THE NEW BATTLE AREA.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11581, 23 May 1916, Page 5

THE NEW BATTLE AREA.

FLEETS IN AERIAL COMBAT, | SQUADRONS MANOEUVRE AND i FIGHT. i i WONDERFUL FRENCH MACHINES.; Received Way .24, 9 a.m. New YorK, May 22. j Aerial fighting is the feature of ; operations on the Meuse, where \ there are daily fights, These are no ; longer duels, hut elaborate battles, ; Large squadrons manoeuvre for pro- 1 per light, wind and height, and open ■ liio with broadside effect the moment i the enemy is sighted. : All previous records are being I broken. French chasing monoplanes ; have risen from tho ground to a | height of 4500 feet in six minutes, 1 and French pianos have ascemied . 7000 feet in eleven minutes. A French Colonel says that 500 ; aeroplanes were engaged recommit- 1 ring and lighting over Verdun. As , sooh as the moon rose air raids with | machine guns and revolvers and • cannons began, and lasted till dawn. I Owing to full moon air lighting is j practically continuous. ;