IN THE AIR.
RATTLES ROUND VERDUN. MANY AETIOPLAXES ENGAGED. New York, May 22. Aerial fighting is a feature of the operations on the Meuse. Tlhe daily fights are no longer duels, but elaborate battles. Large squadrons manoeuvre for the -proper light, wind, and 'height, and open fire with broadside effect the moment the enemy is sighted. All previous records have been broken. The French chasing monoplanes have risen from the ground-to a height of 3500 ft. in six minutes. French biplanes ascended 7000 ft. in eleven minutes. A French colonel says that 500 aeroplanes are engaged in reconnoitring and fighting over Verdun. As soon as Hie moon rfces, air raids with machine-guns and revolver-cannons begin and last till dawn. Owing to the full moon, air fighting is practically * continuous.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1916, Page 5
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129IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1916, Page 5
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