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~aps Pll~- .t he most vital weapons of l the ,ar:lp,ies.
When ' tpe ' fomme ha~tle started',II' the .
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great
British air offensiv.e was initiated
Pass and Plain of
~y the destruction of" no Ifewer than fourof tbe :Jbrdaq, land ~een Gerwl\-n observation' ballooils od t~e
south . of,lthe ~ea! ef first day of July', 1916, j ,( )n thl' Franco·
to the ~~'t where 'Briti~h side -"~ the ' .',lin~ there tere
hundrkd elln.riots counted twenty rfive balloons (at one ~lme,
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. hangir:.g over , the ,pattie and , cl?selr
' n ptpo t,>n by , ~a~ak and ,te
watchmg' and repor\ojng every ' movement
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Sau! jwas isla,i n ,
of the Germans,
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. llht the '!Work of tl1e ,~alloons of t he
Roya) Air Force is rt<, only
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,Aimi",,: With the Navy they
prrforming such varied tasks as
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broken' t1hrou"h the marine and mine lecati'ng,
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sea coast, we r ead, with the merchantmen" and .M"t~;n"'As to , how the ' GellIDan.:
and ,
, Cjlvalry
to Mount appreciate the 'York of their:6!:,~::e~~!
o~er the (wljen the British ' and Frenc» ,
allow them to stay .up). , th.s
by themelves in the Jal'gjl"ge
one
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liudehdOO-ff. who. in the fi~sb
the g~~it hattie of I;lt. Queritin.. I in !'<lI"CU
this year, in' an Order of the
gratulated ' the G"rman air serviceI
eludin g U our observa.tion u ....wu'u ••
swiftly convetyed. invaluable inforDo";tlO\l
to 'Headquarters of tl<e ~nel"y's
ments. and of the' progress ' of. our
victorious troops. ~ I ~ J
In addition, horever,
"contact" work, marking the ,pr(lgress
&tid position of · thiv British' and -wrr,nl&p 'l
troops, and telephofting the info'1rm!ftio,p
str8.ight' through" Crom
Divisional or Army C<ltrR\>' H.",dqn'~I1ter~.
in a battle. the observation 'balloons
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' work' to do which keeps ·'thmb. busy"
r t he
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DO taking ~vantage of every m'i nute
triu1f1ph has.s~I '~PJ)ealed
visibility, on the quietest as well as on
buhleSt fronts: \ The observe,." have
tioDI of
Q," Dr an is
learn, '!ond know "'l intimately as the
wer€j. , he
of their handa, every inch of the \ienp~'\ ,11
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held country in f1'Qllt of them ;
to watch while 'uP" with the keElne.lt , ,
' promise of
in the world. 'ievery know-n
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battery.; and, if-Bne fires" "r one 'in.. '
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posit~on is loe&te/i,. they h ..ve at once to
report and ,t hen to direct and 'range ,the
T j1e 'best
fire of a British b ..ttery on to it, ,1Jlltil it
" maj~jng in
is put out of ,a ctiq" ,
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• All train , movement. : are watched and
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immediately repO~ed,' , lind d;SO \Dov~
re~~ a the '
mente of bQd4es of ,troop" OI' tranSport
'Pen- nsula ,
along roads, o,n ,to which. if ' they are
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within ran~;' the destructiv,e , fire of
on Yjust
B,ritish 'batteries, ;J, di,rected, . '
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be'ulei, er~Xrbe'et,ha't,
Th .... '.. nd the manifold amphfications
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la'ld tasks tll-ey, imply are among the uses
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of tbooe fish-sb&p6d balloons that He to
be seen i'd the North . Sea ..'Dd in the'
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Mediterra i...q, or hanging'ovel' th~ httle
ditio S Ill'e
as they well
,along the entire length of the Western
will ' fight
front, frolll ~he Ohannel to the VOIige!!.
and ''{rom
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fine c~\tnter-battery ",:or~" 4a~
. ly, alli:litv
to 'locate ·German bat.t er."" au
to
register Fre'1ch ?,uns ~on them 'nti) t~e
batteries were destroyed ., and a so sk~l ,~-n
'f btaining intelligence gf train and troop'
movements behind the Germa", Iin,\", ~t
once established their positi6n, as one ' ~f '

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