Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon (1908)
Hildebrandt, A. (Alfred), b. 1870, Story, W. H. tr · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 151
d of a captain, alieutenant, a sub-lieutenant, a sergeant-major, 4 non-com-missioned officers, and 26 men, including a drummer-boy. Theuniform consisted of a blue coat with black collar and facings,finished off with red braid. Their buttons bore the inscription Aerostiers. A special uniform of blue… … Fig. 83.—Landing of a balloon in the streets of Strassburg. a week of the formation of the company they marched againstthe Austrians at Maubeuge, unaccompanied by their balloon, andcame off with flying colours. Coutelle reported that his menwere looked upon with contempt by the rest of the army,…
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