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As far as her army is concerned, it is probably in better condition today than it has ever been. The lessons of the War are being carefully considered, and her army is a great training school. They have carefully considered the results of our bombardment tests against warships, and know that a battleship stands no chance against air attack within the radius of aircraft's operations. Consequently, their naval development is to be principally in undersea craft.

It is to the air that France looks with the greatest hope from the standpoint of offense, and her air force is organized in a manner which will strike at the German communications within a radius of two hundred miles from her frontiers, strike at England and the British shipping on the water and in the various ports, and, last of all, will attack hostile columns of any sort moving on the roads or on the sea in transports against her frontiers.

It is well known by all European nations that an air force can be ready to strike at least two weeks before any armies join battle, because the armies must be mobilized, concentrated, deployed, and the main action prepared. If an air force is sufficiently well organized, equipped, and instructed, these armies probably never will come into contact as the air force will settle the matter itself.

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