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Reconnaissance No. 778                                                                  22nd November 1914.

Aeroplane No. B.E. 242.                                                                       

Squadron No.  4.                                                                                                      

Pilot:  Lt. Morgan.

Observer:                                                                   Reference Map:  1/250,000.

Hour commenced: 10-30 a.m.

Hour concluded:    1-50 p.m.

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Time                                       Place                          OBSERVATION

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12-25 p.m.     OOSTNIEUWKERKE.         About 40 M.T. vehicles parked NW. of

 village.

12-30 p.m.     ROULERS.                           Rolling stock for 9 trains, no movement of

                                                                        trains and no Transport Parks seen.

12-50 p.m.     RITTHEM                               (a).  Rolling stock for three trains, engine

and 3 carriages moving W towards LICHTERVELDE.

(b). About 40 M.T. vehicles facing South, (i.e., on W of road), half way on road between RITTHEM and MEULEBEKE.

12-55 p.m.     THIELT                                  Rolling stock 3 trains.

  1. p.m.          ISEGHEM.                            6 store tents on canal bank, rolling stock

about 3 trains.  About 2 trains at junction just South of INGELMUNSTER.

1-5 p.m.          LENDELEDE.                       Rolling stock about two (2) trains on line

                                                                        immediately East of LENDELEDE.

About 12(twelve) horse transport carts or limbers moving South from ISEGHEM to LENDELEDE, about 1 mile S of ISEGHEM.

1-15 p.m.       COURTRAI                           Rolling stock (in station and on line) for

about 23 (twenty three) trains, one engine going N towards HEULE.

1-20 p.m.       WEVELGHEM.                     Rolling stock 4(four) trains.

1.20 p.m.        MENIN.                                  Rolling stock about 5 (five) trains.

1-24 p.m.       WERVICQ.                            Rolling stock about 2 (two) trains.

1-26 p.m.       COMINES.                            Rolling stock about 4 (four) trains, one

engine and 3 or 4 carriages going E.  Two (2) miles S of COMINES on road to QUESNOY-SUR-DEULE.  Park about 50 (fifty) M.T., four going S.

sausage observation balloon just W of COMINES.                  

(Sd) T.W.M. Morgan, Lieut.

                                                            Observer.

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