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OUR PROGRESS IN AERIAL FIGHTING.

THE WORK OF THE ARMED. PATROLS.

Messrs. Claudo Grahame--White and Harry Harper write: Almost every day Dow, as the war by air, in common with that by land, grows on all froats in its organised intensity, the value stands re-

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ONE OF THE TASKS WHICH MR.

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A STRAIGHT TALK TO LABOUR

Mr. Hughes, the Premier of Australia, indulged in a straight talk with his labour colleagues, whom he knew to be for the most part anti-conscriptionists,

OUR NEW ALLY

ROUMANIAN OFFICER'S VIEWS..

It is obvious from the following article that Roumania now considers the success of the Entente Powers thoroughly Assured

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There is nothing of the professional publicist about the average wounded A correspondent who is well versed in soldiers, officer or man, now landing day corporates the views of a Rumanian Balkan afairs, writing on July 20th, in Burasu representative there). With by day at Southampton (says the Press friend of his, an artillery officer who as matches or scraps of paper, or a nicotine Subaltern took part in the Russo-stained forefinger made to serve as pencil Turkish war, was present at Perna and give you elaborate expositions of the * TJIBODAS

in the nearest dusty surface they will subsequently hold the post of Military

tactice they have helped to work out,

vealed of the armed aeroplane the craft at & banquet which they offered him Attiche at two Foreign Courts and who. But they deprecate the odd noteor twbone

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that is built for its one taak; the fighting perish as a movement," he told 200 of can evade your responsibility and machine pure and simple; Not that the these men at the Eight-hours committee main sonora of an air service is fighting. banquet; "but you cannot evade it and Its chief tasks, on the contrary, are 10 live as a movement. This is the time when the order of their importance-1, Scout-payment le demanded for the privileges to reproduce his words,

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France and Germany. He has been a vivid, stabbing little thrust of trium- addition, has attended in an official jots down from time to time when by capacity autumn manœuvres in Austria, accident they do carich one with some Bucharest and is a scientific as well as a know, don't bother about that guff. But practical soldier, so that his views are it you really want to know what the plan professor at the Staff College in phant scene painting "Oh, I say, you well worth considering. I will endeavour was in the show, I can tell you in

of the What Is will set down here a minute, so far as our brigade went.' At the moment I have specially in mind

are just the hits he regarded as "guff, A young company commander, a captain

convinced that everyone knows about of the Mametz Wood we were arriving that; of course" "Along the north side in the front trench at midnight, and he continued A

THE DIFFICULTIES OF BUMANIA,

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ing; 2, artillery control; and 3, the drop- to pay? he thundered, this country whore Rumania, as all your text-books tell ping of bombs. But the point is that you say that the war does not concern them, you, has an army of upwards of half cannot undertake these taske, nowadays, and that it would make no difference to million trained soldiers, well equipped working regularly and successfully over that is a pitiful confession an abject tion front a geographical point of view Labour if Germany did win. I think and well organised, but her military post an enemy's lines, unless you have the co-futility," went on Mr. Hughes. It is is well-nigh hopeless. East and west lie operation of fighting cruft,

a confession of their utter unfitness to be Russia, and Austria, both far superior in Your vital need is for news. You must (Cheers.) They in whose hands, has aghting power To the south, Bulgaria, The trench was in i benstly state. It

e-partners in this great heritage. know what movements, what concentra been placed, without an effort, by no tudes of politicians we have never bech was like porridge with syrup over it;

also a formidable foc. Despite the plati tions, are in progress at those points stroke of their own, the golden key of this on friendly terms with any of our neigh bair and moustaches and everything. within enemy territory that can be reach citadel, outside the door of which our hours, for their districts, bordering our Just before three I got my position and we were all absolutely plastered cul and serve 1 only by air. You must forefathers were beggars these men, by frontiers are chiefly peopled by Ruma right in the middle of my company. We have aeroplanes above the enemy's lines, their utterances, and by their outlook mens. On the outbreak of the war in were going over nt 3.95, you know. The also, to direct the fire of byour artillery: upon life, prove themselves unworthy to 1814, we laid down in unmistakable terme trench was deep there, with a lot of mud nad, when an opportunity offers, or be free, men in a democracy like ours, the price of our Alliance. The immediate and water but there was no set parapet strategy demands it, bombs must be drep- (Cheers.) If any country is worth living retrocession of Bessarabia, the ultimate left; just a gradual slope of muck, as bed his railway junctions and supply and dying for it is this. When Eng cession of Transylvaniz at the conclu though cartloads of it had been dropped depots, causing such damage, if possible, lishmen have gone out in their millions aion of the war. This be it minded is a from the sky by giants spilt porridge, as will delay the movement to his trenches to die for England, shall we, too, not Hungarian province, lying contiguous to I wanted to be first out if I could good of troops and munitions. The fighting do our part in this war, whatever that our frontier and peopled almost entirely effect on the men you know but I

