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JANUARY I, 1915. same time, their gunners were busy beating off the Zeppelins ; with enemy seaplanes also swooping over our vessels in a vain effort to drop bombs on them, or manoeuvring against our own aircraft as the latter dashed towards the German warships, all points to a scene the like of which almost surpasses even the wildest dreams of romancers. It also is a reminder, if reminder were needed, that the present war differs in its character from any previous war the world has witnessed or experienced. There is, for instance, an attractive suggestion of novelty in the employment of submarines to bring into safety the pilots of aircraft. Few there were, even a month or so ago, who could have imagined that ere 1914 closed sub marines would be employed as the means of rescuing aviators "according to arrangement." In its daring attack on one of the enemy's strongholds, the different sections of our Navy, from the Flying Service downwards, have shown what gallant men can do, and we may rest assured that they are ready and willing to seize every opportunity of repeating, and even excelling, their historical achievement. In fairness, it must be stated that we have Precautions not been alone ;n the matter of aerial Home. attacks. During the week one of the enemy's aviators flew across the Channel and dropped a bomb on Dover, without, however, doing ® ® THE BRITISH UNDER this heading are published each week the official announce ments of appointments and promotions affecting the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) and Central Flying School. These notices are not duplicated. By way oj instance, -when an appointment to the Royal Naval Air Sendee is announced by the Admiralty it is published forthwith, but subse quently, when it appears in the LONDON GAZETTE, it is not repeated in this column. Royal Naval Air Service. THE following was announced by the Admiralty on the 24th ult. :— F. Besson entered as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant, with seniority of D-cember 21st, and appointed to the " Pembroke III," for R.N. Air Service. The following were announced by the Admiralty on the 28th ult. : Temporary Surgeons: B. H. Pain, M.B., and H. Wilks, to the " Pembroke," for Royal Naval Air Service. To date Dec. 23rd. A. G. Sworn and P. B. Kelly, to the "Pembroke III," for Royal Naval Air Service. To date Dec. 26th. Acting Flight Lieu'enants : C. W. H. Pulford and D. Harries, to the " Pembroke III," for course of training. To date Dec. 20th. Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenants : R. E. Nicoll, confirmed in rank, with seniority Sept. 7th, and appointed to the " Pem broke III"; A. S. Maskell, confirmed in rank, with seniority Oct. 12th, and appointed to the " Pembroke III " ; D. K. Johnston, confirmed in rank, with seniority Sept. nth, and appointed to the " Pembroke III," all for Royal Naval Air Service. To date Dec. 23rd. Assistant Paymaster F. K. Haskins, to the " Pembroke III," as Flight Lieutenant, with seniority Oct. 3rd, for Royal Naval Air Service, to date Dec. 23rd. R. Souray entered as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant, and appointed to the " Pembroke III,'' for Royal Naval Air Service. To Date Dec. 28th. Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing). The following appeared in the London Gazette issued on Dec. 22nd :— The undermentioned flying officers to be Flight Commanders. Dated Dec. nth, 1914: Lieut. Henry Le M. Brock, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and to be Temporary Captain. L;eut. Hyacinth J. A. Roche, the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and to be Temporary Captain. Lieut. Lord George Wellesley, Grenadier Guards, and to be Temporary Captain ; and Capt. John F. A. Kane, the Devonshire Regiment. Special Reserve. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—The under- (/yam] any damage ; while another, or possibly the same, pilot is reported to have flown on the following day along the Thames as far as Gravesend, and appears to have dropped a bomb at Cliffe, about five miles from Rochester. The flights were not remarkable as feats of skill and daring, for our flying officers do things requiring more nerve and endurance almost every day ; moreover, they were entirely unproductive of results either of a military or moral value. Probably the main object of the visits was to provide the German people with a much-needed tonic to revive their spirits, and it is on this account that further trips of the kind may be anticipated. There is, however, no cause for alarm, having in mind that our coast line, as well as London, is being carefully watched and guarded ; at the same time, the public will do well to take heed of the notice issued on Monday by New Scotland Yard, warning the civil population, upon hearing the sound of firing by guns or explosives, to keep under cover rather than to rush wildly into the streets. As "Dagonet" recently said, if the Zeppelins or other German aircraft do intend to come, " Let 'em come," for in putting their oft-repeated threat into execution, the enemy will afford those who have so long been waiting for them an opportunity of maintaining that ascendancy, which, in the opinion of Sir John French, our flying officers have secured over those of Germany. ® ® AIR SERVICES. mentioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated Dec. 1st, 1914 : Norman C. Spratt and Gilbert B. Rickards. The following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on Dec. 23rd :— Special Reserve. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieut. S. P. Cockerell is confirmed in his rank. To be Second Lieutenants (on probation):—E. S. Skipper, A. Huggins(Dec, 14th). The following appeared in the London Gazette for Dec. 24th :— Appointments made: Flying Officers—Major L. B. Boyd Moss, South Staffordshire Regiment; Capt. H. C. MacDonnell, Royal Iri-h Regiment, and to be seconded; Capt. R. A. Boger, R.E. ; Capt. H. C. T. Dowding, R A., a«d to be seconded; Capt. E. F. Unwin, A.S.C.; Capt. S. C. W. Smith, 3rd Battalion East Surrey Regiment, and to be seconded ; Lieut. C. II. Marks, Reserve of Officers ; Lieut. R. C. H. Bewes, King's (Liverpool Regiment), and to be seconded ; Lieut. D. C. Ware, Special Reserve; Lieut. G. de Havilland, Special Reserve ; Lieut. G. B. Rickards, Special Reserve (Hon. Capt. in Army) ; Second Lieut. C. G. Bell, Special Reserve; Second Lieut. R. R. Smith Barry, Special Reserve; Second Lieut. L. S. Metlord, Special Reserve; Second Lieut. N. C. Spratt, Special Reserve ; Second Lieut. V. A. Barrington- Kennett, Special Reserve ; and Second Lieut. A. Payze, Special Reserve. Aug. 5th, 1914. Second Lieut. F. P. Adams, Special Reserve. Aug. 12th, 1914. Second Lieut. Archibald G. Weir, Special Reserve. Nov. 19th, 1914. Second Lieut. Hereward de Havilland, Special Reserve. Dec. 1st, 1914. Temporary appoint ments made: Flying Officers—Lieut. Eric M. Murray, Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden'>), Indian Army ; and Lieut. Latham V. S. Blacker, Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's), Indian Army. Nov. 19th, 1914. Second Lieut. Sydney W. Smith, Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery, is seconded for service with the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing). Dated Oct. 17th, 1914. The following appeared in a supplement to the I^naon Gazette issued on the 28th ult.:— Second Lieut. Cecil H. Saunders, Royal Flying Corps, Special Reserve, to be Temporary Captain. Dated Dec. 29th, 1914. ® <# ® ® Aeroplanes Captured in the Cameroons* IN an official account of the operations in the Cameroons compiled from reports received at the Colonial Office up to December 13th, it was stated that among the stores captured at Bare, on the Northern Railway, were two aeroplanes. 3 c
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