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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.