The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-25
posty-eight Aeroplanes Brought
Down in Last "a Hours, Say
Official Reports
|CERMANS MATCH CLAIMS
OF FRENCH WAR OFFICE
headquarters of Belliserents
Each Assert Other Lost n
Aeros - Admissions Made
Keep Total Much Lower

11oAea. Sept. 34.-Forty-edght aero
Anss wers shot down on tho western
escnt during the past rwenty-fo0r
o1sA according to o(nstal reports
Gsem Paris and Berlin.
Aerial oombass wsss fought almost
1nat1ucusly during the daylight hours.
AbmDn On the entire front from the
hon Of HAvro to the Vosges were
bA0Agsd. In The 6omne region alone.
eo1e1Ang - the Paris report. twenty
49, A40elnoe engagements were fought.
oo0eeA claims ~ to result are contra
u1ogy. Paris aADerto that tho French
1oGo s1nd1nDutAhly had the upper
AAAa," while Berlin aays the combats
onsra1ly resulted iAvorAbly for U.s. -
3Ao French omoAal statement enum-
esatss twsnty-four German machines
oaeualtiss suffered by the French air
oorps. Berlin admits the loss Of but
~ machines. and says: I'VE shot
Down twsnty-four machines. of which
twsney fell on the eomms 'front.'
The French ofIioial statement says:
Upper Hand IndtSputahly.
Yesterday. enemy airmen having
ahown unusual activity, our pursuing
DQuadrons successfully engaged them
n aerial combats. On 4 great part
Of the front our pilots gained cons,d-
erabis succsss and indisputably had
the upper hand Of the enemy.
ION the Somms front there were
kwenty-nine engagements. Four enc
my planes were brought down. Ono
foll In the Vaux woodA Two attacked
nv Sub L4eutsnAnt Guynemer desoend.
~ In flames aftsr some minutes OF
48hunoy@as oagtng 0uynemer's sevon-
tssnth and eighteenth asroplanss 4
Fourth machine crashed to the earth
pouth OF Aissrsy.
Three other machines Of the Ger
mans ware seriously hit and fsli.
wrecked, near ENrees and in the
region Of Psronne.
-Four German machines were COM
pelled TO descend In our nnea-
TT 10 confirmed that one German
naaeh1nA, reported seriously hit Sep
eambor -, WaS brought down between
llissrsy and vilisrs-Carbonnet.
between ChAulnes and Havre six
0ssmaAs wsrs' brought down. One
I'll, burning. near Chaulnes during an
onOAOo0snt between four French and
mE German machines. A second fell
- DtoeuSt, . third q Pafvilleru, .
- ameA were brought down By the
= vsoQah squadron and six Germans
nnnno DlaO& IN IN engagement between
4Aa1 I'll IN The rsgAon Of Andschy.
80 u e9r ltDaA
Uqpnene 70 CompslleA.
\ xokksr fell in flames near our
11DoD north OF Chalons. Another was
|Apparently seriously damaged.
IN the vordun region machine guns
'W1nGed 3 German at close quarters
- nAchins descended ~ Poavre HILL
Mt
n1n1D east e d ArAasl.
IN LoGsaine Z French pllot bur
|Dno4 German fur q distance OF
|41afHA R1lAi tnko The German nnes.
kalaod . pAaDen0er end DOM pAllsA the
mnGh1no 70 descend.
SAAe4har German machine descsud-
~ = - forest Of 0Amecy.
= ~ voo0Ao two enemy machines
11No1 downward inso our Anss after
0U4131g eur plletA"
GMznAnD Tell AnoGher TAaa.
The 1srhn rscos< On tAs Same nghe
.sOa - suun western fsont sbsrs
- Considerable aerial activity and
Innn0gO0D A0g1Al cognbats occurred
Ne1l1 o0r Nnes and beyond The en-
{GmVdo 0ne4 al Of which resulted a.
Ivo1o11y tor ~ We shot down twenty
9oug machines. Of which twenty tall
- - oomms front Our losses were
|n1x ooeoplAnAs.
First Lieutenant Bosdsuks and
|IieutAnants winkens and Hoehsndorf
Especially d1stinguishsd themselves.
Late In the evening on Friday
homie dropped on Mannheim killed
lone person and caused considerable
1amAge. There have been reported
atfacks by fiiers on our lines. At Lille,
Iamong others. six civilians were killed
lard twelve houses damaged. On Fri
day night one OF our airships attacked
IthA Arfti1h military enta hltah ma n 4.