Identifikator: Zeithistorischefwa10lond (Treffer finden) Titel: The Times Geschichte des Krieges Jahr: 1914 (1910) Autoren: Themen: Zeitgeschichte des Krieges Zeitgeschichte und Enzyklopädie des Ersten Weltkriegs, 1914-1918 Herausgeber: London Mitwirkende Bibliothek: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitalisierungspate: Universität Toronto Buchseite anzeigen: Book Viewer Über dieses Buch: Katalogeintrag Alle Bilder ansehen: Alle Bilder aus dem Buch Klicken Sie hier, um das Buch online anzusehen, um diese Illustration im Kontext einer durchsuchbaren Online-Version dieses Buches zu sehen.

Identifier: timeshistoryofwa10lond (find matches)
Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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comparatively littleand could be quickly constructed. Hy theHUiiuner of lUlO the training (»f pilots in nightflying and the recognition of the moat auitabli*macliinea and weapons for attacking Zoppelinaiiiiil greatly improved the prospects of thecountrys anti-aircraft defence. A conaiderahle degree of co-ordinntion hadbeen attained. A much more abuiiHant supply atonea of the atnieta. This had certain draw-backs. It caused a great increase \i\ thenumber of atrttet accidents, and it tendedto give every place an aspect of gloomafter dark. Hut it de()rived the enemy of oneof his diief means of finding his way. Zeppelinswere now ilriven. to atom()t to discovertheir whereabouts by looking for rivers. The Knglish can darken London as nmch asthey want, boasted Conunander Mathy, oneof the moat rodoubtabh) of the Ze()polin com-manders ; they can never remove or coverup the Thames, from which we can always getour biuu-ings and pick up any point in Londonwo desire. Hut this method of picking up
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^/■>o»j The Aeroplane, by permission. STEM AND STERN VIEWS OF A ZEPPELINShowiog construction. of anti-aircraft guns had been manufactured.The plan of throwing the country intodarkness, so as to give the enemy overheada minimum of guidance for direction, wasmade by degrees more and more strict. Bythe early winter of 1916 gi-eat cities likeLondon presented a remarkable spectacle after5 oclock in the evening. Every house and shophad its windows carefully shaded with darkcurtains, and the street lamps had been reducedin number and obscured so as to gi\e no morethan a glimmer of light. The illuminatedadvertisements had long since disappeared andthe headlights of vehicles were reduced in power.The darkness was such that it was often impos-sible for the wayfarer to distinguish the kerb- bearings was of very doubtful success. Timeafter time the German official accounts showedthat the Zeppelin commanders had almostludicrously misjudged their whereabouts.Houses, factories, railways, elect