Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-16
AMERICAN WRITER FLIES
OVER ENEMY's CAMP
Thrilling Story Of What He Saw
While Six Thousand Feet
In the Air.
L. S. GUNS DO MUCH DAMAGE
Pufts Of Smoke and Flame In Allied
Trenches Followed by DctonatIon
and Then Clouds OF Black and
Brown Dirt and Smoke.
ny HENRY G. WALES.

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BY HENRY G. WALES.
WITH TIE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. March II (dclaycd) II have
been two miles inside the German lines
to-day At height OF $500 feet.
icw over the American lines on the
Toul front. crossed mo mans land and
penetrated as far as the cnemy's sec
ond line defcnses.
saw some destruction inflicted by
bursts OF gunflrc BY the american bat
tcrits during the last rorty-cisht hours.
and even while over the German posi-
tons, saw American shells drop
there silently, then explode dustily.
sending up an uphcavai OF brown dirt
mixed with smoke.
made the flight. which is the FIRST
made by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cor
respondents or sotherwisc--over the
actual lighting line since the outbreak
Of the war. in ono Of The English two
scatter observation b!pI;ucs used by
American Observers regulating the
American artillery fire. The machine
was pilotcd By French subiieutenant
who usually takes up American OBJ
servers. The only difference was that
the twin machine guns were not en-
placed for ms "trip as they are when "A
,.o,,hir,,,on ~, oh..,y.r ,ud .,,,,,,
,,,,
!, wns iuy, afnr o,cloc. .ur,;,,.
aud ,bc wc,,b,r v,x .xco,,.n, ,
clear for ohscrv,,io, ,n,rnos.. ,rho
,ncchanici,, s,,an,cd ,.n j., ~. nuo,,.,
sea, doom down T., tho rug,,, ~,
j,,s, ,,y hc,a sb,xc1 ana ,o,t.od
snuarelv q, The uilo,,s cr.ui,,, i,,,
showing i, from, ~ mo
We r,ccd do.,r IN, no,d ,
an 1, mi,. !, mimi. .,i, 80
softly. The nr., sra. r..e 30, 49,,
hancnrs and buiIdinrs vcr. dro,ri,,
below W.. c;rc,ed mo roid n.,,,,,
bap,,inr e,ccnlv ~, ,ur,. -.
height as ,h.. uc,J IL y.rv ,.. 10
from, and =, ai-ni.nc NINA, l.. hi.h -
cross tho lines o,h,rvisc =. 3; ~
.crous busjnoss
,u.yr, %,
.,
~
mounting I" 49, i"et We started
''M"'" N"c l'oi', rhEtrSihs roaus ana
images Know wc!I from passing
,"'oush '"c'n ua''E III inc cofrcshon-
"eh's au'om "ol'c. As we gained height
""a s"'Hcr'hs speed 'hr iattcr now
$1,000 N''N '''''a
pressure became greater ana II seemed
as '"""Sh we were standing stock
St'I'.
'""'hs through IN" glass Moor plates
~ me objects on the earth. II seemed
- IL We were n"Fe!N creeping along
'"a' making Roadway against some
,,. :" e"n'! mere
,. hr'u
marx knew. ana I re,1i,.d ,vo rc,
really moving fos,
Thcn Gar IN IN. ri~h,
French airplanc q, oi,o,,, ~. s,,oo
level also anoarcu,Iy s,,,io,,r ~,
though in reality n,oyiDr us f,., &c
we were we were 50 m, ,toy. ,b.
carth's surface. one los, All sense of
movement except tina, tho air yy,s rush.
ing pas; nll!nc the lungs win -r.,,
easps OF oxygen
Scru,inizinr the landscann no,ow
passed the rearnos, American army
zone which is ou; of danger cycon,
from long range runs Tho ~r,d-
ually tho war zone crcn, in a,,os, i'm
pcrccptibly.
The Airs, thing / noticed vcyc rho
tell tale shadows invariably ca, eve,
Nv the most skillrulIy arranrcd ,,r,ou.
Nagc Then noticed how m.r. man
made camoufage can, copy nature .x-
actly. no matter how hard the effort
MI through this zone were dcfcus;v.
positions such as EXIST along IN. en-
tire from, on beth side; OF the lin.
Soon. however. saw the commence
ment OF the communicated trenches.
|.nESTItI,f"rIox Of r,n,,,,x- -,x,.o
MONTHS OF WAR IL SEEN
;mercly clumps OF ruined shcll-torn
stone houses the result of forty,wo,
months OF intermittent artillery nre
! Always, however. the wonderful French
3,highways stretched clear and clean c,,t
{ribbon- like. under the eve. so 7 couId
ftell exactly where ! was by their con-
fnguration from the pilots man car