The Living Age, Volume 289Living Age Company, 1916 |
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... fire . In fact it appears that the German pilots had orders to evade combat if possible , so as to keep their machines intact for the above men- tioned uses . Through British enterprise , however , they were unable to do this . It was ...
... fire . In fact it appears that the German pilots had orders to evade combat if possible , so as to keep their machines intact for the above men- tioned uses . Through British enterprise , however , they were unable to do this . It was ...
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... FIRE . It is difficult to overestimate the utility of the aeroplane for directing artillery . In modern warfare the sight of the gunners is no longer their own . Implicitly they must obey the directions which come from above . As has ...
... FIRE . It is difficult to overestimate the utility of the aeroplane for directing artillery . In modern warfare the sight of the gunners is no longer their own . Implicitly they must obey the directions which come from above . As has ...
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tillery fire by means of their aeroplanes , which were present in large quantities . When the German Army compelled the retreat at Mons the fire of their artillery was devastating for the very reason that their airmen , who hovered over ...
tillery fire by means of their aeroplanes , which were present in large quantities . When the German Army compelled the retreat at Mons the fire of their artillery was devastating for the very reason that their airmen , who hovered over ...
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... fire . But it was a waste of effort and munition , for the trench was filled merely with dummy soldiers crowned with helmets . While the French were blowing into pieces the effigies of soldiers the Germans were withdrawing in safety to ...
... fire . But it was a waste of effort and munition , for the trench was filled merely with dummy soldiers crowned with helmets . While the French were blowing into pieces the effigies of soldiers the Germans were withdrawing in safety to ...
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... fire . " Perhaps the most popular British bomb - dropping feat was the annihila- tion of the Zeppelin in Belgium by the late Flight Sub - Lieutenant Warneford , V. C. , on a Morane " parasol mono- plane . " For the destruction of Zeppe ...
... fire . " Perhaps the most popular British bomb - dropping feat was the annihila- tion of the Zeppelin in Belgium by the late Flight Sub - Lieutenant Warneford , V. C. , on a Morane " parasol mono- plane . " For the destruction of Zeppe ...
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