Map, Battle of Fleurus
Map of the Battle of Fleurus - it was won by the French Army, with the first military use of a reconnaissance balloon. The hydrogen balloon L'Entreprenant was used to pass messages to the ground while the French Republican Army fought the Coalition forces
Picture No
10610351
Media ID
48036079
Size
5000px x 4059px
(3.3MB)
Credit
©The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans
Source
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row, London
Date
26 June 1794
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1790s 1794 Ballooning Coalition Entreprenant Fleurus Hydrogen Messages Reconnaissance Strategy
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