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This morning we had an alerte and I got up to Pont-a-Mousson in time to see three planes disappearing into the interior. I hung around until I saw one of our patrols taking up the position and I made home with a poorly working motor. Putnam took off after I did, was forced to land again and then went up on his new 220, two-gun plane (which glory be! we are all getting to replace our 180s) and he spotted a biplane which he forced down.
Before we went up a French Capitaine with his chevrons and map case and holster stopped off to rest a bit with his machine gun company. He waxed polite and enthusiastic over our machines and when I introduced him to Putnam he became a beaming being upon catching sight of the