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Show AERIAL WARFARE NO LONGER MERELY DREAM GRANDVILLIERS, Franco, Sept 14 President Fallleres. accompanied by the president-elect of Brazil, Marshal " Her-mos Her-mos Fonaeca, Premier Brland and foreign for-eign military attaches, witnessed "the operation op-eration of the dirigible balloons and aeroplanes aero-planes In the army maneuvers today. Three dirigibles and six aeroplanes, Including In-cluding those manned by the reservists, Latham and Paulhan, took part In the operation, Aeroplanes from each side roconnol-tered roconnol-tered along the front for twenty miles, making reports of the positions of tho various units of the generals commanding. command-ing. Thus far the aeroplanes have given better results than tho dirigibles, which on Monday and Tuesday were prevented from leaving their stations by high winds. Army officers are enthusiastic over the accuracy of the aeroplane reconnaissances. reconnais-sances. General Plcquart of the signal corps and General Muenler. commanding the Third corps, each morning before 7 o'clock aro In possession of an accurate description descrip-tion of the location and movements of each other's forces, Muenlor today completely outgeneraled Plcquart, succeeding in turning tho lat-ter's lat-ter's nosltlon. |