El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-12
AUiatO7:S Land
Behind Enemy
But Get AUay
Two Bntons Have Thrill
ingExpenence IN Dodging
Through German Lines.

With the British Army In France,
June IA remarkable narrative OF
+ two British aviat5rs from German ter
Iritory after their machine had crashed
/ has just been made known The Incl
dent began on the night OF May q.
when q pilot and observer started out
on a bombing expedition. Their ex-
Iperience ended at q village in French
territory
Tt was about 10 o'clock at night
when the Two BrItons embarked on
their bombing expedition. They were
flying over an enemy territory when
their machine was hit by an auti-air-
craft shell which caused their engine
90 cut out. The pilot. realizing that
the dropping of a flare would attract
the attention OF the enemy essaEed a
landing in the dark This difficult
task he accomplished, although SO Sc
we're was the blow when they struck
the ground the observer was rendered
unconscious for a few moments When
he recovered the two men started off
toward the southwest
Crawl Through German Battery
After about a half hours walk they
reached a German battery Of heavy
guns They managed to pass through
these. crossing over one of the gun
ming and walking alternately toward
the southwest, with the enemy on
every side.
Soon they came 20 q communication
trench where they could hear the Ger
mans talking. For q considerable
time they had TO lie down, until quiet
was restored in the trench They then
pushed forward from the front line
They negotiated the trenches sue
cesztully and came 10 the darbed wire
aI.-.iuE lumeuts. Here their bis avIa-
tor suits. I'm which they were bundled
heavy and they had 10 take them off
and leave them on the wire.
Hide in 40 Mans Land.
BY this time dawn was breaking so
they craWled through q hedge in No
Mans Land and remained hidden
there They had only one stick Of
chocolate between them Tor food and
water, and before the day was out
they were suffering from hunger and
thirst From their hiding place they
could see German shells bursting sew
eral kllOmerers away in the direction
of the French lines. and they knew
that where these shells were landing
fau they left their hiding places and
proceeded toward the allied lines.
They reached a river which they fol-
lowed for some time. having TO get
through numerous barbed wire eutan-
clements which cut them wiczedIy.
Are Fired Upon.
They then made for the woods but
here they were challenged and fired
at, but they could not tell whether
the senrries were Germans OF French
After this they kept fin the open. hid
ing every now and then in the long
grass when troops were observed
During the whole of this time they
were fired at occasionally by rifles
and machine guns.
The next obstacle was another
river The pilot was poor swimmer,
and SO the observer swan the river
to see II there were any wire enran-
clements i'm it. He found IL clear and
returned for his companion, who then
padded across, the observer watching
TO see that he came TO no harm.
Are Challenged Again.
But now they were almost perish f
ile with cold. fin their half naked
condition, and so made off as fast as
lossible, continually STUN bling over
wire a sentry. who apparently was
French, challenged them, but as they
we're not sure whether he was French I
or German, the observer answered. T
Pardon" and ran for their lives
Finally Reach a Village
Following a light from an aviation
light house they finally arrived ar q
village where they found French sol
diers who conducted them 20 the
French commander They arrived at
the end Of their journey at & o'clock in
the morning. two days after the start
from the broken machine. In a greatly
exhausted condition.