Photograph from French Aviation Mission 



the French village of varennes From a height of 7,800 feet 



The airplane from which this beautiful birdVeye photograph was made was flying- 

 above the clouds, which veil a portion of the town, only a few miles from Verdun. The 

 observer's record (at the top of the picture) shows that it was made at 10:45 on the morn- 

 ing of May 24, 1917, at an elevation of 2,400 meters. 



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