Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-01


 Neuve Chapelle alone is said to have cost the British the expenditure Of more powder than the entire Boer war
 One result of the development of this form of warfare is the eclipse of cavalry as one of the principal arms of the service. Cavalry is stiu used to a small extent on the eastern front. but its employment in France virtual ly has been abandoned. The cavalry have been dismounted and placed in the trenches
 Almost as conspicuous is the devel- opment of submarine warfare The re- markable exploits of submarines have proved their efficiency so thoroughly that already the supremacy of battle ships has been challenged. Germany compelled to rely chiefly on these craft for her marine activities, has gained the greatest success with them. Their first large achievement was the tor pedoing and sinking by one submarine within an hour of the British cruisers Greasy, Aboukir and Hogue in the North Sea in September. Since that time hundreds of vessels. warships and merchantmen, have been sent to the bottom, in the North Sea, the Bal tic, the English Channel the Adriauc, and at the Dardanelles. From all causes more than 800 vessels have been destroyed. England has been the greatest sufferer. by reason of her pre- ponderance of shipping and also on ac- count of the German governments attempt to blockade that country fol- lowing the declaration of a war zone around the British Isles last February.
 In size, speed and cruising radius. the new type of submarines far ex- ceeds the earlier small vessels, design ed primarily for coast defense. Ger many's new submarines are as long as a good sized cruiser Captain Ot- to Hersing took the U-51 about 4.O00 miles from Wilhelmhaven past Gibral- tar through the Mediterranean and to the Dardanelles, where 1t torpedoed the British battleships Triumph and Majestic, and proceeded to Constanti- nQple. The voyage from Wilhelmshav- en the Dardanelles required one month.
 The aeroplane. almost as unknown quantity at the beginning of the war So far as it's military value was con cemed has proved its practicability SO thoroughly that it must be rated with the submarine and the heavy gun as one of the great features of the war. In fact, it has exercised a dom mating influence over land operations, and To its use perhaps more than any otEer single factor may be ascribpd the deadlock month after month in the principal fields of battle. It has rem dered priceless service in reconnoter- ing. taking the place of cavalry j.; has caused a revision of the tactics and strategy of war. Aerial observers flying over the opposing lines, are able Co discover movements of any large bodies of troops, rendering that form |of strategy based on su.priae at tacks or quick movements in force im- possible. Aeroplanes also have been of great value in locating enemy po- sitions. enabling the artillery 10 get the range and fire accurately on the unseen foe.
 ] Dirigible ballons also are employed. but to much less extent, although Germany still is constructing Zeppel- ins and has used them effectively for long distance raids they are generally regarded as less valuable than the aeroplanes
 Automobiles are used to an enor- nous extent, all private machines be- ing requisitioned in some of the coun- tries at war In some instances great numbers of automobiles have been ! utilized for rapid transportation Of troops Their main service, however, is in handling of food supplies and ammunition Armored automobiles, armed with machine guns or light field pieces also have been utilized.
 Many new weapons of war have been tested with varying degrees of sue cess. Poisonous gases, projected from tanks in the trenches. are re