eruplane carries out none of these tasks Part may be itself: but what it does is to render ench

by Rumenians. Further we asked that of them possible. It wins, by actual fight stitutions and traditions are in the melt-supplies of

In this war, he proceeded, all in we should be furnished with ample couldn't trust myself in all that muck, ing a passage through the air for the ing pet. I went to Britain, not to stir and with a monthly subsidy which dugout and was nursing the blooming

weapons and munitions I'd collared a rum-case from scouts, the bomb-droppers, or the artil-up strife, but to endeavour to bring all would enable us to maintain

thing so that when the time came I could lery control machines.

sorts and conditions of men closer toge army of half a million men and to place spring from that I was in a dovil of a plant it in the mud and get a bit of a ther Their only safety and the safety at the disposal of the Allies the whole of of the Australian people as a section of our harvests and of our oil supplies stew lost some of my chaps should get When scants are sunt over the enemy, I hope I did something to bring the the British Empire-les in united effort.

over too soon. They kept wriggling up an important reconnaissance, they

Land forward in the mud. They were must be guarded by a certain number of went to remind the people of England our statement, but really I cannot see that A BIGNAL ́ ́ DIYE.”. people of England closer together. I Your Press has been very severe upon frightfully keen to get moving fighting machines. If this is not done, they of the great issues that were at stake they could have adopted any other course. will be stacked and harassed, and quite hope I did something in that direction. As a student of war foresaw that probably brought to earth, by the armed I tried to do something is the way of was bound to be a war of munitions. We artillery lift, about a minute and a half I thought I could just make out our patruls of the enemy. Artillery control laying the foundation of the new Eng had recently rearmed our army and liad before the twenty-five, but I wouldn't machines, also, carrying, say, two occu-land-the better England that is to be fitted up an arsenal near Bucharest, five, I got, a good jump from my rum pants and a wireless equipment, and I said they must make England a coun which is capable of turning out large

swear to it. On the stroke of the twenty- dome given area, correcting the aim of the for it-it must no longer he said of Eng we are a muall nation, and a poor nation, small. It loosened two of my front teeth meeding, perhaps, to fy for hours over try worthy of the men who were dying quantities of small army ammunition, but box, and fell head-first into a little pool; whizz-bang hole, I suppose; something gunners with whom they are co-operating, and that twelve millions of people were and it was manifestly impossible for us and watching the fall of shelle, may be living on the verge of starvation. I told to equip an arsenal for the supply of Pretty much. I'd my whistle in my teeth, attacked suddenly by swifter craft, and them that the new England must rest even field artillery ammunition. Our you see. But I blew like blazes directly beaten town or driven away, if they are on the policy of a fair and reasonable small arnis were made at the Skoda facut uy head up. Never made a sound. not defended by an escort of fighting ma- wage. (Applause.) chines Again, should craft laden with I hope and believe that something field guns from Schneider Canet in and & lot were in front of me when 1 gol tory, in Austria, our machine-guns came Whistle full of mud. But it didn't mat- from the Waffen Fabrik in Germany, our ter a bit. They all saw me take my dive, bomby be sent into the enemy's territory has been done for the new England that France, our lanecs and cavalry swords going. But I overhauled 'em and got in craft which must sacrifice spoed to weight is to be. I believe that the old England from Solingen. So with the one excephelieve we must have got nearly fifty lifting-it is essential that they should has gone for ever the England that took tion of small arms ammunition--we were

front, p be shielded during their journey from the no thought of the morrow: cared nothing entirely dependent on outside sources for yards without a casualty. But it's hard onslaught of enemy patrols, meta

