The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20
80 PARIS PLIERS IN
MAD ZEPPELIN HUNT
Night Battle Fought Above
French Capital When
Raiders Came.
CITY FELT ITSELF SAFE
Special Correspondencc to Tug SrN


PARIS. Feb. 1T must he admitted
that Paris had grown to b.lieve that the
danger from Zeppelins had passed away.
Had the question Of whether the streets
should again be lighted been put to popu-
lar vote last week IL is a safe th!ng to
say that 'more light would have won.
.Agitators for normal lighting had made
most of the argument that obscurity had
caused more accidents than Zcppelins
had or were likely to do. Then came the
cruel awakening. houses smashed. FAM
lies Killed by u raid that did not last five
minutes inside the town.
AS soon as the results became known
the questions were asked why are we
aviation?' why were hot better means
adopted to give warming
The Zeppelin was signallcd a. ?:20
from Fert. Milon. some forty miles from
the city limits SO fireinen began giving
warning in the streets at 10 :05. the first
bomb fell AT 10 :07 ard many quarters
were not warned till after the Zeppelin
had left.
~ kiC tttNItlcti' So 49,
warning to tn. aviation corps at lie
Bourgct. on the outskirts OF Paris near
ST. Denis. and In a few minutes thirty
| ~acropianes arose In the night and di-
rected their Hight to the zone to which
they were allotted.
Airmen u Thrilling chase.
4 thick mist made tho aeroplanes'
| eurshltClfl aft l!ffls nSy in iuDl<lnH Tor
their Zoe. Nevertheless the five assigned
to the uuarter reached by the Zeppelin
, f'ying at diff, rent heights found II and
started In pursuit. Three were "aNions
d. chase taeroplanes built for pursuit)
and two 'avions canons" t~aeroplahes
carrying Two of the former
and one Of the latter were able TO get
within range.
The names OF the pilots are not al
lowed to be printed. as I'll. military au-
thor.tiss argue that chance chiefly en-
abled them TO find their foe. AS they hap
pened to belong to the sector where lie
came and that special mention would
be unfair TO their comrades.
\ Quartermast "r assigned to the high
est stratum OF the atmosphere was the
first 10 see the Zeppelin aud used ~ his
supply of incendtary cartridges ia at
tempts to drop one on II. Then he had
to descend.
An "a,ion canon got high enough to
open fire and It's pilot believes that orc
shot At least hit. but evidently did not
cause eriou damage. \ Second l.ieutcn-
ant caught sight Of the Zeppelin. moving
at it's top speed toward the west, evil
IDENTIFY trying TO niislead its pursuers. he
caught up with his huge enemy and trav-
.llcd along with IL. sometimes nifty yards
away. sometimes a hundred. sometimes
level with IL, sometimes below and some
tines above, wher, he could hardly dis
tinguish its form. lie was - witness OF
the uua~rt'Tuastcr's attempt TO set hrc 10
tn" monster. The Lieutenant pursued for
ifty-thre. minutes s. firing his mItrailleuse
and receiving that Of his foe. Then a
fa.lur. ~ his motor forced him to de-
sc.nd and he landcd in ia. dark q,
hazard.
Surprising TO relate. lac ,.'ious t'c.'
dent marked the landing OF any aviator
THO machines suffered damage and on'
turned over, slightly irjuring a Captain.
The MdtIn gives the photograph OF
tho second Lieutenant. but the nim. l.
censored out. Tn journal regrets that
It cannot give the name. which. II says
L. a historic name. and THE suns cor
respondent. had he not the highest re
spect for the censorship's orders. would
add that the name Is one that VIZ,
borne by the engineer who made thu
Suez Canal and long tried 10 build IN,
Panama ANAL
The cloud prevented other aero
planes from seeing the rockets let fal
by the more fortunate ones as "A sigma
to join 'hc pursuit. Nor. than 30'
shots were fired In all BY the aero
planes.
The height at which the Xcppelii
kept oil Saturday night In generally esti
mated al 10000 feet, but N" Journo
says 1, WAS even higher when In tn,
danger zone. although II had before
been thought that 10000 feet was
Ieppclin's limit. An acrOplanc noun
ing rises very slowly after 10000 feet
while "a Zeppelin by throwing hallas
over mounts with a bound loo feet il
IA few seconds.