The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-15
DARING y.EDs
Performed III
KNIGHTS Or Air
fsats Of 2rftiss. sViators IN
son1nre Campaign Related
by Correspondent
flying Aer, 7insea BY Waite Pun
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c-sdiy sfrs g'ror Toe-Asny
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ar,nr.Iant ,e.tf. he British armies in
tise fiesd spfsds 80 .E1e Daily Chronicle
an interesting 3lTIe!s' dsstItEg Wit. ne
SrfsfsF, g,pDr@+1gsa"E II, lie .Iir anf lts
vftai FasatEos. go 40" Operations d J!1t'
,snrnsnt IA, Hr:tes:
"r-sii trough Inc hatsi., Of Pi"ssT'y
fa,st ~ ~ Iia%. sept 4ianc.ag up INTO
the ny aer6ss; the sa.1t,g's iinns from
day 10 dsyy dE!ds ieckjns7 for i Fr7Iss3an
ae1s3rltlgtts II IN D rarp birti.
Vow aud sgaiH when n,F living s,eft
ore not 6ut beeais.s ne Clouds are y
ing sow and II Isl 4 'duf Day as fs.es
eau it, q hostile tnschi;te stla3ss'
ffiro,lgia the mist aDd drops fess
bombs and snes fisIi spetui back 3gst.n !
and more ofs.ssi.. BOT not very often a
aiaIt - P-1stsiaYss Will cass3e il, 4 gang
through a etesas skg and atfack one. OF
more. - onr scouts if risey can BE- sure
81 having aGF die odds IN their favor
Hehird ri,ssg oRrs Hraes cifav are ntnre
Bold G1rfd tftare in, aotlling wrong VITA
their courage az indivi6utt3 8a;1te+s},.
and fte IN rasf. IN The cressrSods CT
fl4e air ike aaodern Back Knights
fgfflt the IRON Gross az t1,nig' hsdGct
70 fafe4d f1teif territory from all !r..
. ty.I,d<s-~-p pot however, win any ggeat
s,Irnass- to provide exciting rDn,-
bafs FOR our own kaigtlts crtanf. ESt
across our lines gAeg venture rarely,
"DlIrfng fhs, ffrst weets Of rIle Dast!e
which bng1F, on July T.. tiaa hGs sie aaa-'
chfnns we're invisible aud get duriog
All Fl.is fine ~ fighting We caaunt 20
10, IN, gil. E3Yfea without seeire o,lf own
aeroplanes aylHg above fhe shelf Gre
IN prnesiaB territory.
Tanasd ~ WaiSe rDff Clouds.
The .c4fchiesF are firing az fAenr
riaGng f}astf round VITA white puH
! clouds, which burse very close. 80 close
that one holds ones breath or speaks
A WflispeT~-t'They'va got hin5 Unfit a
seronf later oae caH see the acceptance
skla3rafag onward steadily and qiIste
careless ~ these explosions which fol-
low On fhe trail ~ hss wiags. Eetofp
gliesn flying hsen of ours shells are
crashing and smoke in vomiting ny,
and Villages are burning, and there -
a1f the ft1raHft ef battle. but they circle
round 8s aIonF as she wfhged gods
Themselves, IL seems. from all this
earthly sfFife--yet not aFHnf. because
they help to direct Gfle thanGsFfoses,
ma s1rse Of the Old gods did.
80 far from arowfing Oh our side Of
rhe lines, these pilots and observers
make daily habit Of going for far
Journeys into the erefny's zohe. often
40 far as YapaHfae.. which ~ d0zeI,
radies beyond our own trenches, and to
u1sees Ike Marffnpuicts and Couree.
Iette and Fless. 4 few days ago they
set Mastfnpuieh on FIRE, and II was stu
burning when they few over tt again
next day.
"Cn Jnfy % fDus Of our aeropsanes
paif surprise cali On Mons, the scene
N our earliest fighting fw6 years ago
md reminded the eHerny 1T our con.
ternptible little army 1T those days By
flying low and dropping bombs On ffse
rolling stock in the railway station and
ttpcn sheds faIi Gf munitions. They
were lefsusiy In their circIlags, and
stayed until fses had exploded at fou,
different points and much ammunition
had been blown ny. They they came
home To dinner.
"Every dsy and sfl day long they arr
ont ana &bOtt, arross tho rrusslar
lines, observing TOR our artillery and
directing me hrs of our gsss upon tn
sne10y's batteries aud other target,
which thsy have seen boou with tfssil