Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-10

By the Associated Press
AMSTERDAM, July 10.-Les Nouvel
les of Maestricht, Holland. reports tina
Dutch workmen who We're laid off
the krupp works on account of the de
struction of buildings in the recen
French air raid assert that a quarter
OF the Essen plant was destroyed.
The material damage is place at mil
lions of francs, and it is sad that lOt
employees were killed and hundreds OF
others. including As French prisoners
wounded.
Berlin's ofacial Report.
LONDON, July 10.-Berlin's official re
mort ON the recent air raid upon Essen
the home of the Krupp plant. says tna'
only two bomb holes were 1ound. sIS
other bombs, il is declared, smasneu
windows in village twenty-five miles
f-on, Essen Bombs also were dropped
in the villages of Speecher. Ehrang ano
Oberemmel, where a child was killed,
and on Heunkirchen. where man "as
killed: on a suburb OF pieaeh i1niea
where family OF three We're hiiieu'
ana ON Treyes. where the Franciscan
monastery was set on nre
One sirnoan who attacked Treves was
brought down near the Saar. II IS an
nounced. while another airplane was
destroyed and its pilot made prisoner
The report concludes:
For what reason the open and mill
tarily unimportant town Of ITeves was
bombed lS lnCOmpTSHeHsioie.
Filler Tells Of His Trip.
Ry the Associated Press.
GRAND HEADQUARTERS OF The
FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, SUNDAY.
July S.-The most daring air RAID YET
carried out against the great hrupp
munition works at Essen was recoun
ed to a STAFF correspondent OF inc AS
ISOLATED Press by Sergt. Maxine car
lois, who defied all the German anu
aircraft defenses and bombarded the
heart of the German armament-produc-
ing factories with high explosives
crossed the German front line twice.
few over many Rhenish cities ana
reached home scatheless
The whole fight lasted seven hours.
during 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 oeins
reached exactly according to pian.
sergt. Gallois narrated his story IN the
simplest manner. He SAID:
-Four Of us, Lieut.. Addison de PERIL
guier, Sergt. Durand, another comrade
and myself. left our base at nlghtIali
Friday, with the intention OF reaching
Essen Soon afterward we ran into
foggy weather and lost sight OF each
other ] flew at altitude. OF Lou
meters and passed over Metz ana
Thoinville. following the course OF the
disappeared in the mist.
Fired On by Batteries.
The batteries fired at me crossing
the Rhine, and as I passed over Metz
searchlights played about the sky. At
Thionville l heard another a1rplane
nearby. but made it out to be Ardis-
sons. Afterward 1 was compelled to
travel by the aid of the compass, the
stars and the moon. At Treves l saw
a heavy bombardment. which 1 cal
culated was directed at my comrade.
Therefore, I knew / was travelling in
the right direction. I did not see Co
bIenz. / saw the reflection of the moon
on the Rhine and found Bonn. From
there to Dusseldorf there was regular
sea of electricity. which increased as
got further north.
Cologne was a base of luminosity.
and at Dusseldorf there were all kinds
of lights. blue, red and white. All the
time the 'anfi-aircraft guns fired as
passed. and around Cologne the gun
ners were very accurate in the range.
Arrives at Essen.
Leaving there. I saw, like cliffs on
the horizon. a brilliant illumination,
which seemed kilometers in length,
stretching to the left of Essen. while
southwark was another long line of
lights coming from the factories. Ar
meters. 1 circled around. searching
for place where the lights from the
workshops appeared densest
Then I threw the first bomb. After
counting ten / dropped the second.
and then the remainder of the ten
carried at similar intervals. I could
not tell whether the bombs exploded
but they probably did. 1t was impos-
sible to distinguish their effect. owing
to the flaming furnace chimneys.
My duty done. l turned homeward,
not having seen my comrades again.
The motor worked with wonderful reg
ularity all the time. / came back ex
actly the same way as went and
was fired at many times.
Thoroughly Exhausted.
Il was thoroughly exhausted and
was suffering from my eyes, which
were affected by the strain and wind,
as / 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, 1 could not tell
exactly where L was. ] thought pos
sibly i was still over the German lines
and decided to continue westward as
long as the petrol lasted. / had a few
liters left and was driving onward.
when suddenly ] recognized a prear-
ranged signal and managed to land
just al dawn at the same place from
which l had departed. The distance
covered was 80 kilometers 4661z
miles,.
made by Gallois during the fight
There were just a few words and fig-