Concerning French pilots in general, Mr. Lawrence Jarrold, writing in the _Daily Telegraph_, has said: ‘In aviation, _les Boches n’existent plus_, every one in this camp agrees. Since the Somme offensive no German aeroplane has ever dared to cross its own lines into French territory. The French have invented methods of air photography the perfection of which is almost miraculous. “Does not the enemy do the same?” I asked. “No, he never comes to photograph us, because we never let him.” In July fifty-eight German aeroplanes were brought down by the French attacking squadron. One of the new French machines alone brought down seven Boches, and not one of these machines was lost. These are the new attacking machines of extraordinary speed. There are other new French aeroplanes of great power. Some of these have lost a gunner killed, but all have always come back. One of the French aviator-captains who showed me over the camp was the officer who had himself read the letter taken from a German aviator officer, moaning over the incompetency of German aviation. That German aviation has ceased to count on the Somme is no exaggeration at all. One morning I saw over twenty French sausages lolling in the air, where they cast a seeing eye upon the German positions. Not a single German sausage was anywhere to be seen—none has been seen for weeks. “The moment a German sausage comes up, one of my men rises and puts an inflammatory fuse into the thing, and it bursts up,” said the aviator-captain.’ Mr. Jarrold also reported that the same fate had befallen the German aeroplanes. ‘Not one dares cross over the lines. The result is that the German artilleryman is blind. He fires over and over again at the same place upon which he had long ago trained his gun, but he can fire nowhere else with any knowledge. French mastery of the air on the Somme is an absolute fact. But in the air, on the Somme, the Boches are now powerless, and the French work their war machine absolutely peacefully. Their aviators have told them that they are safe from air attacks, and they know it is a fact.’ On September 15 French aviators particularly distinguished themselves in combats above the enemy’s lines on the Somme front. Sub-Lieutenant Guynemer brought down his sixteenth, Sub-Lieutenant Nungesser his twelfth, Lieutenant Heurtaux his sixth, and Sub-Lieutenant de Rothefort his sixth aeroplane. Moreover, it was confirmed that, in one of the recent fights, Lieutenant Deullin secured his sixth victory. Two other German machines, attacked at very short range, were forced to descend in a seriously damaged condition. Moreover, on the Verdun front, an enemy machine was brought down to the north of Douaumont.