To this the following answer was received from the Austrian Chief of Section: "My hearty thanks for your letter, which I have just got. I am sorry that I have not had time to drop on you a photograph of the machine of Lt. ----. On March the --th and the --th we have dropped you news of your airmen taken prisoners _[the names follow_]. I therefore repeat that all four were unwounded and have probably been transported to the prettiest part of our country, Salzburg. Lts. ---- and ---- got a shot on their sparking apparatus. I have myself had a talk with Lt. ----. I saw _no signs_ of any wound. In future every note of yours will be answered, and the answer will be dropped on your aerodrome.--With best greeting, Your ever devoted enemy, August, Baron von Mandelslob." To this the Russians replied, under name and address of the Austrian Chief of Staff: "Our hearty thanks for yesterday's note which dropped straight on our aerodrome. We are sorry not to be able to tell you to what part of our country your airmen have been sent, but we think that the address will soon be sent you by earth-post by the prisoners themselves. The _Albatross_ was shot to pieces, about thirty bullets in the wings and body. One bullet hit the propeller, but made only a smooth hole without any fissure. The two airmen, Lts. ---- and ---- are unhurt. With this note we shall drop on you two letters from the prisoners. Please address your next note as follows (----). God greet you.--The Russian Flyers." The Austrians continued: "A few days ago our airmen, Captain ----, Oberleutnant ----, Oberleutnant ----, Professor D---- and two lieutenants with two airship chauffeurs, left Przemysl in a balloon and are lost. We beg you friendly-foemanly to drop on our aerodrome news of these officers" [_three signatures_]. Baron von Mandelslob also writes: "Many thanks for your last lines about the loss of our _Albatross_. I am sorry to say that we have not for some time had the honour of seeing Russian airmen among us on the ground. Will you be so kind as to forward to Omsk the accompanying note to our captive airman, Lt. ----? We will try to get the address of your airmen prisoners, and then you will be able to write to them. Best greeting."