At a later date news came from Mesopotamia of an affair which afforded a striking instance of aeroplanes working in co-operation with cavalry. Mounted enemy irregulars had driven off our camels on the left bank of the river, and were proceeding north-west. Two aeroplanes were sent out with machine guns to attack the raiders. Our aviators soon passed over scattered bodies of mounted men, who were taking cover in nullahs and firing at the machines. These were driven out by machine-gun fire from the aeroplanes, and, breaking into small groups, made for the hills. Several were hit, and three or four killed. During the action our machines flew very low, descending at times to within twenty feet of the ground. After dispersing this body our aviators pursued the raided camels, which were seen being driven towards the hills by troops of irregular cavalry. Fire was opened from the aeroplanes, and the escort immediately abandoned the camels, retiring towards the mountains. A troop of our cavalry coming up recaptured the camels. The machines and cavalry continued to chase the raiders, inflicting further casualties. Further reports from the same quarter show that on October 25, 1916, one of our aviators, returning from a reconnaissance, attacked a party of enemy irregular cavalry. After dropping bombs among them, he descended to 800 feet, firing his machine-gun into them, and killing many. In the evening five of our machines raided a cavalry camp by Shattlhai, dropped bombs, and again brought the machine-gun into action, causing considerable loss and panic. All will remember how our aviators, overcoming many serious difficulties, dropped provisions into besieged Kut, thus enabling our soldiers to prolong their defence. In Egypt also some very useful work has been done. The Officer Commanding has reported that on September 4, 1916, the Royal Flying Corps carried out a further raid on the enemy’s encampment at Mazar. One anti-aircraft gun was put out of action and a number of bombs were dropped with good effect on camps, supply depots, and camel lines. Further reports showed that on the following day two of our aeroplanes raided the Turkish aerodrome and aeroplane repair section at El Arish. Twelve bombs were dropped with good results. Enemy aeroplanes attacked our machines, but did not close, and only opened fire at long range. They ultimately gave up the fight, and our machines returned undamaged. From Salonika news came in September, 1916, of an enemy machine being shot down on the seventh and of a second enemy machine being shot down on the following day north-east of Lake Doiran. The days that followed were equally favourable to the Allied airmen.