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up about 3000 ft. Fritz came at them, one flew towards a Balloon when out jumped the Observers with their parachuets & got away clear in the meantime one Aeroplane Flew over the Top of the Balloon & dropped some Liquid Fire on to it & in about 30 sec the Balloon burst into flames & came down, the Basket underneath kept clear of the Flames, & was not destroyed, as our guns were making the place too warm they cleared away amongst the clouds for a while. When an opportunity afforded Fritz he came at another Balloon & the Observers tooked to their Parachutes, on coming down one of them fouled the line of another Balloon & twisted around the Cable but fortunately twisted back again & swung clear & eventually alighted near the same spot as his Mate Fritz tried to fire their Balloon but the Guns were too solid for them as they tooked to the Clouds & cleared off. While all this display was taking place, our lads including myself were in a great state of excitement some rushing for the Dug Outs, other running about getting their Steel Helmets on & others taking cover in