Picture No | 10837396 |
Date | 1918 |
Description | From the Balloon Observer's Training Manual, WW1 cartoon |
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"All apparently natural features should be considered in relation to the general nature of the landscape, as the appearance of a hedge or even a solitary tree may be the cause of the discovery of a concealed battery."
Cartoon by Bernard Hugh (one of a series on the subject) should a hapless observer in a kite balloon looking at a tree on the ground through his binoculars only to find that it is in fact concealing a battery and a shell is heading straight towards him. A light-hearted view of the dangerous job done by kite balloonists.
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Source | Illustration by Bernard Hugh in 'The Bystander', 13 March 1918, page 557 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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