The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
'BRITON VICTOR
OYER 3 IN AIR
Filler Describes Thrilling
Battle Above Lines at
Cambrai.
DIVES 5000 FEET TO FOE
Escapes Fire Of Machine Guns,
Rifles and Field Pieces in
Return Flight.
DIVES 5000 FEET TO FOE

spsciai Gable Despatch 10 The Sun from TIE
London Times.
BRtrisH HEApouARTERs ~ FRANCE
April 22.-Here Is the record of single
hight of one of our airmen. made within
a few days. have cut out only the
names and other small details which
might conceivably be useful to the
enemy. Otherwise the record is pre-
cisely as the aviator wrote IT,
when our machines were attacking
Cambrai l attacked a hostile aviator AT
a height OF about 1000 feet. / saw that
had hit his engine as we closed and
half looped to one side Of him. Then he
dived. with long trail of blue smoke
dived after him 10 about 1000 feet
and fred fifty rounds into him, when he
went down absolutely out of control.
watched him spinning down 1000 feet
his trail Of smoke increasing.
Attacked by Three.
II was Immediately attacked by three
enemy machines. which drove me dow
to height of only zoo feet. We were
firing OF one another whenever possible
When at last | got into good position
! attacked one of them from above. hav
ing another on my right. I closed or
the latter turning in on him so Close
that 1 could actually get n sight on thu
pilots head. ] saw one OF my bullet'
strike his head. and the machine thcr
simply heeled over and fell to th'
ground. The other two machines cleared
OFF
Having lost sight of the other ma
chimes / decided to fly home very low
about zoo feet A troop of ierma!
cavalry going east along Il small roa'
halted and fired Al me. and also severa
machine guns opened fire on me from
the ground.
After going west FOR about fv
minutes J was again attacked by a
enemy single scatter. As he approache
rocked my machine until he Nd
within fifty yards. Then l sdeloope
over him and fired a short burst at hin
He seemed to clear OF, and then at
tackled me again. These operations wer
repeated several times with slight varia
tons in tho way / looped over him unit
within abou, five minutes of the time @
crossing the line ,tiyjne against strOn
wind) when he was about l50 yards b.
hind, / looped straight over him.
Hits Pilot In Back.
Coming out of the loop. fired goo
long burst and saw where | hit the pile
in the back. just over the edge of IN
cockpit He Immediately dived straig!
to the ground
II then went over German trenche
filled with soldiers ! was fred on b
machine guns, rifles and small field gum
There was a lot of artillery firing goin
on. and many of our shells were burs
ing about the German trenches som'
where in the vicinity OF the Cambr;
road saw many small companies
infantry and cavalry going east alon
the small roads, but noted no convo.
or movements OF artillery.
81 landed at the first aerodrome | saw
for my machine was badly shot. about
During the battle. besides the dali
Job of observation OF the enemy's gui
and positions. our airnen continual
hy far into the eneny's country. In Il
b last few days alone they have dropps
twenty-seve tons OF explosives &
enemy stations, depots and stores ar
positions of all kinds. They have gor
down close to earth and sprayed q
German trenches and roads with mi
I chine guns.