NAVAL MANOEUVRE LESSONS
Planes Could Not Face Storm LONDON, March 16. The 90 ships engaged in the naval manoeuvres returned to Gibraltar, where the docks are full of craft requiring repairs. It is significant that over 100 aircraft were present at ths climax to the exercises and not eno was able to engage owing to the storm. All the old ; destroyers also were uuable to face the | elements, but the new craft did well. I Mr Hector Bywater, writing in the "Daily Telegraph,” says: “It is clear from the manoeuvres that the navy has revived those tactical principles which not only authorise but enjoin admirals to attack the enemy whenever and wherever it is found. It would seem that the navy has reverted to the traditions of Nelson and I Hawke. 1
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 81, 17 March 1934, Page 9
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132NAVAL MANOEUVRE LESSONS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 81, 17 March 1934, Page 9
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