1 he End of a Battle in the Air 



A few years ago military experts considered fighting in the air an improbability and declared 

 that the aeroplane and the Zeppelin would be useful only for scouting and bomb dropping. 

 Now, battles between aeroplanes are so common that they are seldom mentioned in the 

 dispatches. Aeroplanes as yet have been able to accomplish little against raiding Zeppelins. 

 The anti-aircraft guns are the Zeppelin's greatest enemies, and these Paris and London 

 dare not use lest the projectiles fall back in the streets 



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