The Sentinel=record., 1914-09-20
.ENGLAND'S PLIERS
 ARE ON THE JOB
LITTLE SAID IN REPORTS OF AVIATORs BUT THEY ARE Dl-
 RECTING ARMY MOVEMENTS.
Germans Make a Regular Parade o' Their Pliers in Order to Strike Ter TOT to the Hearts Of the Allies.

London Sept 19.-So little has ap-
 peared regarding the movements of
 the British aerial forces that the foi-
 lowing excerpts from a discussion of
 it's activities by one protesting to be closely connected with this branch of
 the service is interesting.
 Speaking of dhe sending of thirty
 six British aeroplanCs across the Channel by air, which was kept secret
 for some time, he says:
 As a combined flight, that surpass-
 ed anythin gever done in aviation;
 but it was only part of big move mcnt: other machines had flown across the previous day and at the present moment three full squadrons,
 Nos; 2, 3, and 1, eadh consisting of tive ve aeroplanes, besides reserves, spares, and motor transports, are with the Expedtionary force. But apart | from the news of two fatal accidents, and the appearance in the casualty l lists of an airman's name among the wounded, nothing authentic has been
 published concerning the doings of tue Royal Flying Corps.
 Even though l knew more than q very little about the work of our army ayiators at the front l should not be permitted to reveal it; yet a 1 few facts may be given without mdi- eating positions or conditions.
 The evidence points to a general superiority of German aircra-t throughout, and to a desire on the part of the enemy to create a dcpress-
 ing moral effect on the Allied tIooa by the parade of vast number of aeroplanes, which are ever actively employed. So far as reconnaissance goes, it is quite unnecessary to make such demonstrations, and, as to the effect on troops of the smal bombs
 That can be thrown from aeropanes | it is negligible. The German methou is tQ keep up regular system ct aeroplane flights, the machines start ling at regular intervals and making tour, in which it would almost ap- pear that the regularity and punctuai- l fly of the work are esteemed of great CT value than the results obtained
 The British ayiators, while work
 ing by method, pursue different tac-
 tics. It may be said that not a flight has been made without some definite object in view. The British 'Fith
 Arm is under the direction of Briga. dier General Sir D. G. Henderson, ! Director oi Mi itary Aeronautics, and
 the Commander of the Royal Flying 1 Corps. Colonel r. H Sykes is also m
 the field The Royal Flyins Corps
 las it's headquarters at the base but
 each squadron also has a base, anc
 these bases are in telegraDhic com-
 munication with headquarters and O.
 course, with the General Staif
 Many of the wounded soldiers back
 from the front speak of the persisten,
 way in which German aeropIane hew over the positions during the dii- l ferent enqagemcnts, and sisnalled 10 | Itlcir artillery data by whidl the raHao 1 ecu be corrected and kept, Not & word has been said as to our own ayiators performing similar sery!te
 for our artillery but that is simply because the testimony that haa r,aca- cd us su far is from men who were only in a position to see but ye'y small sections of the operations. As matter of fact, our army t.icrs have been directing artillery fire, and to good purpose.'
 The destruction of Louyain has brought a pang to the hearts of the Irisl people, for the University ci Louyain was for centuries the great university for Irish students, and c-- pecialIy ecclesiastical students, there being no such institution in Ireland itself During the last two centuries or so it has turned out over thea hundred Irish priests, and near thirty Irish bishops and a-chbishops.
 There was another tie between Ire land and I.ouvain University, the tie of Irish learning. The library of tEe university contained 70Oo0 volumes ot priceless manuscripts and large number of these were Irish.