IN THE AIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1918, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

HE KARLSRUHE RAID. TEN MACHINES COUNTED BRITISH A\'l> FRENCH OFFICERS KILLED. PUT THERE FOIi THE PURPOSE. Received .Tan If), 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 18. The Daily News' licrnc correspondent cives detail* of flip Karlsruhe raid. At l''a-t ten machines wer* counted. Bombs rained down for several minutes. The firemen mastered tlie fires. Several British and French officers were killed ••xmongst the many hostages which the authorities Iv.ul assembled at Karlsruhe. The utmost indignation prevails among the population.

AIRMEN'S ADVENTURES. HOW THEY WON THROUGH THE GERMAN LINES. ''Two of our fellows had rather a startling adventure the other day," said a wounded pilot. "They left the aerodrome for a patrol stunt over the Bosche lines. They saw something doing in the rem- of the Hun lines, and flew down to have a closer logfr, and they came under the fire of some 'Archies.' Of course, they paid little attention to the fire until a direct hit smashed the engine, and the pilot, had barely time to turn the 'bus' for home when most of the engine fell dear. He didn't lose control, but planed down as much in the direction of the British lines as he could. They came to earth with a bit \)f a crash inside the Bosche lines, but neither the pilot nor his observer was hurt. They nipped out of the ruined 'bus' pretty quick, and started running like blazes in the direction of the British trenches. ■ "There didn't seem to be any Bosches about where they came down, and after' running for some time they dropped to have a breather. While they lay on the ground, out of breath, they spotted a sort of erection affair, banking and that sort of thing, covered with camouflage—looked like a big gun pit. They crept up closer to the pit, and got. near enough to lfear t.'e Bosches talking, but not near ■ enough to bo spotted. It was a gun-pit, and a jolly big one lit that, so they squatted there, and then, and made a sketch map of it, with a bearing or two to get the proper range. A SWIM FOII LIFE. After that they crept, and ran, and crawled until they got to tile bank of the Canal. They had to swim for it, and they took off as much dunnage i as they could—stripped to their shirts—and one of them stuck the sketch in his tobacco pouch to kesp it from getting soaked. Then they started to swim for it. As they left the bank a couple of Bosche snipers got a bead on them, and they had just time to locate the beggars hiding in sunken barrels before they dived for it. They swam under water, coming up for a breather now and then, with the Bosche snipers blazing away at them all the time. "When they got to the other side there was a- bit of a slope to get up, and then one of our sentries started to fire at them. They didn't want to kick up too much of a row, and be nipped by the Bosches after getting so far, but they managed by signals to show that the sniper chap had made a mistake, and they got through all right. •'The first thing they did, while still dressed only in wet shirts, was to get on the 'phone to our heavies, and by the help of the infantry O.C.'s map, to give the exact location of that, big gun-pit, as well as the two barrels. Next thing that happened was a series of direct hits on that gun emplacement, and the two snipers' barrels sent skyhigh. It was a complete wash-out for the Bosche."