TESTING NEW WEAPONS
BRITISH ARMY IN MANOEUVRES TERRITORIALS ENGAGED. Sydney “Sun." Cable. LONDON, September 22. The army manoeuvres now proceeding are designed to demonstrate the new uses of cavalry, to test the new 40-mile-an-hour tanks and discover the possibilities of air force co-operation with the squadrons. General Sir Philip Clietwode commands 30,000 men. thjree infantry divisions, a cavalry brigade, a battalion of fast tanks, and three air squadrons. General Sir Alexander Godley commands 20,000 men, two cavalry brigades, an infantry division, a territorial infantry brigade, a battalion of tanks, a company of armoured cars, and an air force squadron. The object is >eemingly to test the powers of General Godley’s cavalry and tanks against infantry with aircraft co-operation. The manoeuvres will introduce new methods of mechanical transport and the latest experiments in the interception of wireless. For the first time territorials are participating with regulars in the manoeuvres.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12251, 24 September 1925, Page 10
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