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ffUGHT NOVEMBER 23, 1916. demands an answer without delay. Whether the time " in any warlike operations. Doubtless, the Parliamentary Air Committee will succeed in getting great assistance of which the communique speaks a satisfactory statement of the position when the lay as much in the moral effect produced by the resolution standing in its name comes to be debated in the House of Commons remains to be seen. But if the answer is not forthcoming then, we are gravely mistaken if the country does not insist on more information than is available at present. These are not times when there should be any hesitancy in clearing King Log out of the way. A Shock for the There is a lot behind the bald official announcement, contained in a com- Mohmande. muniqui of the Secretary of State for India, relating to a recent frontier fight with Mohmands, to the effect that : "For the first time in Indian warfare aeroplanes were used, and afforded great assistance." We have become so used to the aeroplane in war that it comes almost as a shock to read that it has been used " for the first <$> <s> THE ROLL, REPORTED by the War Office :— Killed. 2nd Lieut. C. H. Bidmead, Shrop. L.I. and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. C. J. Creery, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. E. S. P. Hynes, Buffs (E. Kent) and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. W. Jordan, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. H. G. P. Lowe, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. C. E. MacRae, Seaforth Hdrs., attd. R.F.C. 5710 1st Air Mech. H. T. J. Thake, R.F.C. 10023 2nd Air Mech. J. Banks, R.F.C. Previously reported Missing, now reported Killed. 2nd Lieut. W. D. Miller, R.G.A. and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. H. J. Newton, Ches., attd. R.F.C. Capt. J. L. Whitty, M.C., Leinster, and R.F.C. Previously Unofficially, now Officially, reported Killed. 2nd Lieut. C. Monckton, R. Irish Fus., attd. R.F.C. Died of Wounds. 2nd Lieut. J. Allan, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. A. A. Paterson, Border, attd. R.F.C. Previously reported Missing, now reported Died as a Prisoner of War in German hands. Lieut. J. A. N. Ormsby, Mach. Gun Brig., attd. R.F.C. Died. 20012 2nd Air Mech. R. F. Reynolds, F.R.C. strange birds of Eblis on the Mohmand morale as in the information they were able to bring in. One thing that does strike us, though, is that the aviation service of the Indian Army must have been a long way behind if it is only now that aeroplanes have come into use in frontier righting. We have had no really big affairs up there for some years.now, but the border is never at peace, and scarcely six months can pass without it being necessary to undertake military operations of some sort. It is in little " shows " of the sort that the aeroplane ought to have proved itself invaluable. However, better late than never. It would be interesting to have the Mohmand comments on this new departure in war. They would probably avail us very little, for the opinions of the frontier tribesmen on the devices of the Feringhi are generally quite unprintable, even when they can be translated. OF HONOUR. Wounded. Capt. W. T. L. Allcock, R.F.C. Lieut. A. D. Bell-Irving, Gordon Hdrs., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. N. Brearley, M.C., King's (Liverpool), attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. J. D. Cowie, Argyll and Suth. Hdrs. and R.F.C. Lieut. G. E. Goolden, A.S.C. and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. T. Hayes, R.F.C. Capt. G. H. Norman, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. H. C. Short, R.F.C. 2924 Flight Sergt. J. Helingoe, R.F.C. 9557 2nd Air Mech. W. Horsley, R.F.C. Missing. 2nd Lieut. M. Allport, R.F.C. Lieut. T. M. Bennet, M.C., R. Irish Rifles, attd. R.F.C. Capt. A. C. Bolton, M.C., R. Scots Fus., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. J. G. Cameron, Cameron Hdrs., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. I. Curlewis, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. H. F. Evans, R.H.A. and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. H. A. Hallam, York and Lancaster, attd. R.F.C. Lieut. G. F. Knight, Devonshire, attd. R.F.C. Capt. T. Mapplebeck, King's (Liverpool), attd. R.F.C. Previously reported Missing, now reported Prisoners of War in German hands. 2nd Lieut. M. S. Faraday, R.F.A. and R.F.C. Lieut. J. W. Sanders, Middlesex, attd. R.F.C. Correction: Wounded. 2nd Lieut. W. C. Crawford, Mach. Gun Corps and R.F.C., should read : 2nd Lieut. K. Crawford. Air Work in Mesopotamia. A DESPATCH from Sir Percy Lake dealing with the opera tions in Mesopotamia from the fall of Kut up to August, when he relinquished the command to General Maude, was published last week. In the course of the despatch Sir Percy Lake says : " As regards aviation, the superiority of certain of the hostile aeroplanes over any of our machines in the matter of speed, combined with a large reduction in the number of our pilots (due to sickness partly attributable to overwork), enabled the enemy in May and June to establish what was very nearly a mastery of the air. " With the arrival of more pilots from home matters improved, until in August three of our machines, working together, forced the best enemy machine, a Fokker, to descend, seriously damaged, in its own lines. Air Work on Indian Frontiers. THE following was issued by the Secretary of State for India on November r8th :— " On 14th inst. the Government of India reported that large Mohmand forces, estimated at 6,000, were collecting on the border opposite Shubkadr. Our troops engaged them on the 16th. The enemy were too scattered to offer a good target for guns. For the first time in Indian warfare aeroplanes were used, and afforded great assistance. The enemy losses are reported to be about 100 killed or severely wounded. Our casualties were one man killed and ten wounded. The Mohmand forces have apparently withdrawn, for a recon naissance on the next day only located a very small party." A Government Aeroplane Factory in Canada. ACCORDING to messages from Ottawa, it is officially announced that a Dominion Government aeroplane factory is to be established in Canada, probably in Toronto, at a cost of approximately $1,000,000. It will be equipped to turn out six machines weekly, and they will be purchased by the British Government. This arrangement is said to be the result oi an inquiry conducted by members of the Imperial Munitions Board which found that large orders for aeroplanes had been placed in the United States. Representations were made there fore to the Ministry of Munitions to the effect that the industry, with proper organisation, might be built up in Canada. I020
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