In the Air
[United Press Association.] Paris, September 2
Official.—An enemy aviator bombarded Luneville. Some civilians wore killed.
Official: Pegoud met a glorious death during a plucky fight over Petit-or-Dix. Alone, he daringly attacked a German machine, emptying several belts of machine-gun ammunition. A bullet killed him instantaneously, and
his machine fell into our lines. Soldiers watched the light with growing anxiety, and ocacsionally. when the positions of the aeroplanes allowed, Oerman and French guns joining fn
the duel, sent shrapnel bursting around the combatants. Suddenly there was a shout of rage from the French trenches. Pegoud’§ machine dipped and then fell headlong. His bodv was extricated from the debris.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4, 3 September 1915, Page 5
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110In the Air Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4, 3 September 1915, Page 5
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