WAR GAMES

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 26 September 1925, Page 5

WAR GAMES

TANKS PROMINENT CAVALRY STILL USEFUL. TH K, LESSONS TO BE LEARNT. ,Y CABLE -PRESS ASSOCIATION —,;OI’YUIGH'I Received Sept. 24, 10.25 a.m. LONDON,- Sept. 25. The Evening News says: Tanks, rolling like intoxicated juggernauts, travelling at the fearsome speed of twenty miles per hour, as though they were steam rollers which had bolted, played a prominent part in the army manoeuvres, providing material for most important decisions. They have already proved; capable of deep and deadly raids on enemy lines. Prince Henry Was one of the victims to-day. a tank's machine guns blazing at him at ten yards’ range. The Prince remarked: “J suppose 1 am dead.” The Star says that the manoeuvres have shown that if aeroplanes are displacing cavalry as the eyes of the army, cavalry must remain for patrol purposes.' It has also proved that tanks, unsupported are not a'l-devouring monsters. They are obviously pretty vulnerable, and can easily be held up by obstacles raised by infantry.—A. and N.Z. Assn. LONDON. Sept. 24.. Monster tanks roared over England’s mimic battleground to-day and opened fire, advancing on the enemy at daybreak and officially massacring him. Thereupon, they appeared in pairs at various cross-roads, engaging in a battle royal among themselves. The Wessex forces, while retreating, succeeding in crippling four new fast tanks and capturing a fifth. Armoured cars were another feature of the fighting. Two covered two hundred miles at top speed, playing havoc in the enemies’ countries. Earl Haig shook hands with the sergeant in charge and congratulated him on the great feat. Forty military attaches were scattered among hayricks watching the fighting.