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Show BRITISH AIRMEN DO GREAT WORK London, Sept 14 General French in his report says "The constant object of our aviators avia-tors has been to effect an accurate location of the enemy's forces, and. Incidentally, since the operations cover cov-er so large an area, of our own units "Nevertheless, the tactics adopted for dealing with hostile air craft are to attach them instantly with one or more British machines This has been so far successful that In five cases German pilots or observers have been shot while In the air and their machines brought to ground. As a consequence, the British flying corps bus succeeded In establishing an individual ascendency which is as serviceable to us as It is damaging to the enemy ' How far It is due to this cause it . is not possible at present to ascertain ascer-tain definitely, but the fact remains I that the enemy have recently be-i be-i ome much less enterprising in their flights Something In the direction of the mastery of the air already baa been gained In pursuance of the principle prin-ciple that the main object of military aviators Is the collection of Information Informa-tion "Bomb dropping has not been indulged in-dulged in to any great extent. On one occasion !l l"' 1 n 1 ' bomh was successfully suc-cessfully exploded in a German bivouac bivou-ac at night, while from a dlury found on a dead German cavalry soldier It has been discovered that a high explosive ex-plosive bomb, thrown at a cavalry column from one of our aeroplanes. Struck an ammunition wagon result i Ing in an explosion which killed fitter fit-ter n of the enemy." Washington. Sept. 14 The British Brit-ish foreign office today cabled to the British embassy here an emphatic denial of the report of a revolution In India. The dispatch says: 'The story of a revolution in India whlcb has been given out by German legations lega-tions in certain capitals is a sheer invention. The enthusiasm in India with regard to the war is most striking." strik-ing." oo |