SHELTER IN THE CLOUDS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 27 August 1917, Page 3

SHELTER IN THE CLOUDS.

Recent attempts by the Germans to use floating clouds a 6 screens for aeroplane raids have led to some rather spectacular sky bombardments by British anti-aircraft guns, says a correspondent on the Western front. The guns occasionally have driven the raiders from cover and forced them to turn back over their own line. German aviators seem specially trained in the defensive use of clouds, for during air battles if a bit of passing vapor is available they invariably dive or sideslip into it. That is but another demonstration of the German passion for digging in, such as first brought the world war to trench fighting. The Germans dig in on the land, in the air and under the sea.