Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-12
ESSEN RAID

The most daring air raid yet carried
out against the great Krupp munition
works at Essen was recounted to a
staff correspondent Of the Associated
Press on Monday by Sergeant Max
ime Gallois, who defied all the German
anti-aircraft defenses and bombarded
the heart of the German armament
producing factories with high explos-
ives, crossed the German front line
twice, flew over many Rhenish cities
and reached home scatheless.
The whole flight lasted several
hours, uring which the daring French
aviator was guided only by the moon
and stars and the compass, as the voy-
age was made in the darkest hours Of
the night, the destination being
reached exactly according to plan.
Sergeant Gallois narrated his story in
the simplest manner. He said:
-Four of us, Lieut.. Addison, De
Perdiguier Sergeant Darand, another
comrade and myself, left our base at
nightfall on Friday with the intention
we ran into foggy weather and lost
sight of each other. | flew at an alti-
tude of 1900 meters and passed over
Metz and Thionville, following the
course of the river Moselle.
EIudes Gun Fire
S'The batteries fired at me crossing
the Rhine and as | passed over Metz
searchlights played about the sky.
At Thionville l heard another airplane
nearby, but made it out to be Ards
sons.
cat Treves | saw heavy lombard
ment which [ calculated was directed
at my comrade. Therefore | knew
was travelling in the right direction.
I did not see COblenz. l saw the re-
Election of the moon on the Rhine and
found Bonn From there to Dussel-
dorf there was regular sea of cleo
tricity, which increased as I got fur
Their north.
Cologne was a sea of light and at
Dusseldorf there were all kinds OF
lights, blue, red and white. All the
time the anti-aircraft guns fired as
they passed, and at Cologne the gum
ners were very accurate in their
range.
Finds Krupp Plants
Leaving there I saw, like cliffs on
the horizon, a brilliant illumination,
which seemed like meteOrs in long
stretches to the left of Essen, while
southwark was another long line of
lights coming from the factories. Ar
irving over Essen, I rose to about 1000
meters. I circled around searching
for a place where the lights from the
workshops appeared densest.
"Then threw the first bomb. After
counting ten I dropped the second
and then the remainder of the ten /
carried at intervals. | could not tell
whether the bombs exploded, but
probably they did. 1t was impossible
to distinguish their effect, owing to
the flaming furnace chimneys.
"My duty done, l turned homeward,
not having seen my comrades again.
NV motor worked with wonderful reg
uldflCY all the LIIu0. CouuS UoSn GA
actly the same way as l went and
was fired at many times.
Lost Landmarks
'I was thoroughly exhausted and
was suffering from my eyes, which
were affected by the strain and wind,
as I had lost both pairs of goggles at
the start, and was often obliged to
put my head outside in order to see
the directions. When nearing the
base, owing to the darkness, l could
not tell exactly where I was.
81 thought possibly | was still over
the German lines and decided to con-
tinue westward as long as the petrol
lasted. I had a few liters left and
was driving onward, when suddenly |
recognized a prearranged signal and
managed to land just at dawn at the
same place from which | had depart
ed The distance covered was 467
miles"