A prewar exercise places Haig's larger force against a smaller opponent with aerial reconnaissance and support. The smaller force defeats him in the account given. The episode is used to show that he encountered the implications of aviation before the war. His response was an improvised speech about future warfare whose reception is described much less favourably than he believed.
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Haig's defeat by aerial reconnaissance in an exercise
A smaller exercise force with aerial reconnaissance exposes the limits of numerical superiority.