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defenses are searchlights, anti-aircraft, and night pursuit. Until about three weeks before the armistice, we depended entirely on anti-aircraft and searchlights for this purpose.  At this time we organized one squadron of night pursuit which was most satisfactory.  In the defense of London and Paris the war pursuit planes were used, but so far as known they never came in contact with night bombardment. These, I think, are more or less self-explanatory.
Now, we come to the question of coast defense. This gives the first phase in the attack by a fleet against a position on the coast. We employ, as shown, our three pursuit barrages in making the attack. There is one point in connection with this that should not be lost sight of.  The average airplane carrier can carry about 100 pursuit planes.  At present we are limited to only four or five carriers.  England, I think, has four, and, and you can see it would be impossible for any fleet attacking a coastal position to carry a sufficient amount of aviation to defeat any concentration which could be made by the country attacked at any particular point.  A fleet can be located at a sufficient distance from the coast so that ample time is available to effect a concentration providing a preponderance of aviation.
In the second phase after the pursuit has gained its position, our bombardment proceeds to the attack against the ships of the fleet.  In making a general attack against a fleet our pursuit lands in order to clear the air of opposing pursuit.  It is