Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-31
ALLIED AIR SUPREMACY
GIVES GREAT ADVANTAGE
German Infantry Has Been Terribly
Harassed by Daring Air
~ Raiders.
COOPERATION is Splendid
Enemy So Seriously Ovcrniatchcd
That Bombing Of Important Allied
Cities Has Ceascd-Air Fleets En-
iMasse Down Many FOcmcn.
BY II. N. FORBES.

5g LONDON, October 29.-Neve- in the
course of the whole war have the
British airmen had SO wonderful an
& opportunity as during the last few
months. What 1t must mean to the
Germans to have their masscd forma-
tons bombed for hours together by
neets of airplanes which. lowering over
spread death and destruction where
ever they SAIL the merest tyro In ar
for himself. OFTEN and often during
the course Of tho present war has in
fantry been bombed from the sky. but
a. absolutely no period since the fate
full 4th of August, 1914, has enemy in
fantrY been subjected 10 anything half
50 awful as that which IL has recently
been enduring along the battic-line on
tho western front
According to experts in the matter.
The air supremacy Of the two great
repeatedly altered during the last
thirty or forty months; a. the present
R mSment h nc ,hs i,,s as all the World
of the air; with the result; that the
slaughter recently carried o.: midst
almost beyond description.
The want OF anything like adequate
coyer has been one of the causes OF
tive In the matter of attack on the part
OF the allies being strong second.
40 German regiment can ever tell jusr
out foE Special attention" and the
rehabilitation here and there o: half
Z battalion is thing of almost daily
PILES or GERMAN DEAD
LINE EVERY ROADWAY
Occasionally weather conditions grant
, Inc Zoe temporary. respite from the
SHADOW s,,o which In this way SO, persis-
eorpses line the roadways behind The
enemy lines. railway sidinGs cmblnk-
ments, etations and redoubts; No Ger
man commander ever can tell at what
moment even the most carefully plan
in mid air OF a heci Of allied aIrpIa ass
The finest machines the world
most dcvii-may-carc pilots who eve
embarked on mission OF death. The
German gunner is always busy, Of
nlSnes are met with a tornado OF IRE
amid which no aircraft in the world
ioGsd Ions survive; $ a rnis however.
Planes. Il is the personnel OF their
ieSonchin 1fee from "h me- the latter are
chausees. marching in fours or in
Fights. opening faniike from the cente-
double: the allied ai-men is on ihcm a;
swoop; strewins the ground With their
dead, litterins and IMPEDING their
without number: Whether il is lhc
wing OF division. OF the head OF "a
brigade. which is the o6jec, OF attack.
woe betidee, the luekless Nights who
go to swell its enectives. No arm OF
the seryiceEnot even the -edoubtablc
and invincible infantry--has done more
70 harass and discomfort the enemy
during the last few months. and no
section of the allied forces does the
uun so heartily and conscient!ously re.
ALLIES HAVE LEARNED
LESSON OF TiOUOItnNi:ss
among other things which :, :. les
nave learned from the cner ing
the present world uphcavAl the
value OF tho.oughncss whether in A
trivial AFFAIR like q local raid. or the
Steiner matter of a divisional attack.
NAMED unaffected by this new spirit,
linus when an encounter is expected
oyer the enemy lines: a number of the
steaithily brought up as close 10 the
front line trench as is considered
juSis The next step taken is to es-
taottah between these planes and the
attacking ones, the fuiles; understand.
ing AS regards signalling and so forth.
rms done the tishttins planes lose
II an accident befalls one or two OF
these and they arc fo-ccd TO descend
or arc shot down. fate which at
est and most experienced OF aviators
Mohstantiy an accompanying machine ,
ana ana II Is no time before new ally is
lying TO the scene OF battle. some
lines signals a:e Unnecessary, the
nshttns taking place 50 near at hand
another is rising into mid-air almost
IKE Ike, rocket Tn new plane the
in affairs of this kind have quito an
exceptional opportunity Of ev;ncing It's
m m Th. lou climbing powers.
In the air is demonstrated in sroroS
or ways, but few arc more interesting
1 1hsn the ne, iishtnine manner in which
S;uperbly clever the central powers
nave proved themselves all along i'm
the deeipherins of codes. the number
lnose OF their adversaries is really re-
markable. Some time ago, for in
s Gsrmsn during ring a fight over certain
suddenly appeared to have lost entire
control of his machine whcreupon
h 9sr cry OF Joy rang out from an in
\ its principal buttresses. Had the
ENEMY ,hen1yins only ,h.i known what they we're
een less enthusiastic; the antics OF
he disabled" airman were nothing
I sn, ruse,- signal, as matter OF
quardron was hard pressed Nor was
ne signal In vain. for ten minutes
tter. the very men who were SO jubi
pmfture of the British pilot, were
eng bombed by one of the most
Printable -squadrons which ever
rrted the colors of King George.
There have been occasions when |
envy infantry, by doubling for cover, |
We attempted to draw allied aviators |
er woods. sometimes over uuarries. |
'sre special arrangements had been
tde for their reception. If the lat |
were to be 80 easily msied, how
er, they could no longer be really |
koned masters Of the air.
RICE AIR CONvOYS
WHERE COVER is SCANTY. !
p countries specially devoid OF |
er. even of the most primitive type. |
German brigades are generally |
pn,panied by a larger number Of |
mes than would otherwise be the |
,; butt even this method Of defense |
allies have been perfectly ca pablo |
hispostnEu OF While one squadron |
kgss the planes. another assails the |
Infantry those planes were sup
to protect; and very seldom dur |
encounters OF this sort have the |
mans escaped without terrible |
atty list Occa sionaIly the allies |
closed with the enemy planes |
iss5b and after establishing over
1.-The usual asccndancy have