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The pigeon-express: winged messengers of war
Unknown, 1915, Press cutting
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The pigeon-express: winged messengers of war
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32621
Title
The pigeon-express: winged messengers of war
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From the Illustrated London News published October 2nd 1915.
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Unknown
Date
1915
Size
39.6 x 26.7cm
Type
Press cutting
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Reference Library
Text from page 425 reads - Carrier pigeons are mobilized as winged messengers by practically all armies, and have proved their value time after time. The French, for example, use them frequently: and here we see how some of them are housed in the field in, or rather on top of a converted motor bus.
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