BATTLES IN THE AIR.
New York, Slay 22. Aerial lighting is the feature of the operations on the Aieu6e and the daily fights are no longer duels, but elaborate battles. Large squadTorir"inanojtivre for a proper lTgfit wind and height, and open fire with broadside effect tho •moment the enemy is sighted. All previous rocordis have 'been broken by the Freivdh chasing monoplanes which have risen from the ground to e heiglit of 3500" feet in six minutes. French lb i planes .wended seven thousand feet in eleven minutes. A Fronch colonel says that 500 aeroiplanes_ were engaged in reconnoitring the fighting over Vordun and as soon as the moon rose 'ii£ raids with machine guns and revolvers land;' cannons, began and lasted till dawn. Owing to the full moon. T he air fighting praotia&lly waß continuous.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 May 1916, Page 3
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136BATTLES IN THE AIR. Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 May 1916, Page 3
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