Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-06-25
Allies Regain Upper Hand Gernansin C0nqueSs the Ain

spot. Perhaps there was blot Oh
the plate, and the Germans laugh and
wonder why the mad English are
hurting tons of metal into a Vacan,
Held. Perhaps the little alteration
means that Il bush that coesn't be-
long there was fixed to hide a new
Ferman battery. and then the Ger
mans do not laugh. The procedure is
the same on both sides, with the d,f.
ference that along this ptt Of the
llnc the Germans have the best gun
positions, as they hold he higl
ground about the Ypres salient.
British Unchallcngtd.
Tho supremacy of the air it Wi |
be seen, may be a matter for ac.,
demic debate in some quarters. and
may make little apparent difference
I'm some part of the line where the
hills and woods abound in hiding
places for guns. but to artillcrymen
in the plains Of Flanders 1t is liter
ally a matter Of life or death. An
artillery general is not likely to Judge
too faVirablv for his own side. And
! did not have to take this mans
word that at least on that day the
British had the best Of it in the air,
for the weather was clear and calm
and | spent the whole day in or near
Npres salient. Many times German
planes essayed to come over; nearN
always they were driven back. | saw
many machines. bearing red and white
circles, which distinguish them as
English, over German territory, un-
challenged by the battle planes which,
when they sail under their true col
ors, wear the iron cross
NfAf that ha h4yA "a |,
their own way by any means Enter
ing an artillery headquarters to mees
an officer who was to show the IN
quiring neutral some guns found a
telephone conversation going on, the
burden of which was the ways and
means of ending the career of IA Ger
man "Archibald," or anli-warcraft
gun. which was annoying the British
alrmen. The sequel to the story was
balm to the British airmen. for the
big gun attack on the German "Archi-
bald's" lurking place apparently
proved suCC ssful and no more was
heard from him. Such shooting as he
did. the aviation officer said. is tn,
result of sklliful gunnery and not OF
peculiarly effective guns, since the
anti-aircraft weapons are now prac-
ticallv the same on both sides.
Rapid Development
When the war began. each country
had a standard type of aeroplane foi
use in war There were scvera
makes with each army which ar
fered from one another in various
particull rs but the same planes were
expected to observe movements OF
troops ;\ld drop bombs and no othel
duties wC'e assigned them The all
situation in August, 1914, bears Tho
same relation to that existing today
as tho naval status in b. c. 500 to thi!
era of sea warfare. For countless
centuries there was one scr of war
ship, the war galley; now naval wa
fare has become specialized, and there
is the heavily armored but slow but
tleship, the swift cruiser, the de
stroyer invented to smash the ousJ
lcte torpedo boat and row uset
against capital ships. and finally th'
subrnNrne, whose hand is agains
everything 9floG;.
The airmen have reached in tw
years the same stage Of development,
1t is now possible to mobilize al
squadrons containing units whose du
| ties bear no more relation to cac
| other than do those of the eXistln
/ types of wlrships; and on the flyin
/ grounds wore examples OF all kind
cf aoropanes, including the lates
French models shipped here for com
parison with the British, that tn
best points of the allied designer
may be studied and if aplroT,d copie'
in future British machines.
The little reconnaissance Ilanc noN
in use is built for speed ard spec
alone and can make l20 miles Al
hour with her single pilot. She look
like a dragon fly when buZ;Lng about
twisting and turning almost in he
own length. Standing on 'he groun'
she seems a beetle and Ter safeU
lies in her speed, which makes
hard to hit her from tn" ground.
only seventy Miles.
The machine used for bomb drop
pinr is much slower than any of tn
others. The best she can make is
paltrv seventy miles an fpur. Al
inpeni0us device makes Il possibl
fer the pilot to drop bombs. Tn
pilot pays no attention TO The bomb
and is able to give all his attention Il
the instruments which enable him T.
aim with some degree of accuracy.
When the bOmb-thruw ers, tn
freight cars of aviation, are sent ol
a mission of destruction they mus
be accompanied by swift arme'
scouts or battle planes. ! saw severa
new scouting planes which attain
speed of 110 miles an hour. SOM
carry two men, but the latest ten
dcnCy is to eConomize wCisht by ask
ing the pilot to run his machine ant
fire his gun Simultaneously.
Many and ingenious are the devices
which must not be described eve
were a lay observer able to describ
them accurately, that make this pos
sible. Both hands and both feet ar
often called into play. The princi
pie Of aiming the aeroplane instea'
of aiming the gun first adopted Il
the French Morane plane and late
successfully adapted to the Germa'
Fokker is the root OF modern