It is interesting to learn from the
seat of war that the experiment of us
ing the aeroplane in war operations
was tried at Adrianople with a result
which went a little further than pre
licted. Lieutenant Popoff, aviator
with the Bulgarian forces, made a
flight not for the purpose of attack by
Dropping bombs, but to view and re
tort on the disposition of the Turkish
forces, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
In doing so he got within the Turkish
Sline of fire, and a shot from the Turk.
sbh cannon killed him and wrecked
his machine. Much attention has been
given, especially in Europe, to devis
Ing means to repel aeroplane attacks.
Army squads have been trained in
firing at kites, and specially mounted
rapid-fire guns have been invented.
But at Adrianople an ordinary field
gun loaded with shrapnel was suffi
cient for the purpose. This gives a
hint of what could be done with guns
of longer range, speeally adapted to
aeroplane bomb-dropping attacks.
