WESTERN FRONT

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9139, 3 September 1915, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT

VIOLENT ENEMY ATTACKS FAIL The High Commissioner reports ; LONDON, September 1. 4.20p.m. In the Vosges, after a bombardment by asphyxiating gas shells, the enemy last night launched a violent attack against French trenches at Linge and Schratzmaenelle. The French maintained their positions. In the middle of the night a new Gorman attack was also repulsed. IN THE ARGONNE By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, September 1. French official; Reports continue to record violent cannonading, especially in tho Argonne, indicating the continuous effective bombardment of the German trenches, shelters, and cantonments. AVIATORS ACTIVE Tho High Commissioner reports: — LONDON, September. 2, 1-30 a.m. Allies’ aviators, on Saturday night, bombarded the German works at Os-t-encl, also cantonments at Middlekirke, and the station at Thourout. Enemy aviators bombarded Lunevillc. (Received September 2, 11 p.m.) PARIS, September 2A communique says; “An enemy aviator bombarded Lunevilki. There were some civilian victims.” MONSfER WARPLANES iy Telegraph— Press Association — Copyright GENEVA, September X. The Germans are testing monster warplanes, capable of carrying twenty men. on Lake .Constance. The machines are noisier than Zeppelins. MUNIIIONSJOIT ITALY By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrigui ‘‘Times" and Sydney “Sim'’ Servic-ca LOtV DUN, September 1. “The Times” correspondent at Rome states that a decree has been promulgated regulating the production of ammunition by . private lactorios working for the State, ami placing workmen, whether military or civilians, on an equality, with liberty to apply to the authorities to settle a dispute. They will not be allowed to interrupt work. The regulations provide for the centralising of production in seven areas under military direction, and the empowering of the Govern:ment to commandeer all arms establishments. DEAfirOf PEGOUD By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright PARIS, September 1. M. Pegoud was shot dead at a height of 6000 ft. The Germans had long awaited an opportunity. Pegoud shortly before his death, said: “The Gormans have sworn to have my blood, but it will cost them dear.” Pegoud at the outbreak of the war acted as an aerial guard to General Joffro- Later he was a constant source of terror to the Crown Prince’s array in the Argonne and Alsace, where lie shot down many aeroplanes, his looping and angle-gliding baffling Iris opponents. He was also the hero of innumerable daring bombing feats. [M. Pegoud, in September, 1913, astonished flying circles by deliberately turning an aeroplane upside down in flight. Previously two aviators- —Captain Aubry, of the French Army, on a Deperdussin machine, and Lieutenant Reynolds, of the .British Army, on a British .biplane, had accidentally flown upside down and landed safely. M. Pegoud used a Bleriot monoplane, slightly modified by the enlargement of the tail and rudder surfaces, and was at once remarkably successful. It was not long before others had attempted the same feat, and “looping the loop” became a popular spectacle. There are few flying men of note who are not able to perform tho evolution. Fegoud’s remarkable pioneer achievement probably did more to broaden the scope of flying and to prove man's power to' fly in the face of previously deadly conditions than any other since the aeroplane was invented.] A DUEL WITH AN AVIATIK. ' PARIS, September 1. M. Pegoud was killed in a duel with an Aviatik on the eastern frontier. Pegoud brought down his sixth Aviau. on July lltu. A GLORIOUS DEATH. (Received September 2, 11 p.m.) PARIS, September 2. Official: ‘ ‘Pegoud bad a glorious death. During a plucky fight over Petit Croix, he, alone, daringly attacked the German machine, emptying several belts of machine-gun ammunition. A bullet killed him instantaneously. His machine fell in our lines.” Unofficial: The soldiers watched the fight with growing anxiety, while occasionally, when the positions of the aeroplones allowed, the German and French guns, joining in tho duel, sent shrapnel bursting around the combatants. Suddenly there was a shout of rage from the French trenches. Pegoud’s machine dipped, and then foil headlong. His . body was extricated from tho debris. ESTIMATE OF AMERICAN COTTON CROP "Times” and Rvdney "Sun" Services LONDON, September 1. The American cotton crop is estimated at 11,800,000 bales.