that its industries were passing from its munitions. Our powder factory was not to say. It wasn't night, you know; just In the early days of the war, for lack its enemies; cared nothing that a great of a modern campaign. We were well easy to spot casualties. The row, ul own feeble hands, and being grasped by large enough to meet the requirements a glimmering kind of a greyness. Not of anviling better, airmen took ordinary number of its citizens lived on the verge aware of the condition of the munition course, was deafening; and were running scouting craft-preferably fast, single of destitution. I hope and believe that factories in Russia and: Berbia, we knew You Think you're going strong, and seater maghines and nacended in them England has gone. (Applause) that both those countries would have to Woosh You've got your face deep in

Like to light, having a weapons nothing more

lamp lightersen deadly than a revolver or an antorantie declared that the best of all things that and that until Turkey was compelled to Porridge Fallen in a shell hole. You

M. Holinan, one of the speakers, fall back on you or the United States, pistol» And their object as a rule in such Mr Hughes had done to astonish these for peace and the passage of the trip over some blame thing, and you turn preliminary combats, was to attack the people of Europe was the demonstra-Dardanelles opened to Great Britain and complets somersault and you're on aeroplanes the enemy was sending in over tion of the fact that under the democratic her Allieg we should be forced to depend again; wondering where your second their lines to mark positions for his artil atmosphere of Australia workmen can lery Land Gre proved ineffective against rise to a level which placed them on an

wind is. Lord, you haven't a notion these enemy observers; so there was no equality with the picked brains of the

whether you're hit or not. I felt that thing to do but attack them by air. It old world. (Cheers.)

smack on my left wrist along with a dozen was not surprising, though, in view of

Then we saw within a few, a very few other smacks of one sort and another, the weapons used, and of the conditions

days of the outreak of the war how Bel- but I didn't know it was a wound for an that prevail in the air, that many of

gium har fared, and though Sorbia for hour or more. All you thought about was, these first ducts should have been incontas the single seated patrol, have a lift we did follow our inclinations we should thought a bit about not stickin' us with These machines, larger and heavier some time held her own we felt that ifying to keep your ride muzzle up, and clusive But what it was shown could ing capacity which is sufficient, without lay ourselves open to invasion by Aus their bayonets more'n they could help.

I guess the fellows behind must've be accomplished, none the less, by skilled prejudicing their speed, to carry not only tris on our western, by Bulgaria on our was shouting the local name of pikte in fast aeroplanes, was that they n pilot, combatant, gus, and fuel, but also southern frontier. We had little fear of the regiment, you know. The boys like might clase and harass enemy craft, to permit of their hulle being armoured the result of war with Bulgaria, but it it. But my sergeant, who was close to and even if they could not oripple them lightly Nor is this all. The Craft are was very doubtful if we could meet me, was just yelling," Down 'em, boys 1" with lucky shot, force them at least to sufficiently powerful, and have sufficient the double attack unless Russia was able and stick em! Stick 'em!" for all he abandon their artillery direction or re-strength in construction, to permit the Bot merely to send us a large force, but was worth. ountaissance, and make for the shelter of mounting in them of light, quickfiring also to keep that force and our own their own lines

guns, which throw small explosive shells. amics supplied with munitions. I have Bosisios automatic pistols or revolvers Thus, thanks mainly to engine power, but said that we are a poor nation. We are, repeating rifles were used also in the air; not forgetting skill in design and co- and for many years were miserably so, but these were not suitable for single struction, we have a machine which marks being almost entirely dependent on our seated machines, unless they could be fixed-distinct step forward in the production exports of mais and barley. Since the so that the pilot might operate them with of the purely fighting craft; a machine development of our oil fields this has oo hard, and have the other free for his which not only hits harder, firing shells been our chief suuret of revenue. With controls. This difficulty was overcome, instead of bullets, but has its occupants the Dardanelles closed we have been un- in some cases, by fixing rifles along the and vital parts protected at any rate able to export our produce to Western sides of the hull of a machine, so that they against damage from machine-gun-ow Europe and our peasantry have been could be aimed and fired with one hand, gin to its sheath of armour,

reduced to sore straits. The arrange Troin this crude stage was evolved a

ments made with the British Minister craft, either a high-speed monoplane or biplane, which was equipped with a ma-

for the sale of our harvest to you in War is waged, by such armed craft, nut 1915 of a necessity fell through owing chine gun Aring straight ahead, and only among hostile scoute, but also to the inability to ship it, and we were

