LESS SLAUGHTER IN WAR
FIGHTING WITH TANKS By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Saturday. Tlio operations of the tanks in the Army manoeuvres oil Salisbury Plain have created widespread interest. Major-General Sir Ernest Swiaton. •who wrote as “Eyewitness” on the Western front in the war, watched the manoeuvres and sums up as follows: “In theatres of war such as mountainous forest countries, where cross-country machines cannot function, the present method of warfare will remain unchanged. On flat, open country the actual fighting will be done by tanks. “Until all such machines on one side are put out of action the cavalry and infantry will be useless within their scope. “The tank is master of the machine-gun. The artillery will to some extent be converted into tanks of special design. “If the mechanised force attains mobility, efficiency and economy, lives will be spared. The justification for this assertion can be obtained by a comparison of tbe losses in <he Great War in Hatties where tanks were employed and where they were not. “The result of Britain’s present experiments should he awaited by everybody with the greatest interest.” —A. and N.Z, ------ - ... §
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 135, 29 August 1927, Page 8
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