Show 4 r I i Ii i I Aeroplane Strong Arm of Future Armies On April 24 according to dispatches dispatcheR eight aeroplanes belonging to toW tte hp British air fleet destroyed a Turkish camp at Quatia Eg Egypt 1 t. t I r The IThe Tho enemy suffered severe casualties from bombs dropped and ron machine gun fire runs the dispatch IJ f There is no reason for doubting the truth o of the story because t 1 the fact that the engagement was of no great strategic importance iff This his is only one one of many reports which have been filtering ini in n nII i from the hc war val sho showing ng how wonderfully the hea aeroplane is developing II a as' as asa a fighting machine A As a n scouting device it has almost supplanted a all Ii others It did diel this from the beginning of the war As a means I of attacking camps supply stations and even Ven bodies of troops it itI I I m. m must be reckoned as a powerful factor in future wars If Egypt is an open country and encampments may be peculiarly wIt vulnerable vulnerable crable to attack from the air but the tho sea is open too and arid the I warship is as approachable as any c camp p can ean possibly be The troops on the battle fronts in ill Europe Europa are dug in and sheltered shel shel- Ir tied ed in trenches Explosives dropped from the air may not be so 80 effective as those fired from cannon but the airship can penetrate f te lines at will unless stopped by other airships while the troops in tho rear real of the fighting line are out of range of the hostile guns t f fEight Eight aeroplanes destroyed this Turkish camp Suppose they i. i had hid numbered 80 or or 01 or Y Would they not have l n able to destroy and kill in proportion to the increased num num- t L t- t No No reason appears appears why wIly they would not i i Suppose that Germany or the allies should suddenly take the theal al v th aeroplanes 7 1 W Would uld they not be bo able to disorganize the lines of their h ir antagonist n t so far fm to the rear of the zone of gunfire as to make it possible infantry attacks to pass through and beyond any line which can now occupy Mt t The airship must become an arm without which in immense force rid nd army can win in the future We had just eight when the Me Mexican ican expedition began bean and o of these six are now v reported as reduced to the condition of junk sunk I 1 Is the army efficient |