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WAR NEWS MAILED BYIINID PRESS MENTO IKE UNITED STATESBY W. S. FORREST.(United Press Staff Correspondent.)PARIS. Max. 23 (by mail).—Here, for the benefit of the ten thousand young Americana who are being enlisted in Uncle Sam's new’ aeroplane army over in the states, is the record for one w-eek in May of the American figntmg fliers now at the French front writh the Lafayette Escadrille:Monday—General of Blank army calls at camp and congratulates the group of aerial combat to# which the Lafayette Escadrille belongs for protection of his lines during the recent offensive northeast of -. No enemy planescrossed the line. Escadrille attacked two balloons and a number of enemy machines. Walter Lovell, Concord, Mass., and Harold Willis, Boston, attacked two enemy machines, deep inenemy lines. Entire patrol led by Cap-' tain Thenaud (French officer in command of Escadrille) forced a German patrol of six machines back into their lines. Robert Rockwell, Cincinnati, attacked German machine from rear and was attacked in turn. The Hun succeeded in riddling Rockwell's lower wing spars on both sides, wing tip. control rods and under-carriage before Rockwell dove out of range.Tuesday—Ijovell attac ked Hun biplane early in the morning along Oise and drove same down in enemy lines. Willis Haviland. Minneapolis. Lieut. De-Laage (French officer second in command at Escadrille), and Willis attacked Hun patroP of superior numbers and height, but eluded same on account of superior speed. W. E. Dugan. Rochester, N. Y„ protected a photographic raid deep in the enemy lines.Wednesday—American patrol made sortie under command of Lieut. De-Laage, sweeping a front of forty miles deep into enemy territory, but no Hun machines sighted except in extreme distance. Escadrille complimented by gift to Raoul Lufbery, New York City, of annual gold fnedal by Aero club of France, last year won by Navarre. Lufbery is an Ace,* his record being nine enemy machines officially brought down. The only other American Ace” is Lieutenant Thaw.Thursday—Lieut. DeLaage led Escadrille on aerial reconnaissance. E. C. Parsons. Springfield. Mass., and Willis attack German machine at altitude of only 60ft metres in enemy lines and force him to ground level. He probably got home. Enemy shells made both American machines do some fancy dodging. Afternoon found sky vacated by enemy, but enemy guns made up by heavy shelling. Steven Bigelow, Boston, missed a shell by a very few feet at an altitude of more than 13,000 feet.Friday—Escadrille reinforced by J. A.| Drexel, Philadelphia, and C. H. Dolan, j Boston. Willis had luck to find only ! enemy aeroplane in the sky today. It | was a large biplane regulating artillery I fire over the British lines. Willis dove to the attack from above, but the German saw’ him and hastened homeward, dropping smoke signals for his artillery to get busy. The artillery did so. Half an hour later enemy returned with a fast monoplane protecting him. Willis offered fight, but enemies changed
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Hammond Lake County Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Fri, Jun 15, 1917
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