AIR RECONNAISSANCE IN THE SAHARA
LINKING Ur FRENCH COLONIES'. A recent reconnaissance by aeroplane and motor-car towards ihe'eentre of tho Sahara.'carried out under the orders of General Nivelle, promises 'interesting results 1 iWn: the infomnlion. about the regions of (lie Wadi Sanrii," Tidlkclt, and tlio Mid-Sahara. .' . . It is certainly established, tlwt it 19 possible to. open an aerial'.and motor rojite joining up the southehunost posts of the Algerian Sahara iyitlV the const by way of Colom Bechar to In6alah and TiuJgn'rtj thus creatine a.lrasis of revictualino'nt for penetration across the Sa* lip.ra. towards the Niger. The reconnaissance party consisted, of 3S Europeans, with six motor-curs amMonr aeroplanes, and it traversed several thousands of miles. It appears to bo merely a onesi ion of time before France's'great colonj ies in North and Africa are linked by aeroplane, motor-eai; and railway.— London "Times."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 199, 17 May 1919, Page 8
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141AIR RECONNAISSANCE IN THE SAHARA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 199, 17 May 1919, Page 8
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