The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-06-13
Carriers Of Vital Messages Ever
Since Battle Of Mar,s
m 1914.
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| Fsrta--At the Tsraeo gate az Paris
| 1852 a. ss~ta ts~sssssAs. the sssS I'd
tsasshosda ct wAtrh Ia snsrrshed
sf9a1zpsns 10 the EaiIcoasats and Car,
fser piseans Ok lsT0.- wnss memorial
viii Acknowledge the ssEvicrs VI car.
r'sf pigeons IN The wogid's war ~ fets.
iais retaaias to he s~~a. bas their SurA
amid barrage Ere, bursting siaraEasl.
tac sip-zip Of maehtAs gaa htslets sad
the ieash destroying gases was Of
*norhaoas value.
Earlier plsecsss were used 90 an she
has'sefgUnss but their best WORK vas
OH the western fraa,. from this chan.
tai 10 the Swiss borier aud fgusn fhe
Alps u The A,issatle gulf They car.
Fs~d messages 1T sssv Marine, wh~u the
Huns wrre driven back by Marshal
JosYre. Hundreds we're used In the
battle u the User. la Flanders, whea
the belxiahs ard the Frvarh halted
thu German advance. aad they made
many and frsaaens trips Ia the FIRST
battle Of fpr~s. IN the drive IA the
channel ports when the British. rrench
and Btlsians stopped the Gsrsnanx d.
eisissiy In the nnai battle Ut the close
of 1914. They aided In the capture Of
SeusT Chppelie by the British and
they it~d Ia aumhers with the British
Tommles At The ss~,oad battle at Yprws,
when the GermaEs alyaneed toward
the fseF canal using for the nrxt tfns-
poisonous gas Again the birds did
sslian, service when the French tried
10 break through In the Champagne IN
che full NJ 1915, and IN the whale
srrles " the vcrdan attacks lasting
through iuly, oftentincs the only com.
tifhnffafibtR Wtyf' rlISfi IN afrnnevsT sen.
lions were the days tha, ereps through
the targAgcs aud the carrier EigeuEs
that r"tnrhed with messages Where
selcihone. and .wlrslrss hnase lown
end men coutd net survive the storm
II shell fire.. Il IN reconied that ~ yer
cent II the messages carried by carrier
pigeons came safely through.
Told Of German Retreat.
When tho GcrJnans rgirea In the
"fIindrnburg tine" II was carrier ptg,
s"us carried forward tn,o the front
advanc" lines that brought hack the
ncw# ~ the re,Iremen, long before
teiephnnir communication cuald b. &C.
tahllshr,t Through the whole nrva.
l.saa square miles. an q front ~ iha
miles from ArrAs a. scissors, carrier
plGrans MI their work effectively. And
wherever the Americans fought at
Cantigny, Thlery, Torry.
nourescsscs, Rri'ssau woaA. runtf~~en.
Erie, nuzancy. Jaulsonas. Ferr-es Tar.
drnnis. HIIgae, eTerEeS vtiler~ Argr,n.
flsnrs. rrarclle. .aEochps. Iuyirny.
81, Mlhiet Argoupe forest Ia rrier
pigeons were likewise oa Tho Inh
A carrier plsenn aided In capturing
= Tbnas and her crew A coast wasfh'
or on oue " the ionrlieet parts ~ The
west coast y. shutdown saw the rip NJ
perlseuae arise and then the ctsnniug
tower af t-hoat The underwater
boat stopped. and the officers and crew
were seen un deck. The lt>skaas man
ft.sl note bearing the Information 10
the leg Of n carrier pigeon and released
II from hts basket, The neyt morning
n German submarine, which had run
cut of gasoline, and It's officers ard
crew we're taken m naval sub base,
A British patrol beat Was discov.
er,Ns by German Submarine and tor
p.,y.essi and sheltssi The skipper. hav.
tn1 on hoar'l carrie- pigeon, write q
brief message. telling his position and
~ha, had hsppensd As the boat
sank thu skipper hegsn swimming for
soyne wrwkaee fn cling ~, The pigeon
went ny gradually IN spiral, and IRE
Germans. @einS II, began shooting at
tho hirl The skipper drifting ia yhs !
~rer&aer gare ~ hope when hs ssw
tho bird had h.een BIZ, T~ets'ys miles
away however n lighted c;a pasrol' |
isag destroyer, 4ss saisef, gray psnaaaxH