ELECTRIC LIGHT IN WARFARE.
. ; The use of electric light in warfare seemi.potas yet to be thorough perleotedi Ad experiment'was made with it by the Supßrb, lying at Ramleh, but, in'the cautious language of The Times correspondent, whether it was an. advantage or otherwise to question.- Inasmuch sb the officer fn ctiarge'■ of the pioket, 4 whose duties it was supposed to aesiat, .complained that it was generally on his own men that the light was thrown, while all around them was wrapped in a inore than, .Egyptian darkneßS, it leps rather as'though' on' that ddcasionat' least .it; Avas very much ' remarks a Home paper) qnefeelii inclined to say of it much what Sam welter ,ttid of the dark lantern with whioh Mr Pickwick proposed to guard from die'jS&yeiy the mianiflbt loves of Mr Winkle 4nd MiwAlleip-^^o^nicej thinas if: Ihey're managed properly, lAut; rfli®n you (lon't want to be seen, I tbiuk thei'n more' useful arter the candle's gone ouf than when it'* alight," '
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1279, 16 January 1883, Page 2
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163ELECTRIC LIGHT IN WARFARE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1279, 16 January 1883, Page 2
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