Hitherto the Air Force has-treated the-bombing of German -towns as
-an mfrs -in its -full aid 'varied -programme of reconnaissance, " spotting " for artillery; air duels with hostile scouts, -raids on enemy communications, like Wednesday's raid, on the railway sheds at Liege, and attacks on- the enemy's troops with 'bombs and machine-gun fire by day and night. We are given • daily the results of the air duels. Thus in the. four days -ending. -with last Saturday our men destroyed one hundred and ten •Gernian machines, while thirty-eight of ours /ailed. to .retniii Sir Douglas Haig stated on Tuesday that since the beginning of the German offensive on March 21st a thousand enemy max3hines.had been destroyed or driven down in these daily- encounters. But the air fighting is only a small part of the-regular work of the Air Force. Sir Douglas Haig's remark that in the past two months over thousand tons of bombs had been dropped over the enemy's lines helps us to realize in some measure the extent of the annoyance which our airmen cause to the Germans. But the reconnaissance, photographic, and range-finding work of the Air Force. does not lend itself to daily description, and it is therefore apt to be forgotten. Yet for this alone the airmen, who are the eyes of the Army, are of incalculable value.
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