The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
Farn,an type Of biplane much used by the French.
The Observer Sees Specks in the Sky,
Then the Alarm, the Hurried Ascent
and the Thrilling Clash Aloft

then nearness. IN ;iie.r grace and ape
parent surcnes.; tIcy seem like great
BIRDS o: prey about 10 swoop down
upon some !mafiro,y object out 10 the
field. .
A. s!owiy a. they land they line up
aga.u "a iiOrt o. TIC sheds. it secpis
an age before :hc uicl se; out of their
seats. climb lo"n through the rigging
ana sp".nr onto az ground iiut they
nurr j~stst:.. for jhe' are q anxious
- hn B" =: IA, Of ;i..r ..r,iber has
Salon.
~ They .ar.ns ru' li,'y ,"u over 10
a place nlc!r duets ere gathered.
The. torhc OYER viii The same ques-
ton On t,.,i. ..pa. naro 20 recognize IN
Their giea. -. the Air.
They are aafe-rv,rrhodv. as the
>st few conn M II little ;heer goes
around. two oy three talk in louder
pitch and that is all. TN Germans
have lost two machines ana they are
peasci witt the days work To them
i, is an incident of routine.
Meanwhile the location of the two
~aoroplanes has been ascertained.
already " motor vans have left the
@ruunds ,r their way tn the places to
take core Of what remains of the
wrcckage. inside IT each is q pine box.
over in the woods soldiers stand
around "A heap of bent and frail look
ing things. Il i~ ii heap uf slender rods,
: splintered woodwork. patches Of RAM.
vas and some bent and battered tin.
The engine has sunk into the ground.
II is difficult to magazine that this WAC
of the graceful objects floating
around in the air a short time ago.
An odor of Gasolene and something
''-ice lriballe permeatcs ~cvery.Li~
The soldiers say little and loon a; 20
mass soiemnly. Practically splattered
V the crouni were the two aiir-sn.
They have been gathered up and now
they lie side 10y side near the machine.
they We're officers and young fellows.
n = difficult To think of them e. '.,-
iuGs that several minutes ago lived in
the thrill of fighting.
They Will come presently ana take
them away The French viii bury
them with military honors.
There is less left of the other plane.
L. il some miles away in Il field. It
is hut "a ~hlackencd mass, there is lit
! de evidence Of the men that WEI. in il.
and above III" sCatterings rise s.ende..
columns of foul smelling smoke.
Meanwhile at the grounds mech
hniCians and urderl.cs have pushed
the hulky machines Jack TO their
places IN the sheds. closed the doors
amt the place is again quiet and app
IdTent.y l%ifcl"ss. Inside the machines
dic beina carefully gonc over ana de-
iects repaired. 1t l. seen that the
bomb holders under each plane still
are fun and the boxes containing the
steel darts,
come of the airmcn go of to their
quarters in groups. Others take tho
road to the Town Il short distance
away. Gucrau is II of them. and
with him il Berg,r, the man who
brought down the second Of the two
planes, Tbs makes his tifth %acroplane
since his service al tl' ground began.
lie has been decorated twice and cited
repeatedly for acts of daring in the
air.
The two stroll alons through tho
gathering dusl. If the evening on
their way to u l.ttie cake shop and
cafe IN town. II is still to- greater
part of an hour before dinner.
Berger knows lac Will he cited again
for the event just past, II viii mean
another token probably on his war
cross ribbon ana possibly a promotion.
They walk alonG in silence.
While flying back 10 the ground
TIerEer also caught IA glimpse Of the
twisted and manslcd thing through
tn little window in the bottom of his
car back in the wood.