A THRILLING ESCAPE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 107, 29 September 1914, Page 5

A THRILLING ESCAPE.

rmwr papkr - s story of an AVIATUifS 1)A1U .vU raris, August 18. Tlic daring escape t.i a l-'n-urii milltary aviator from a st titling!) hvjiel.vi position is described in the Fig-Ui) to (lay. The hero of thstory w a oafalrv captain who has 'bw-omu one of the most export of the French Flying Corps. Returning from a long rieoimoitnnu flight, the aviator, owing to a breakdown, was compelled to descend vli n stilt about twelve miles from (.lie Fruit h frontier, Afl«r e-xainuii.es; Hie imw4iue tit" officer found: the fault to l»s irreparable. .. Just at this moment a Ulilan iWten«nt with a troop appeared in the tl s iaiice, advancing at a gallop. Jlnpiidllv taking in the situation, the French Oi.i'A- | eer smashed the (petrol tank, awl then with arms crossed, and standing in front of Iris aeroplane, calmly awaited the approach of tlie enoni". A3 soon as the German lieutenant "was near enough, t'lie avi-i or shot trns point blank. Tie then set fm> to Ips machine, which by this time was well eoaked in petrol, and junuping cm the Jiorew of the dead lieutenant, made off at full speed, vainly pursued by th.> Uhlans, whoso 'horses were inferior to that of their officer.