PART II

ON ACTIVE SERVICE

IX. BEHIND THE FIRING LINE 61 X. THE FIRST TRIP ACROSS THE LINE 66 XI. SOME ANECDOTES 74 XII. SPORT EXTRAORDINARY 81 XIII. A BALLOON-TRIP BY NIGHT 85 XIV. THE BATTLE OF THE WOOD 92 XV. A TIGHT CORNER 97 XVI. AN AIR FIGHT WITH A HUN 108 XVII. A GREAT RAID 114 XVIII. A DAY-DREAM 123 XIX. A MID-AIR BATTLE 127 XX. A BATTLE FROM ABOVE 132 XXI. A TRUE STORY OF THE WAR 136 XXII. HEROISM IN THE AIR 144