. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Caiiddinn F<tn"}^ 1585 want the bullets to go. Suppose you see a company down there which you think should be annoyed—you just point your machine that way and let them have it until you decide they have enough, or until you are forced to move on. The aeroplanes also do a good deal of damage to the enemy by dropping bombs, and they are of course of great assistance to the infantry by showing them where the enemy is, and routing out groups of Germans who may be hiding in a shell hole or a small trench, some- times h
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Caiiddinn F<tn"}^ 1585 want the bullets to go. Suppose you see a company down there which you think should be annoyed—you just point your machine that way and let them have it until you decide they have enough, or until you are forced to move on. The aeroplanes also do a good deal of damage to the enemy by dropping bombs, and they are of course of great assistance to the infantry by showing them where the enemy is, and routing out groups of Germans who may be hiding in a shell hole or a small trench, some- times holding up our advance by means of their machine gun fire. The aeroplanes get after these chaps at once, and if they cannot manage to settle them alone they signal down to the advancing infantry and they do the job. Getting Messages Back In advance movements the in- fantry in some parts of course go faster than others, and it is absolutely necessary for the safety oi tlie troops that the higher command, miles fur- ther back, should know exactly at what point each unit is, and which sections need to be reinforced. There are special machines for this work, and they are sometimes called "liaison machines" because they act as mes- sengers. When they cannot get a wireless through to headquarters, sometimes they take a picture, or make a drawing, which will contain the necessary information, and then fly back to headquarters and drop the message and hurry back to get on the job again. In this way, by keep- ing the higher command absolutely posted on the situation of every unit in the advance, our guns are kept from shelling out people. I think w^hat I have told you just about covers the extent of our co-operation with the infantrv. MR ATKINSON: I have a ques- tion I would like to ask. Supposing you have a lake with a row of trees? around it, along the shores close to the water—trees say, 40 feet high— how great w^ould the area of the lake have to be in order to make a
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