The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-11-10
AvIh7ORS FEAR
Flaming ONIONS
British FIiers Describe PeriIs of
Exploding Shells From De-
tense Guns.
NOW HAVE THE SUPREMACY
Germans Seldom or Never Fly Over
Allied Lines in France-Machine
Is Hit Eighty Times-Air
Gets in Way.

i.ollVhtl. It's All fiSil 50 long az
you can't see EN- or hear en-" said
"Tommy' Brennan Of the Royal Fly
inS corps, but any man who tells You
he can fly over n Archie and get Il
flaming onion right ahead of him
without ducking and wishing they
wouldn't come SO close or make 50
much noise has exc been up in an
aeroplane. Take it from me"
"Yes,' put in Gilray, land every time
you duck your old winger ducks with
you. AS 'Bren' over there says, it
wouldn't be 10 bad if you couldn't see
and hear 'em. Generally speaking you
don't hear them unless Il happens to
break within 30 yards or 81 of you. It's
when you get down close TO them and
look right down at them splitting fire
at you, That you have got to have every
nerve in your body tuned to the
minute"
"Tll never forget the first time they
got close to me-" declared BOY" Tylie.
any only thought was that | would
never shoot Il pheasant again. | knew
exactly how a bird must feel when a
hunter opens fire"
Machine Hit Eighty Times.
Brennan wore upon his left sleeve
the gold stripe of the wounded. GIL"
had been on the official list Of the
killed In action Some weeks ago, but
somehow or other came back TO life.
When Brennan was hit" and finally
came down safely within his lines, it
was found there were no less than 50
perf0rati0ns in the wings of his ma
chine.
II was so interested in looking over
their trenches I guess | got a little too
low" he explained.
There is nothing more interesting in
all London than to sit through Il long
autumn evening talking to the young
sters of the wonderful aviation service
Great Britain has built up since the
war began.
"We've got the German where
they have to fire blindly or shoot by
the map" these intrepid men of the
air will tell you. "Of what use are
their wonderful guns if they don't
know what they are shooting at?
They don't dare send q plane over IL
lines. They don't V e dare approach.
The minute they show themselves we
have an overwhelming number of ma
chimes to send after them and they
beat it for home again as fast as they
can 60. They can't take u photograph
Of our new positions. Their batteries
have been driven from the heights and
they can't observe. 1t is a big diff
ference from the first days Of the
war;"
Associating much with Britain's fly
ing men one will soon learn that an
"Archibald." usually called "Archie"
for short. Is an nti-aircraft gun.
The Air Gets In the Way.
"'Archie' banks at yOu," said Bren-
nan. HE goes 'wOof, wool! He isn't
comfortable to listen to either, but it's
when you get down a little nearer to
earth and the machine guns get to
working that you feel you have got
to do what you set out to do right
quickly and get started to some quiet
er spot just as fast as the air will get
hdut of your way and let you through.
SAs3>ean't imagine how much that old
atmosphere gets in your way when you
.As ER!iYEAAi II a hurry.
hen you get on speaking terms
.k9R4fll1'ss$Sfst1. g pss Ep putt.' that Th it
&H9EOmd rife, which often takes
q Shot at you when you get too close
DrGeE&c0Neoes crack, crack,
; crack just as every one expects q
rifle to do.