. Vive la France! . c- O J= U 4) o c u CC3 C 3 -J eg O i-2 a c J3 3O. CONFLICT IN THE CLOUDS 201 trie wire is slung underneath, and the greatkite is sent into the air. When it is over thatsection of the enemys trenches of which aphotograph is wanted, the officer at the endof the wire presses a button, the shutter of thecamera swinging a thousand feet above flashesopen and shut, the kite is immediately hauleddown, a photographer takes the holder con-taining the exposed plate and disappears withit into the wheeled dark room to appear, fiveminutes later, with a picture of the Germantrench
. Vive la France! . c- O J= U 4) o c u CC3 C 3 -J eg O i-2 a c J3 3O. CONFLICT IN THE CLOUDS 201 trie wire is slung underneath, and the greatkite is sent into the air. When it is over thatsection of the enemys trenches of which aphotograph is wanted, the officer at the endof the wire presses a button, the shutter of thecamera swinging a thousand feet above flashesopen and shut, the kite is immediately hauleddown, a photographer takes the holder con-taining the exposed plate and disappears withit into the wheeled dark room to appear, fiveminutes later, with a picture of the Germantrenches. The change that aeroplanes have producedin warfare is strikingly illustrated by the factthat in the Russo-Japanese war the Japanesefought for weeks and sacrificed thousands ofmen in order to capture 203-Metre Hill, not,mind you, because of its strategic importance,but in order that they might effectively con-trol the fire of their siege mortars, which wereendeavoring to reach the battleships in theharbor of Port Arthur. To-day that informa-tion would be furnished in an
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