The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-13
" ANTI.AIk CRAFT aCS.

Photo by American Press Association.
GERMAN ASTIAIK CRAFT aCS
But l.lege, Nalnuf ana Antwerp were
needed ~ convince duuOters that II
wa> II praCtl"ai weapon tor the neld,
Improved methods OF transportation
make II poS>lbl. to get 10 the movable
firing line engines that would formerly
have been restricted to tortlhcations
Test OF War Aviation.
The ueriai warsnp has yet to prove
Its efficiency. bombs have been drop
ped. but without lntiicting damage that
would put u Oatteship VI fort out OF
commission The fact Is that bombs
have been In use for over a century.
and the results OF getting them INTO
the air and down on a ship or fort
have not been serious. What might
have been had the auti-air craft gun
not been brought to perfection Will
probably never be demonstrated The
torpedo which the submarine uses with
such effect shows what happens when
a bomb is put In the right place. Air.
ships thousands OF feet in the air have
little chance OF dropping bomb In
just the right place. The aeroplane IL
precisely what II limited class OF think.
ers believed It would prove TO De-a
good cOut-SoInetiines
The aeroplane IL credited with hav-
ing revealed to the Germans the obsta.
Giles that lay IN the way OF General von
hltlck's dash to Paris on the 30 OF
September. 1t may also have revealed
to the French that Won kiuck was
headed for their capital and enabled
them to put the obstacles in his path.
The motor truck or antO machine in
any form has proved a success ana
revolutionized transportation IN the
hghtine zone. Armies have often
moved suddenly upon paths which the
enemy little suspected they would
take. and the motorcar ena bied them to
make speed unheard of In former
wars. RnSsia's motor artillery checked
me Grrmans on the Rzura river. Po
iand, In the December campaign.
The Situation In December.
Attempts by the allies in September
to turn the German intrenched line on
the Mouse and Aisne in France led 10
a second campaign In Belgium. The
Germans swung their right westward
from Antwerp. which they captured
Oct 7. to the channel coast. From Os.
tend southwark TO Arras the fiat conn.
try was fought over until 1t came to a
deadlock
In December the Germans drew OF
troops to send to Poland, and the battle
waned in Belgium until the end of tho
month. Germans were also sent from
eastern France. and In their absence
the French again invaded Alsace, re-
covering In mid-December German ter |
ritory taken and then lost in August
Hostllities began in July between
austria and Servia. Austrian invasion
was repulsed. and Belgrade held out
1nul Dec. 2. On the 18th Austria eyac.
lated Belgrade. and the end of the
month found the plucky Servians on
Austrian soil opposite their capital
Early In the war Montenegrins in
'aded Dalmatia. and French warships
Imported their attacks UNION Ca+taro
'ut the port remained In Austria's con.
rol at the end of the year.
Japan's activity ceased with the can
ure In November Of Kiauchau. China
Which the German population had de-
ended for over Two months with yaIor
qual to that Of the Relgians at tho
'ther edge OF the continent Turkey
inferred the conflict in November and
I the close Of December claimed vic.
Dries along the Caucasia- border. "a
yell as naval successes in rhe RIact
ca. As In the northern and western
ehting zones. conflicting claims OF on
osing sides on the Turkish frontier
annot always be reconciled. Else
There In this review is given an outline
I operations between Austro Germans
nd Russians to the end Of 1914,