JUMPING FOR THE FACES IN THE DITCH. which could be handled in action by an against the enemy's patrols. The fast, compelled for financial reason to fall Boche ditch; and I know I

But I made out a line of faces in the nirman who flew alone in the machine, single-seated machines which they may back on the Central Powers.

gavo a devil and was gunner as well as pilot. Carry encounter have some advantage over them

of a yell, as we jumped for those faces. ing as they did only one occupant, and in the matter of speed, and this is im

Lost my rifle there. Fraid I didn't stick Being engined powerfully, such machines portant in maneuvring But the single

my man really, because my bayonet would fly fast, and climb, dive, or seated patrol, with its machine-gun, will Rumania who favour the Western Powers fellow, We went down into the muck While there is a strong party in struck solid earth. I just smashed my maurre quickly; and this rendered not have the striking power of this other it is idle to ignore the fact that there is together, and another chap trod on my the menace to enemy scouts; while the and larger craft, with its quick firer and at the same time a very strong party who

neck for a moment. Makes you think advantage of their macine guns, as com shells. And even if the patrol makes full favour the Central Powers, and when I tell you, I pulled that chap pared, say, with rifles or pistols, was that use of his speed, and comes quickly at his Serbia was overrun these blew their took one good look to make sure he was a stream of bullets could be turned upon larger antagonist from some position of trumpets with much gusto. They pointed a Boche, and then I gave him two rounds down on top of my other Boche and just an antagonist, during the critical mo advantage, his machine-gun bullets, to the fact that first Belgium, then Ser from my revolver, with the barrel in his ments of an encounter, with so much the though directed, perhaps, accurately, may bia had fallen into the hands of the face. I think I killed the under one, too; better chance of a crippling hit

be deflected and rendered harmles by the Central Powers and that neither rest but can't be sure armouring of the latter's bull, while the Britain nor France had been able to save Next thing I knew we were scrambling bigger machine, when it returns this fire the little kingdoms from the horrors of on to the second line. It was in the wire discharges its shells against a craft which war. They pointed to Poland, to Russia of the second line that I got my knock- having been stripped, carries no armour, driven back and then they turned to us out, this shoulder, and some splinters in and is so much te more vulnerable."Had we followed your advice where business then, but as the light

well-wishers of England and said my head. Yes, bomb. I was out of grew I

NEW AND IMPROVED CRAFT With the development of this machine it became practicable, besides harassing the enemy in his artillery control, to send

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There was no real parapet left in that Boche front line. Their trench was just porridge. Where I was, there was quite a sort of gatha ragged crack in the a bit of their wire left; but do you know, one didn't feel it a bit. You can judge a bit from my rags what it was like. We went at it like fellows in a raco to charge the tape; and it didn't hurt us any more. Only thing that worried us feet aisking down make you feel you're was the porridge, and the holes. crawling; making no headway. I wish I could have seen a bit better. It was all a muddy blur to me

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up machines to patrol certain specified These new armed machines, with their should we have been and so tens of could see my chapa having the time of areas, and to interfero with and drive more powerful guns, represent the most thousand of waverers swang round in their lives inside that second line. One away, or if possible destroy, any hostile formidable craft in the air to day. But their views and felt that it is better to of 'em hauled me in after a bit, and I scouts such as might venture into these they are not likely to remain so long, tighten our belt and suffer a little got a drink of beer in a big Docho đng- areas ou a reconnaissance And in this even admitting the difficulty of building hunger rather then see our country out, down two separate fights of steps. way the haphazard and purely guerilla larger machines Creft will be evolved, treated as Belgium and Serbia have been. That beer was good, though it was Gor warfare, which characterisco the begin there is no doubt, which will have guns of the ultimate remit of the war I have man ning of the campaign by air has yielded of a greater calibre and range and which not a doubt, but I am convinced that it to considered schemes of offence and de- will have an ability to ay longer distances will be a far longer struggle than most

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