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Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment, 1879 (b/w photo)

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Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment, 1879 (b/w photo)
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Location
National Army Museum, London
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1879 AD (C19th AD)
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From an album of 60 photographs by John Burke, 1878-1880. Associated with Maj Gen Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880). Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment in Afghanistan exhibit the range of signalling devices available before the advent of either the field telephone or radio. Flags enabled the relaying of messages by semaphore. The Mance heliograph, a small mirror mounted on a tripod, worked by reflecting sunlight in order to flash messages in Morse code: on 22 April 1880, news of the Battle of Ahmed Khel was relayed by heliograph to another British column 50 miles away. At night, when there was no sunlight, the shuttered Aldis lamp was used to flash signals instead. Finally, the signallers’ telescope enabled them to see long distance messages more easily.

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© National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
soldier / device / british army / morse code / second afghan war / devices / signalling / 2nd afghan war / soldiers / 72nd regiment / communication / signal / duke of albany's own highlanders / afghanistan / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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