New Britain herald., 1915-08-31
5 GERMAN FLYING
 MACHINES WRECKED
By French Airmen During First Year Of -Dirigibles Omitted

Paris, July 2S.-Durnig the first year of war, so far as accounts have been rendered to the public, thirty live German flying machines, not in cluding dirigible balloons, were brought to earth and destroyed by French airmen. The day he was obliged to alight behind the Ger man lines and was taken prisoner, Roland Garros, the well known civilian-aviator, held the record with three machines to his credit. He has since been surpassed by Lieutenant E- G. 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.
 Work of Single Air1nan.
 What single airman is able to ac- complish against land forces is in- dicated by the case of Adjutant V-, reported by Jacques Mortane, sport ing writed and a volunteer in the aviation corps, as having in a single day dropped twelve 1-2 inch shells and 5000 steel darts upon batteries of mortars that he destroyed at Nor roy, eight shells and 4,000 darts on the general headquarters at Thiau- court, four shells and 2,0OO darts on Pagn -sur-Moselle, four shells and 2,000 darts at Flames and four shells and 2,000 darts at Chambly-a total of thirty-two shells and 1S.OOO darts.
 It is generally impossible for the airman to know exactly what damage he has done, except in the case where bombs cause confagrations. In vari- ous ways, however, details of the re- suits of some bombardments have be- come known. At the headquarters of the German Crown Prince at Rivigny, l October 22, fifteen men were killed and thirty-six horses and twenty-two men wounded. The men were most ly officers. At the general headquar- ters of Emperor William, November 1, two of the emperor's aides-de-camp were killed. In the destruction of a train at Zeebrugge, Decem- Der IF, forty soldiers were killed and 100 wounded. At the headquarters of the prince of Wurtumberg, Gen. eral Garnereich and two lieutenant airmen killed forty-four soldiers and
 
 drome at Gontrade.
 Over 100 Air Attacks.
 Official details have been given of 1 over 100 air attacks upon German 1 camps, aerodromes, railway com etc., but they are only l a part of what the attacking flying 1 corps has done; it often happens that 1 the raider does not come back to rem ]! nj E r, airmen have been brought down it is impossible to state: the French give { put no figures of their losses. A num- per of accidents are known, however, 1 md among them some that give a vivid impression of the dangers run oy the bombarding section of the fly ng corps. Captain D. was about O take the air for a raid, and the machine gun man with him was pre- oaring a shell at 1900 meters high, when he awkwardly let it fall upon he frame. The shock exploded the ,rojectile and blew the apparatus and nen to pieces.
 A similar accident occurred to the English aviator, Captain C.. While he was taking aboard his SUD- ply of ammunition a bomb fell to he ground, exploded, destroyed the machine, the pilot and twelve ma ,hinists who were standing by.
 Falls to His Death.
 M P-, caught in the clouds on a severely cold day, came out at l height of 1,2O0 yards, so benumbed hat he lost control of his machine and fell to his death.
 Lieuteiant NJ was recOnnOlter- ing with an observer whose scarf be- in caught in the propeller, precipitating the machine to the ground FOR DIRECT