Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-07-11

Army in France, July S.-CBy The
Associated Press) The most daring
air raid yet carried out against the
great krupp munition works at Essen
was reccGnted to a staff correspondent
of the Associated Press today by Ser
geant Maxine Gallois, who defieG all
the German anti-aircraft defenses and
bcmbarGed the heart of the German
armament producing factories with his
explosives, crossed The German front
lire twice, flew over many Rhenlsh
cities and reached home unharmed.
The whole flight lasted seven hours
during which the daring Frencn await
or was guided only by the moon and
stars and the compass. as the voyage
was made in the darkest hours of the
rieht, the destination being reached
exactly according to ,plans. Sergeant
Gallois narrated his story thus:
-Four of u.s. Lieut.. Ardisson, De
Perdieuier, Sergeant f. L. Durand'
arother comrade and myself, left our
base at nightfall Friday with the m
tention Of reaching Essen. Soon AFTER
wards we ran into foggy weather ana
lost sight of each other. flew at an
altitude of 1900 metres and passed Ger
Metz and Thionville, following the
course of the river Moselle, which,
however. rapidly disappeared in the
mist.
The batteries fired at me crossing
the Rhine and as I passed over Met]
searchlights piaYed about the SKY ~
'rhionville | heard another afptahe
nearby. but made it out TO be Ardls-
sons. Afterwards l was compelled 10
travel nv the aid of the compass, the
stars and the moon.
AT Treyes saw heavy honcaro-
mont which | decided was directeo ~
my comrades Therefore kne" was
travelling in the rieht direction d'a
no- sce Coblcnz. ! saw th9 reIectloi
If the moon on the Rhine ana io"h"
ro,n From there to Dusseldorf lheie
was = regular sea of electricity "'l10Is
ircrcascd as | get further north'
.cc,o~nc was \ blaze Of luminosity
o,d o+ dusseldorf there were All xmas
80 ,;obts An the time the anti-aT-
a.,rt Inns fired as passed and around
r,loqne the eunners were very actdr-
,ate in the range. ,;eee ar,
Leaving there. l saw. like ems Vi.
tho horizon. a brilliant liluhl ma
,,.h;ch seemed kilometres in lehS.h'
..,.a,cbirs 20 the left of Essen, whlie
so,,bward was another line or hsi'9
,,,;,,- from the factories. ArriNl"S
,,.or rssen | rose to about 1ooo hletie''
7 c;rc,ed around searching for place
whore the lights from the worksio''9
on,eored densest. Then I threw the
e.. ,,op,b After counting ten drop
.a .,,e second and then the REMAINDER
~ the ten I carried, at similar my
v,,s 7 could not tell whetner
bombs exploded. hut they propaplS olu
:. nos irpossible to distinguish tnelF
.efac+ owing to the flaming iuii'''NS
chimneys. s ,,or,a,rard
rot having seen my comrades
,r,o motor worked with wonderful III ~
,,,ar;tv all the time. came back eAac'-
-, s.r,a wav as / went ana "as
fred at many times.
"T was thoroughly exhausted aiiu
voc suffering from my eyes "hi'n
,,.ar. affected by the strain ana !"
I'D as T had lost both pairs OF so@-
c,as AT the start, and was otteh
oh1ired TO nut my head OUTSIDE III Or
dor TO see the direction. When he<iri''5
,ho base owing to the darkness.
could not tell accurately where was
: Thought possibly I was still over the
c,o, lines and decided to continue
westward as long as the petroi asted'
= mad few litres left and was driving
onward. when suddenly l recognized