<;ki:.\t loss to i ni:\cn aiimy
IU'ti.-ijin oii<> or .Mum Brilliant
Aviiiloi's Seen in Action Since Out
break ot War?(?'rail tin te of Wasli
i nut on anil Lot*.
I S|>. <1.1 | fable The Tinie?-1 Mspalch I
I "A l: is. .-vr'|ii (>inlit-r 'JV?TCifTeu Hock-I
vv'? ll'*' aviator, attached to the
A11? ?? i icaii s?|ii.iilro n. xv.is fhnt dead this
morning ;ii |i> o'clock Iii the course of j
hi iii battle on the Alsace front.
I!?>i,k\vi,l! rose :it n'^lnrk ulnnn,
i:i an armored mnchine, an.) fearlos-sly|
' :il tacked :i Cct mnn Tnuhe. II.- suc
<?-ede?l in o in |>t >? 11?ti tin- lnngnv.ine of
his rnpiil-iiror with accurate aim. buCI
w' In I" tin ning to encircle his opponent
lo- reeeived a bullet in tin. hcail am!
dropped like a stone. Ocatli was in
Mailt;- neons. The body was taken, with
.ill honors, to a militar;. hospital. The
funeral will take place on .Monday,
lln* aviator's brother. Rani. was ad
i vised T.y telegraph of Rockwell's
?bath.
I'oi li wt'll s ileat li is a '41*..at 1 jss to
French military aviation. It was
stated at die War Oflice to-night that
In- was ..no of the most brilliant avi
ators seen in action since the outbreak
<>f tin* war. Hock well was twice men
tioned in army dispatches, and had
l?.'i n awarded the War i.'ross and a tnili
ta.y medal, lie was about to be pro
moted to the tank of lieutenant.
Four months ago Rockwell was
wounded in the face. He returned to
the front immediately upon ills re
covery. lie was credited with having
I brought down four <'?>>; man war pianos.
