Three-storied German observation post
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Three-storied German observation post
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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How the Germans Burrow in Hollow Trees
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Caption: Three-storied German observation post constructed within the hollow of a tree
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AT first glance the post
shown in the accom-
panying illustration looks like
an Alaskan totem. But do
not let its exterior appear-
ance Thislead you. Look
carefully at the second story
window and peering through
it you will see a soldier. He
gives the secret away. The
post is an observation station
constructed within the hol-
low of a shell-broken tree.
After it was captured from
the Germans by the Cana-
- dians, it was left standing on
the spot as a relic.
In reality, the post is a
hollow structure camouflaged with foliage
and bark. Iron sheeting has been placed
around the trunk and over it foliage and
bark have been
draped to give the
tree a life-like ap-
pearance. Above
the second story win- |
dow is a slit in the
bark which would |
enable a third man
to keep watch. Each
aperture in the
trunk is covered with
wire netting to af-
ford protection to
the observers from |
flying shell splinters.
An iron ladder, faint-
ly visible in the pho-
tograph, enabled the |
men to climb up or |
down as they wished. |
The fact that a
trench lies at the |
foot of the post,
made it possible for
the observers to take
up their positions |
without exposing |
themselves to the
vigilant enemy. One
well-placed shell |
could have obliter-
ated the tree. |
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-01
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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69
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 92, n. 1, 1918
