht behind the German
lines and was taken prisoner. Roland
Garros. the we'll known civilian avia-
tor. held the record with three ma
chimes to his credit. He has since
been surpassed by lieutenant z. c..
who has brought down four.
Garros used special armament
planned by himself with a machine
gun regulated TO fire across the axis
OF the propeller. In the first ten days
with this machine he brought down
his three victims.
What a single airman Is able to
accomplish against land forces Is In
dlcated by the case OF Adjutant ".
reported by Jacques Mortane. sport
ing writer and volunteer in the avia'
ton corps, as having in a single day
dropped twelve 3is.inch shells and
5000 steel darts upon batteries OF
mortars that he destroyed at Norroy
eight shells and 1000 darts on the
general headquarters at Thiaucourt,
four shells and 1000 darts at Cham
bly-a total OF thirty.two shells and
$4,000 darts.
II is generally impossible for the
airman to know exactly what damage
he has done. except In the case where
bombs cause CONGREGATIONS. In va
rious ways. however. details OF the
results Of some bombardments have
become known. At the headquarters
OF the German Crown Prince at RI.
vigny. October 90. fifteen men were
killed and thirty-six horses and twen'
ty.two men wounded. The men were
mostly officers. Al the general head
quarters Of Emperor William, Novem'
Der |. two OF the Emperor's aides de
camp were killed. In the destruction
OF a military train at Zeebrugge. De
cemher II. forty soldiers were killed
and 100 wounded. At the headauar'
tiers OF the Prince OF wurtemburg,
-, General Garnereich and two lieuten'
, ant generals we're killed. On May 81,
the airmen killed forty-four soldiers
and wounded thirty at the German
+, aerodrome at Gontrade.
/, Official details have been given oil
over 100 air attacks upon German
camps, aerodromes. railway communi
cations. etc, but they are only n part
OF what the attacking flying corps
has done: II often happens that the
o raider does not come back to render
account. How many French airmer
have been brought down II is impos
sible TO state. The French give GU
no figures of their losses. A numbel
OF accidents are known. however. an'
y among them some that give a vivi'
impression OF the dangers run by tn
bombarding section OF the flynn
A. CORPS. Captain d. was about TO taxi
- the air for a raid and the machine
m gun man with him was preparing
I shell at 1900 meters high. when n
Is awkwardly let II fall upon the frame
d The shock exploded the proiectile an
IT blew the apparatus and men to pieces
ID A similar accident occurred to tn
m English aviator. Captain G. Will
" he was taking aboard his supply Q
" ammunition. a bomb fell TO IN
ground. exploded. destroyed the mi
II chine. the pilot and twelve machinis'
Ell who we're standing by.
nj ". p. caught In the clouds on
D., severely cold day. came out at
height OF 1900 yards. so benumoe