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    The Prussian Semaphore System was a telegraphic communications system used between Berlin and the Rhine Province from 1832 to 1849. It could transmit...
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    northernmost point the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein. List of forts Prussian semaphore system Böckling, Manfred (2011). Festung Ehrenbreitstein - Kurzführer...
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    form of optical communication). There are two main types of such systems; the semaphore telegraph which uses pivoted indicator arms and conveys information...
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    building. Branch offices were established in 1971 and 1981 with the Prussian semaphore system in Flittard (until 2005) and the Wehrturm Zündorf. The new director...
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    bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not. Ancient signalling systems, although sometimes quite extensive...
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    category 1 triangulation mark. The Köterberg was a station in the Prussian semaphore system, which acted as a communication link between Berlin and Koblenz...
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    tradition of attaching artillery pieces in support of troops. The semaphore system had allowed the French War-Minister, Carnot, to communicate with French...
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    Łacinka. It is also used in modern systems of Romanization of Belarusian for the letter ⟨ў⟩, for example in the BGN/PCGN system, in contrast to the letter ⟨ŭ⟩...
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    seized power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended Paris, and working-class...
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    described by Émile Zola in his sixth letter published by the newspaper Le Sémaphore de Marseille on May 31: "After the Red Terror, a new and particular terror...
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