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Rh CHAPTER VII. Attack by Aeroplane on Aeroplane.

The Fighting Machine as a Separate Type.

The Question of Armament—Treaty Restrictions.

Importance of Rapid Fire—Machine Guns Multiply Mounted.

CHAPTER VIII. Rapidity of Fire and its Measure.

Armour in its Relation to Armament.

Importance of Upper "Gage"—Attack from Above

Armour and Shield Protection.

CHAPTER IX. Gun-fire Ballistics—The Energy Account.

Expanding and Explosive Bullets.

Theory of the Expanding Bullet.

The Light-weight Shell.

CHAPTER X. Miscellaneous Weapons and Means of Offence.

The Bomb and the Hand Grenade.

Bomb Dropping, Difficulties of Aiming.

Rockets, Air-borne Torpedoes, etc.

Supremacy of the Gun against Aircraft.

CHAPTER XI. Aircraft in the Service of the Navy—Naval Reconnaissance.

Mother-ship or Floating Base.

Armament of the Naval Aeroplane—the Employment of Bombs.

Torpedo Attack by Air.

Aeroplane and Submarine—Attack by Bomb.

CHAPTER XII. Aircraft in the Service of the Navy —Continued.

The Naval Air-scout.

The Flying-Boat Type—The Double Float Type.

The Ocean-going Floating Base or Pontoon-ship.

CHAPTER XIII. The Command of the Air.

Air Power as Affecting Combined Tactics.

Defeat in the Air an Irreparable Disaster.

Employment of Aircraft in Large Bodies—Air Tactics.