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THE CHINA MAIL; JULY 10, 1941.
CHANGES IN AIR WAR OVER BRITAIN
(By Major Oliver Stewart')
THE TEMPORARY cessation of heavy aerial bombing gave time and opportunity for a change in the strategical situation on the home front to be apprehended and for the new duties which will be imposed upon the population of these islands when the fighting flares up again to be defined and under- stood.
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In the past passive defence has been imposed by the strategical conditions. In the future active It will be the back- ground for the heavy counter-attacks now in pre- paration.
members of the
community
as in the In the past the approach of too great a velocity enemy bombing aircraft was the small incendiary bombs to the signal for many non-combatant | explosive filler and the fuse, there to is endless opportunity for design take cover. The general atmos- ingenuity. phere in the country was one of that were enduring the blows known to be coming without fin- ching.
Heavier Loads
Our armament experts have
been obviously
successful
in
But now there is in every field the appropriate counter-making a fairly large advance in of the this fleld. The wider consequence stroke. The majority
like.
and
air offensive against augmented in
bomber force
civil an population are mobilised is that our and trained for active defence Germany will be measures. 'They are fire-wat- three separate directions, by the chers, fire fighters, A.R.P. work- increased load-carrying capacity the of the new bombers, such as the ers, first-aid squads,
Almost everybody has his Stirling, the Manchester and Hali-
fax; by the large specific task.
which is now becoming available, and by the increased destructive power of the bombs themselves.
The Stirling can carry a heavy The American load of bomba. Consolidated Liberator is said
Fighting Back
at-
FRANCE NEEDS CATS
Commenting on an anti-rat. campaign which is being waged in France, the Paris correspondent of the Madrid Catholic or- gan Ya points out that in the long run the
most
efficient and cheapest enemy' of the rat is the cat. He added that he had not the "slightest ob- jection to declaring that stewed cat eaten on a large scale in Paris and neigh- bourhood."
Bid
For
Peace In
Peru
The
United
States,
and Brazil
in the American papers to carry Argentina In-
more than four tons of bomba, have asked Peru and and they say that this machine has, in addition to this, excellent Ecuador to establish weight-lifting power, the high No-Man's Land on both
So now when a big aerial tack develops the people of our cities no longer take cover, they come out to fight the enemy with the appropriate implements.
ground they stead of go'ng to
Firemen fight shine. rise and airmen. The A.R.P. services save life and property. The rescue and first-aid squads are active. The repair organisations get to work. Those who organise the housing: and feeding of the people whose homes have been destroyed go
top speed of more miles an hour,
than 330
The bomb load of these machines
а
sides of the line known as the status quo line in varies Inversely with the range the territory disputed by
which they are operating, the two nations. because of the fuel requirements. Mr. Sumner For attacks on places as near as base the enemy's
inte action. Members of the at
Home Guard stand to.
shifting
of
in
Welles,
U.S.
It is the gradual
at Brest the Under-Secretary of State, at his the initiative. Unlike the opera-bomb load would be much greater press conference in tions in Libya, the initiative
home is the air war at
side suddenly passed from s'de.
We have to grasp it by
by prolonged effort,
increased activity and toughness in defence with mounting counter-attack.
Improving Defences
Washington that after than for attacks on places as far yesterday, announced
three nations not distant as Berlin. This must be the envoys of the
had made the foregoing recom→ Lo borne in mind when comparing
mendation to Peru and Ecuador, enemy raids with our own.
the three Governments had also informed the Governments of all and republics other American asked them to give support towards ending the conflict.
A Comparison
"
Under the proposal the Gov- ernments of Peru and Ecuador would withdraw their military forces 15 kilometres from each side of the "line of status quo," establishing a neutral zone 30 kilometres
between In depth now and the armistice. Both were also requested to
A study of German bomb loads and operational strength appears in "The Engineer." In it German Our improving defences
are statements are analysed, and it is not alone the outcome of the concluded that during a period of more active efforts of the civil 140 days of intensive raiding defence workers. They are also forty tons of bombs were dropped the outcome of technical improve-in eight raids per day. It is ments in the Royal Air Force argued that this would mean
anti-aircraft and in the
then in use, guns with the aircraft their and
accessories and
fighter- of which were some equipment. The "other devices"
bombers
an average of forty prevent their 'planes passing over are beginning to come into play. aircraft per raid.
In some of the the neutral zone.
Mr. Welles made it clear that Sir Alan Brooke has warn concentrated raids 700 tons od us that an invasion at bombs were
said to this measure was purely tempor- sometimes
Reuter. sempt le likely, and that air-have been taken, and this would ary. borne troops would play a ble mean some 500 bombing aircraft. "Feverish" Activity
part in ona. Many of them! might, he said, be landed glider.
by
For dealing with such pro- the babilities it is obvious that Intensified activities of the civil defence forces are of the utmost value. A nation that goes to ground in heavy raids is clearly by air- more easily surprised borne troops than one which out and about looking for trouble.
The New Bomb
+
is
01
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Thesa considerations show [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] how great is the advantage con- The Ecuadorian High Command ferred upon the Royal Air Force has reported "feverish" Peruvian Bomber Command by the turn-military activity across the bord- ing out in quantity by our fac-
er from Ecuador, adding, how- torles and by those of the United ever, "no further incidents along States of the new and bigger the frontier have occurred."! bombers. By reducing the ternational News Service. V number of aeroplanes needed
for a given (weight' of attack, they ease the [operational, and train control problems.
Another point also emerges. The hard hitting of our fighters, with
FAUSANG INCIDENT
-In-
The other side of the picture, their batteries of eight machine-weekendras pas che
WHETHER OR NOT REPRE- the mounting. British air offen- guns, caused the Germans to at sive, is of equal importance, their aeroplanes with an increas- SENTATIONS WILL BE MADE During the week it has been ing weight of protective armour. IN CONNECTION WITH oficially announced that a new This had the effect of diminish- THE S.S. FAUSANG IN- type of bombs has been used by ing their bomb load. the Royal Air Force on
to bo in Germany. It is said far more effective than earlier types.
targets
S. M. WOODS SLIGHTLY BETTER
CIDENT IN WHICH CAPTAIN RE HOLDEN, AND A RUS- SIAN GUARD, MR CHUBIN, WERE TAKEN OFF THE VES- SEL BY ARMED CHINESE, AND LATER HANDED OVER TO A JAPANESE NAVAL VESSEL, IS NOT KNOWN.El
This morning, the "Ching Mail": learned that after Captain Holden and Mr. Chubin were ordered to
Readers will not expect to hear any details of this bamb in these columns. The most gen- eral comments might prove of value to the enemy. No technical information about it has been
The condition of Sgt-Major leave the Fausang and taken on officially accorded, and we must be content for the moment, with Woods. Permanent Staff Instruc- board one of the Chinese armed the vague, and purely figurative tor, Royal Artillery, who was launches, they were locked in a remark that its explosive effect injured in a motor cycle accident cabin and an armed guard was is "five times" that of other at Shatin on Tuesday night, was posted outside the door.
N stated this morning to be slightly They were "Imprisoned" for al- types.
most 24 hours. Eventually, the Bomb design, however, lends better. scope for a great deal of work. P.S.I Woods suffered injuries to Chinese agreed to Captain, Hald From the extenal shape, which the spine when the Army, en's request to take them to the may be deliberately adjusted to motor-cycle he was riding plunged nearest Japanese naval authori- afford a high air drag so na to over, the embankment into the ties, and hand them over to the first Japanese warship, they met. prevent the bomb from attaining sea.