It is emphasized that in the two! latter types of operations—against hostile fortified villages and against proscribed areas ample warning was, on every occasion, given to enable inhabitants to evacuate the areas involved before air action was taken.
In the opinion of the Commander-in-Chief, the continual pressure of air action by day and night played an important part in obtaining the submission of the tribes. It secured the surrender of hostages and kidnapped persons and, on occasion, the mere threat of suen action proved fully effective.
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