An instructive record of a month's aeroplane losses on the
Western Front, compiled from the official reports issued by the British, French, and German Headquarters, appears in Tuesday's Times. In all seventy-two machines have been accounted for in various ways. The Germans also claim to have shot down four machines described merely as " enemy " aeroplanes. Of these seventy-six machines, forty-eight were German (eleven of which were accounted for by British airmen), twenty French, and four British. The Times adds that, in view of recent discussions, it is of interest to point out that " quite a respectable number of Fokkers figure in the German losses." Thus, on the admission of a paper which lent its support to the pessimistic views of Mr. Pemberton-Billing, the mastery of the air has again been reasserted by the Allies.
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