The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-10

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Correspondence of The Associated
Press.) )--One Of the promising litera-
teurs of Germany. who is now an
army aviator. sends home some vivid
notes of life on the aerial fronts.
l. He writes:
1.-THE weater has been abonmina-
ble,, one series OF changes from rain
to snow and fogs and high winds
which keep some OF us almost con-
tinually seasick. Notwithstanding. VIC
keep up our flying industriously.
"a few days ago had an encoun-
Ter with French aeroplanists which
of the many had Is the one which
am least likely to forget. Two OF
the French machines were "shot'
down, and q third we forced TO land.
Though the French ayiators have
the highest respect for our enu-air-
craft pieces, they have recently an
Inoyed US more than we though NJ
cessary. We decided to organize 2
sort OF aerial outpost service the pur-
pose OF which It was to inform us OF
| the coming OF the French 'steel-birds.
zone day we were told that q
o squadron OF FIVE machines was COM
ing from the direction Of A--(p5s
lsibly Arras. There wss rush for
our machines, soon the motors spes'
lled than hnmmen. and within nne-
half minute of one another the. craft
igot under way.
with the intention OF teaching the
lienemy q lesson we started for alti-
ltude. Everybody was armed to tbs
teeth, and In addition to our bombs
we carried rapid fire guns on sever
Ial Of the machines. FH
| "Reaching the vicinity Of Ave
noticed that the French flyers had
begun to cruise about Doubls and
lsingle-deckers here and there study
ing the ground underneath.
| Eve were keeping in single file
and for this reason the French must
have formed an erroneous conclusion
as to our strength. At any rate they
soon saw US, and with a few minutes
lmanoeuyred for an attack on the
first Of our machines q Taube.
| "But its. pilot made graceful
curve downward, then shot upward
again. keeping up the while q fire
which must nave put tho propeller oi
one OF the French machines ont OF
coDmision. or a sudden the pro;
IpelleI of one Of the French. machines
the machine In question took q head
llong dive downward. but righted
again rs 1t Iieared the ground. y
/ Meanwhile we had deployeti in
battle formation. and ncw began a
battle OF one machine against the
other. The French made every .eifort
10 lombard us from above. Higher
and higher scared the opposing ma.
chines. trying Tor ever to pass over
the other. but succeeding ip little
more than keepslg more or less on
the same isyei. "a !. z. ..:5; s IS
The wind being rether high an6
ttFeacherdus sailing was none scc
easy. Tfs macnines pitched and
fswerved. buoked, vio.satiy as they HI
q wtnd-ways, and fell from under us
las htey struck an eir-hole. TO ths
humnning and sputtering or the mot
prs was added the noise or iireAffns
Our motor made suck racket thai
1--WE could hear the rifles and machine
ieurs OF our men and those of tht
snsiniy only as We passed tsezs Gloss,
". = 6 :. ~ -. :; sSS 3,
WA keeping up q heavy Are upon t.1s
tof the Frensh craft, the rnttlp os shs
nnchinetgrn ksepiHs time with shs
motor exhaxst OF 3 sudesll q man
fell from the r.reach plane, Ah0efine
towards earth like an arrow, f6li6wcl
| ifisrectiy aseeFWassls by the machine
with that the second of.sthe enemy
teraft had been disposed 81.
1T now got to bs the turn oe ON
machine. With q violent 5osk Il ihid