New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-25
allies Bring Down 80
and Foe Wings "a
Machines.
light 90 BATTLES
ALONG WEST FRONT
oman and Allied Air
Souadrons Active Under
royer of Bad Weather.

.s,, Sept 24.-Aerial eombats
lids have become in the last few
almost the paramount feature of
: I. .,.., battle on the Somme.
e.'s,v was q day OF almost unparal-
activity on the part Of the air
s-o-s OF both sides. French
-. alone engaged IN ffty-slx
-. above the shell-scarred plains
''',s. .ss,~fv. and sixteen German and
Allied machines were brought 20
~ -,.,,ssv's activities even surpassed
!. n the day before. French tiers
-.-oved or brought down TWENTY-FIVE
.,..,,ss a. different points along the
:. s-or- rcntirg twenty-nine aerial
- on the Somme front alone.
-, -. sirmen shot down I'VE enemy
'' 1.rsr sviators accounted for the
- .rertv-four Allied planes, all
=. four Of which fell along the
~. - Countless raids were carried
BY both sides.
All Machines Active.
o.. As last few days hardly a single
..os In the service OF the German
=. Allied armies has remained on
- Because bad weather condl-
have forced the temporary
..-s,rment ot all except small-scaie
lions on the Somme the French
\ p...ish have been making use OF
az seuadrons for purposes o.
'.--oisqn-s and 20 hamper move
~. M the enemy. The German
...,-ss have taken the air principally
..,rs,t such moves and 20 drive the
~ 'plsnes of. So Tar ooth the
5...,b and British airmen have proveG
IN. -, .rnsr;ori-v over the enemy, both
,5,sining information and IN actual
-,,5ay's French report concerning
IA operations says;
.Yss-erday enemy alrmen having
+.r, unusual activity, our pursG &
.-,Sr,re successfully engaged them
..-isi combat. on a great part
d 80 front our pilots gained consld-
,,b', success and i1disputably mad
- upper hand Of the enemy.
IN inc Sommc front there were
-.-,v.nine engagements. rour
,.-v planes acre brought down
=. tsf In the NauX woods. Two
,.,..ss nv Sub-Lieute1snt Guynemer
...ser6ed in flames after some min
-,s Of sighting. making Guynemer
.-,nteen.b and eighteenth aeropisnes.
1 s,r--h machine crashed 20 the earth
- III N7serev. Three other Ger
-s- machines were seriously NIT and
IN vrecked near Estrees and m the
s.on Of Peronne.
-Four enemy aerop.snes we're COM
-led 70 descend IN their own lines.
. is confirmed that one German ma
me reported seriously hit Septem-
v % vas brought down between
srey and Nillers-CarbonneL
sss,xeen Chsulnes and Havre SIX
Gsr-l-s were brought down. one
hl bcrring near Chsulnes during an
~srs-ent between four French and
n srsnv machines. A second fell
q I.colrt. a third AZ Parviliers and
3 ''ur-h south Of Narchelpot. A nfth
a.; sixth we're brought down BY the
are PILOT in an engagement between
Freach squadron and six Germans.
rev feI IN the region Il Andecny,
~ il our l,nes.
A Fosksr fell flaming near our
!. north OF ChalOno. Another was
rn-sr,ly seriousl? damaged.
n the Terdun region machine
- winged q German al close quar-
u. The machine descended on
,,r-s Gil. 4 Fokker Owed vertl-
a-y no our lines east Of -. Mihlel:
u Lorraine d French pilot pursued
. German for a distance OF
rs.7s miles INTO the German line.
I'd the pa senger and compelled the
-,trs 70 descend. Another enemy
sss-ded 10 the forest Of Gamecy. In