Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1911 — Lights on Battlefields. [ARTICLE]

Lights on Battlefields.

One would suppose that powerful searchlights would Illuminate fields of battle best by night la order to discover and bring in the wounded. But experiments In France prove the contrary. They are of small benefit because the slightest obstruction—such as a house or slight Irregularity on the earth’s surface—will create a great cone of shadow, within which nothing can be seen. The best device tried so far is the individual acetylene lamp, carried on the backs or Ip the hands of the hospital corps when going over the field with their Utters.