Well, those two have got
nerve anyhow!"
CHAPTER XIII
AT THE RUINED CHATEAU
Having found the man they were searching for and in so perilous a
situation, neither Blaine nor Bangs wasted time. If Erwin was
crippled, so much the greater reason for them to relieve him. Only by
direct attack could this be accomplished, if at all. Though the
Archies were now roaring more than ever, Blaine and his observer, both
machine guns pointed f or instant action, started straight at the
pursuing planes. Buck was with him at a convenient distance.
Instantly the rattle of their guns pattered out in the air as a
fusillade of bullets was showered at the foe.
The determined maneuvers of the new arrivals evidently daunted the
Huns. One of them immediately turned tail. The other tried to do so
but was intercepted by Blaine who, making an absolutely nervy
side-loop, came up under the Fokker and began again discharging a
deadly rain of bullets.
But one source of refuge was left the German. Up, up he climbed.
Being cut off from retreat towards his own lines, he struck straight
across towards No-Man's-Land with the big biplane full pursuit and
still firing.
Meantime Bangs took after the other, bringing it down under a detached
fire from the Archies who were naturally more cautious now in firing,
owing to the fear of hitting one of their own planes.
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