OVER FORTY ZEPPELINS.
NONE DAMAGED IK RAIDS: ,- •■■'■;• ~~~;. .■' ■; J~\ brttahts serious SHORTCOMINGS. .T- ' I • (Received 1.30 p.m.) •" ■:.■•;' LONDON, March 10. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, a leading , authority on aviation, raised i debate in the Cords on the subject of;. aviation. He said he believed Germanjf hiid | over forty Zeppelins, and thai-none>of them-liad been damaged during the~2s raids on Great Britain.' The Brilisli anti-air-craft guns were feeble, and the shells burst two thousand feet Seiow. thy raiders. He demanded the creation of a Ministry of Aviation, ~as air warfare was developing or a-tremendous scale. Lord Lanedowne said he recognised there were serious Bhprtcomings,~bulr lie had ereat Bopea.of Lord Derby's committee of naval and military advisers. • Lord Bere3ft>*d urged wholesale aeroplane attacks on :Zeppclin sheds, ar.d.inadvised Major Churchill to consult a specialist for his affected mentality. "\...
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 61, 11 March 1916, Page 5
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