MOTORCYCLES IN THE WAR
# -■ 750,000 IN; USE. . IVo.iii the arrival of the British Expeditionary Force in :Belgium in the 'jate;summer of- : 1914 down to the- present: timo) the . motorcycle; has steadily gained ,jn ippojtanse -in > different branches of military spryice. ;It« use 1 has not bqeii.rostnete.d to;,ilio , ,»mea avmiesr The' best Stothwities iilace t*e number of motor-cycles cmtfWy'cd'b'y the armies of the Central-Powers* at the time of the battlo of the Marneat IS,000. Tho Britiah had at least 40,000 m service in the spring .of 1915, while the French had about 11,000.. Tho Italian forces up to the present have 10,000, according to the recent estimates. It has been figured.thatmore than 750,000 motorcycles have been ' in _ use for military purposes by the belligerent powers since July, 1914. This does not includc those at present in the United States army service, for prior to entrance in the great war the Amerieftn army did not bare more" than perhaps , 150 machines in all. >' v
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 3 October 1918, Page 1
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162MOTORCYCLES IN THE WAR Levin Daily Chronicle, 3 October 1918, Page 1
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