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  Defence of a road. A photograph taken from a kite balloon.
For the first time aerial photography was used for reconnaissance, here to determine the location of defenses near a road to Arras.
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  H.M.S. Kent
On the outbreak of the war, the H.M.S. Kent was sent to the Falkland Islands where she participated in the Battle of the Falkland Islands and sank SMS Nurnberg.
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  A kite balloon over Arras
A kite balloon used for reconnaissance floats above Arras, near Vimy Ridge.
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