Excerpt from The Struggle in the Air: 1914-1918I paid only one brief visit to France; but it was an eventful visit to me, for I examined by day from an aeroplane the British and German lines! From the sea to far south of Ypres, and I took part in a night raid by handley-page bombers.This is not an attempt to write a complete history of the aerial war, or to record all the Wonderful and brave deeds of our airmen. A book that would include all these would be valuable as a work of reference, but it would be essentially different in aim from this small effort. A certain number of the incidents here related have been told elsewhere, and in some cases there has been no need to go beyond the official reports. Some are here published for'the first time, and to some I have been able to add hitherto unpublished details.I am indebted to the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office (london Gazette), and to the Editors of the Times, Daily Telegraph, Morning Post, Daily Chronicle, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Observer, and the Aeroplane for permission to' quote from these newspapers; and also to the publishers (messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons) of An Airman's Outings, by Contact - (messrs. Long mans) of Flying Some Practical Experiences, by Hamel and Turner and Tales of the Great War, by Sir H. New bolt; and - (messrs. Cassell and Co.) of Plane Tales from the Skies, by Wing Adjutant.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.