The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-01

lets that roared above his machine, Lieutenant Chamberlains engine was l damaged. One of his machine guns be- came damned, and he seemed to be out I of the action
 | But instead of starting for home, he remained to offer assistance to two
 other airplanes which had been at- 1 tackled by 12 German machines. | His machine had lost altitude, owing to engine trouble. but. when he was attacked by German. he opened such
 a hot fire that the enemy went into a
 dive toward the earth
 His two companions were no wengaged 1 in a life and death struggle and Lieu ] tenant Chamberlain went to their assist
 ance. His action prooaply saved the
 lives of tfe two Englishmen. His twp companions were now engaged He climbed up toward the enemy aud with a burst of fire sent one of them crashing to the earth. A second was l shattered with another volley from his machine gun. Then Lieutenant Cham. fberlain Iooped out of cordon of enemy machines which had gathered to finish ] him, and, as he sailed away he sEot l the wing off another German machine. LEADER SENT DOWN 1 The leader of the German squadron came stra;ghT at him, but was met with
 such torrent of bullets that his air plane joined the others sent to earth by i the American.
 i The lieutenant then turned for the ] British lines. His engine had gone l dead" and he was forced to volplane,
 carefully picking his way through the smoke clouds of shells fired at him by l the enemys anti-aircrapt cannon. | As he made a wide sweep toward his destination, he saw beneath him column I of German troops, and into it he poured gust of machine gun bullets from the gum which had been damned, but which he had succeeded in putting into action again. The Germans scattered and Lieu i tenant Chamberlain flew on for an ] eighth of j. mile and came to earth
 TAKES PRISONERS 1 He found that he could not carry off
 the equipment of his machine, so he
 took his compass and started running
 across tine fields. As he did so he en-
 countered a patrol of three Germans. He l shouted to them to surrender, waving . 1 compass above his head like bomb.
 Two of the enemy ran, but the third tsurrendered
 i The AnleEcan started again for the 1 lBritisH1ines, but came upon a wounded French officer, whom he picked up and carried, driving his prisoner before him. 1 He waded q brook under heavy fire and 1 finally arrived within the British lines lin safety with the French officer and the I German prisoner
 He then reported Ready for duty" 1 asked the major in command of the Brit 1 ish airinen not to make any report of the affair ard refused to give his name. The
 major was unable to keep the affair lquiet and the full details were made a l part of his official report of the days l fighting.
 Lieut.. Edmund G. Chamberlain was i born June ii, 1891, at San Antonio, Tex. ! He was educated at Princeton and the University Of Texas. During the period when American troops were grouosd along the Mexican border, he did scout
 ing duty along the Rio tirande. He be- l came second lieutenant of the marine
 corps on August 1, 1918. Before being as l signed .o aviation duty abroad, he served at Philadelphia. Mineola. N. Y., l Lake Charles, La, and Miami, Fla. 1 He was officially reported to have been i engaged in E bombing raids over the i enemy lines, according to an announce- ment made at Washington on August T.