MvR comments on von der Osten’s 4th victory

“One of the backstaggered de Havillands was brought down at 1345 by Leutnant Georg von der Osten of Jasta 11, who later recalled of his fourth victory: “It crashed into the shell-torn ground south of Bourlon Wood. Immediately after the  landing, Richthofen congratulated me, but at the same time rebuked me because after my first attack I had not followed the crippled aeroplane into the first turn. I had had to turn away because of the attack by another Englishman who, as we used to say in front-line German, “was spitting into my crate from behind”. I mention this to show how closely Richthofen kept watch over the whole battle scene.”