French Aircraft Scores On Front In Most Active Air War
Paris reports strong French air service activity on the Somme region where three German planes were shot down and others damaged. Our anti aircraft crews near Craon downed a Fokker, Verdun area saw a German machine destroyed by flame. Two fighters were hit near Moye Ville and two balloons were brought down near Pont a Mousson and north of the Aisne.
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Moxe- Ville
Pont-A-A Mousson
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German Balloon Downed Near Verdun by Anti-Aircraft Fire
On August 23 a German captive balloon was shot down by anti-aircraft guns and fell in flames in the Verdun region. Overnight an enemy aircraft dropped bombs on Baccarat causing insignificant material damage.
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Baccarat
Calhoun testifies in New York receivership case
Patrick Calhoun, once tied to San Francisco streetcar interests and heir to a $14 million fortune, tells a New York court that only $3 remains as a tangible asset. He cites earthquake and fire losses as the cause of his financial reverses and the drastic asset decline.
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Patrick Calhoun
San Francisco
French army order reveals nettoyeurs terror tactics
The document claims the nettoyeurs, not rifles or bayonets, use revolvers knives and hand grenades to stab or shoot every man, wounded or not, armed or not, under direct orders of the French commander in chief, as shown by an army order found on a dead French soldier.
French Exterminate Wounded Claim Sparks War Law Debate
Wireless dispatches report a Gracia News Agency claim that the French have an organized force bent on exterminating all Germans found in captured trenches. The note says the alleged method, described as a new fighting system, violates the laws of war and marks a flagrant development beyond prior violations.
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