AERIAL WARFARE
GREAT DESTRUCTION. LESSONS OF THE MANOEUVRES. SHORT RANGE RAIDS POSSIBLE. (United Press Association— Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) LONDON, August 17. The British air exercises ended in the mimic powers agreeing to accept the mediation of the League of nations. , .. The pace set by both sides was evidently too hot for a long campaign. Detailed results of the fighting are not vet available, but apparently the Blue colony achieved its aim ot reducing the Red colony to chaos, but at tremendous cost to its own forces The exercises vividly illustrated the destructive nature of modern, warfare. During the three days' fighting three important towns and a large seaport were rendered untenable, and others were much damaged, but 150 'planes were lost in the process. If the war continued the Blue colony might not have been able to make good its sucThe manoeuvres clearly show that an enemy working at reasonably short range cannot be kept of neighbouring territory or prevented from doing serious damage.—" Times. ' __
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 261, 18 August 1930, Page 5
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168AERIAL WARFARE Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 261, 18 August 1930, Page 5
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