The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-20

warfare. Tie gigantic bombing ca
prcnis, the srcal'cr S,a. Nthe Ela,. tie
"P," passed in tho sky with . sars'y
Of fight that boaed i'll for the Aus
trlan ene,ay. And then the CID gard
Of machines, the tardy TarIN:n, tie
voisin, the ,CauGron. all were th-re.
| They we're days Of epic aerial bat
| tie. On the twcnty-ffth Of October
Baracca brought down five el1e:ny IVA
chimes in two hours, EuffO di .Ca.abfia
destroyed three, Colonel Piccio met Z
! German Eatrol of six or seven ina
chimes that were attacking a Caproni
and threw his machine on those nearer
to him In a second big grey Ger
man was falling down. And other enc
my machines were destroyed by Ran
"a, Poll, Nicelli, Parvis, Baracchtnt
The "aces" were all up In machines
for bombing. for pursuit, for recon-
noitering. II. Even among simple prt'
Yates were found wonderful pilots.
. In the following month and during
the whole of last winter the nu!Nber
of Italian victories went on increasing,
though the cold often rendered flying
almost unbearable even to the most
hardened pilots. The clear sky and
good visibility, however. favored OBJ
servations. The thermometers 10 tho
machines marked far below zero. III
spite of warm clothing, Of masks and
helmets, nearly all those who flew In
those days suffered from frozen hands
and face. Az -.
More intense even than IN the 1tal
ian aviation fields was the work In the
Italian aeroplane factories. Fur In the
south of Italy armies of new pilots
were being taught for the coming
spring campaign. <fs:1
Meanwhile, during the winter. tho
enemy has rapidly, created new nests
for its wings and new wings. Aus
TRAN aviation has grown. The Ger {
man allies have helped it. The winter
sky in certain days was again full OF
fighting aeroplanes. Repeatedly the
Ita]jan aviators have devastated the
camps of the enemy during the DAY
and during the night. But the enemy
was not idle. On the twenty-sixth OF
December thirty Teutonic machines
came to lombard an Italian camp Ths
Italian ayiators enjoyed furious bat
tie with them. Eleven enemy machines
were brought down. = Not one OF the J
Italian planes was lost : - II i >
Since then the enemy has under.
stood that the game was hard when
PLAYED In the light Of the day ana
now seek the protection OF the night.
With 'murderous enterprise these
brigands of the air have devastated
churches and works of art, killed and i;
wounded women and children In the
Italian cities between the Brenta and
the Piave., Everything has favored !,
them, in their criminal plan. especially
the nearness Of the Italian cities TO
their camps and. the distance Of their
own from the Italian camps, For this
they hoped for impunity. but they did
not get It. The Italian wings have
reached them. viz ~ t&s.se; j.;
This for the time. being. The ltal.
ian aviators wish to remain soldiers:
even before tie dastard!y deeds OF the
enemy. hut II that Is not eao1gh, Il
the!r nefarlous exploits still continue.
then 1. win he innocent blood for in- !,
nocent blact.. It is not .l,staucs tesat !:
prevents the revenge at tho ltHi:an2
When necessity Tor cesrisals nakks.s II.
self fell, then the cittes of tllo ':alAny{
Will have no peace. Whenever they
are the tuxs'ng. Of tho IfaliAn ma
chimes will ,ctNne afar aSt,oaKe3p3stAe
hon. Ct .yenEcancs. ts.Vtt ;r,as@,y ,