Excerpt from The Defence of London 1915-1918
Colonel Rawlinson has written this book on our defence of London against attacks from the air by Germany. He has to admit that we had no defence. He explains that a defence was, although late, gradually worked up, and that after 524 people had been killed, 1,264 injured (non-combatant men, women, and children), and ?2,042,000 worth of property destroyed, we had taken reasonable precautions and the Germans did not enjoy visiting us any more.
He explains how blind men were used to locate airships or "planes; it sounds strange, but it is true.
Colonel Rawlinson in the last chapter of his work points out -
1. The present state of inefficiency of our air defence.
2. He states that our Navy is no longer our first line of defence, which, of course, is quite correct.
3. As in the Navy a two-power standard is considered necessary for our defence, obviously the same standard should now be adopted for the Air. This principle has not been adopted, and, until it is, we shall remain in a dangerous position, into which our Government should never have allowed us to fall.
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