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CONTENTS.

 

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CHAPTER I.

• Aircraft as Constituting a New or Fourth "Arm."
• Primary and Secondary Functions of the Aeronautical Arm.

CHAPTER II.

• Aeroplane versus Airship or Dirigible—Speed Limitations.
• Aeroplane and Dirigible in Armed Conflict.
• Means of Attack and Defence.

CHAPTER III.

• Strategic and Tactical Uses of the Aeronautical Arm.
• The Strategic Scout and its Duties.
• Directing Artillery Fire by Aircraft.
• Aircraft as Vulnerable to Gun-fire.
• Armour and Altitude as Means of Defence.

CHAPTER IV.

• Low Altitude Flying.
• The Aeroplane in a Combatant Capacity—Armour Plate.
• The Machine Gun in the Service of the Aeronautical Arm.
• The Fighting Type of Aeroplane and its Future.
• As Affecting the Cavalry Arm.

CHAPTER V.

• The Principle of Concentration.
• The Value of Numerical Strength.
• The N-Square Law.

CHAPTER VI.

• The Principle of Concentration —Continued.
• The N-Square Law in its Application.
• Applications of the N-Square Law in Naval Warfare.
• British Naval Tactics in 1805.
• Nelson's Tactical Scheme—The N-Square Law at Trafalgar.