The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-10
FRENCH AIR
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Then l threw the first bomb After
counting ten dropped the second,
and then the remainder of the ten
carried, at similar intervals. l could
not tell whether the bombs exploded,
but they probably did. 1t was impos-
sible to distinguish their effects owing
to the flaming furnace chimneys.
My duty done, l turned homeward,
not having seen my comrades again.
The motor worked with wonderful
regularity ali the time. l came back
exactly the same way as l went and
was fired at many times.
Il was thoroughly exhausted and
was suffering from my eyes which
We're affected by the strain and the
wind, as l had lost both pairs of Cog
gis at the start, and was often oblig-
ed 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 l was. l thought
possibly | was still over the German
lines and decided to continue west
ward as long as the petrol lasted
had few litres left and was driving
onward, when suddenly l recognized
a pre-arranged signal and managed to
land just at dawn at the same place
from which l had departed. The dis
lance covered was ESQ kilometres
(466R miles,"
Sees Flight Notes..
The correspondent saw the notes
made by Gallois during the flight
There were just few words and fig
ures marking the places sighted and
the hours of arrival. The last entry
is Essen! 1t is there. showing that
he reached that point on schedule
time.
<. Perseverance Wins, Post. Ss
Sergt Gallois, who is SO years old,
served in the dragons when the war
broke out. He passed short time in
the squadron and was then sent to the
hospital where sick horses were cared
for. He tried to exchange to the auto
cannon battery, but was told he was
too old. He applied four times for the
aviation corps unsuccessfully. but was
accepted on the fifth application, al
though he had knowledge of flying
He rapidly learned plotting and over
came the difficulties in night flying,
which enabled him to carry out his
latest expedition with success. He
took part in several other bombing
flights over the German lines.
His Comrades, Lieut.. Addison and
Sergt. Durand both returned to the
French base, having gone as far as
Treves, when they found that their
supply Of gasoline would not permit
them to reach Essen. SO they dropped
all their bombs On Treves before fly
ing home. 1t is believed the fourth
man reached and bombed Essen, but
he has not returned to the base
When Gallois landed he was unable
to get out of his machine, owing to
fatigue and semi-blindness, but today
is quite recovered and is prepared to
undertake further expeditions. He
told the correspondent that he had
never been a great sportsman, except
so far as concerned cycling, but when
called to arms was anxious to do his
best for his country
German Cities in Range.
The official communication issued
from headquarters tells the story of
the performances of other bomb
ing squadronS the same day
They are always busy bombarding the
enemy's munition depots, railroad sta
tons and gun emplacements to which
they are largely combining their atten-
ton. Experts say, however, that they
could at any moment gather together
hundreds of airplanes, which could
proceed in swarms and throw many
tons Of explosives on German cities
that could be easily reached from the
French front lines. But the entente
allies up to the present have refrained
from doing this, as with them military
take first place.
Another branch OF French aviation,
the fighting machines. which
come more before the public view have
made a wonderful record during the
Aisne offensive. They fought 1.098 air
duels within the German lines, whittier
they went to seek their opponents.
while the German airmen fought only
312 duels within the French lines in |
the same period