ARMY MANOEUVRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1233, 15 September 1911, Page 5

ARMY MANOEUVRES.

AIR SCOUTS IN EVIDENCE.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyi-ielit (Rec. September 15, 1.15 a.m.) Berlin, September 11. The Army manoeuvres are concluding. Field-Marshal Von der Goltz's army, representing the defenders again.*,t socalkd English invaders, retrieved an unfortunate position, the Guard corp (25,000 men) and the Cavalry division, aV.ached, brilliantly capturing a hill at tho lance's point. The Kaisor "personally thaiUced tho aviators. In one case information was f»2cursd in 35 minutes, which it othonrii-e would have taken a strong foroo of cavalry four hours to obtain. Berlin, September 13. Tho army manoeuvres were carried out in cloudless and windless jv<jath«r. This enabled aviators to obtain complete details of the dispositions. Experts believe it will lie hopeless henceforth to hide movements from the enemy •during clear weather. FLEET IN DANISH 'WATERS. Copenhagen, September 13. Forty German warships are manoeuvring in the Great Belt, and injuring the fishing fleet. . There is irritation in Denmark at the German encroachment in , territorial waters.

Copenhagen, September 13. Forty German warships are manoeuvring in the Great Belt, and injuring the fishing fleet. .

FRENCH AIR RECONNAISSANCES. (Rec. September 15, 1.15 a.m.) . Paris, September 14. Tho consistently trustworthy reconnaissances by tho air scouts were a feature of tho army manoeuvres at Belfort, Tho Minister for War, M. Mcssiuiy, has recommended that five aviators, MM. Aubrun, Legagneux, Martinet, Tabuteau, and Vedrines for Crosses of the Legion of Honour.

AEROPLANES IN WARFARE. Germany, at first devoting all her attention to dirigible balloons, has'now decided to strengthen her position as regards aeroplanes with all speed. Forty military monoplanes were ordered by the German War Office in ono group quite recently. The German authorities favour tho monoplane on account of its speed and transport facilities. Abovo all, it should be stated that the Kaiser himself is now extremely interested in the uso of aeroplanes in warfare, and as a result of his interest in tho subject it was expected that fifty aeroplanes would be put in the field in the manoeuvres.

The Paris "Matin" slates that experiments wero conducted. at Cherbourg, in France, during last month in tho detection of submarines by aeroplanes. Tho aviator Aubrun, who had been giving guiding marks, succeeded in finding two submarines three miles out at sea nnd three kilometres apart. Ho next discovered in twenty minutes without tho aid of guiding marks, a submarine at a depth of six metres. It is virtually proved that at a height of a thousand metres (3000 ft.) an aviator can find a submarine, while the periscope of tho submarine will not reflect the imago of an aeroplane moro than 500 ft. high. Tho experiments aro being continued.