Ambulance no10 : personal letters from the front . it-ting dining killed them all. The telephone bell rings — two carswanted at once for L . August 23d. About this morning a Germianaeroplane came over the town — not twohundred and fifty metres high. We couldsee the pilot and observer and the fourMaltese crosses on the planes. It was oneof the bravest acts I have seen. She wastoo low for the artillery to open up fire,so the soldiers fired at her with theirrifles, and although it seemed as if shemust have been hit, the pilot turned FIELD SERVICE 115 around and flew safely back to the Ger-m
Ambulance no10 : personal letters from the front . it-ting dining killed them all. The telephone bell rings — two carswanted at once for L . August 23d. About this morning a Germianaeroplane came over the town — not twohundred and fifty metres high. We couldsee the pilot and observer and the fourMaltese crosses on the planes. It was oneof the bravest acts I have seen. She wastoo low for the artillery to open up fire,so the soldiers fired at her with theirrifles, and although it seemed as if shemust have been hit, the pilot turned FIELD SERVICE 115 around and flew safely back to the Ger-man lines. This little incident leaves uswith a very uneasy feeling, as we think noGerman would have taken such risk un-less the mission had been very important. INCENDIARY BOMB DROPPED BY GERMAN AVIATOR AT PONT-A-MOUSSON He must have seen everything he wantedto — our cars are fairly conspicuous withtheir crosses on the top of the canvas. Hedropped signals as he flew over our house— and we are wondering just what is tofollow — and when I. 116 AMERICAN AMBULANCE August 30th. The Germans, not satisfied with thereprisals they took on the 22d for theburning by the French of store and fac-tory at Pagny, again opened up on certainbuildings of a neighboring town on August22. They sent over 150 shells betweentwo oclock and seven. All large mar-mites — 210s, 280s, and I believe somelarger. The damage done is considerable,but after such a bombardment it wasmarvelous that anything remained. Overthirty-three shells fell in the road! It happened to be my day of repos andI was asked if I would care to go toNancy for the day, so at seven oclock inthe morning I appeared in full paradeuniform, so to speak; and except that Ihad nt the heart to shave off my tempo-rary mustache, I am sure I must have cutquite a figure! Off we went to Nancy and spent aninteresting day looking all over that won- FIELD SERVICE 117 derful town. Salisbury as you know hasgot the croix-de-guerre, and we all fe
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