The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A British observation balloon behind the lines from which the movements of the retreating enemy were closely watched.
A British observation balloon behind the lines near Morcourt from which the movements of the retreating enemy were closely watched. While field guns followed the infantry and obtained their targets, t
A French officer recording enemy movements from the basket of an observation balloon.
An observation balloon about to ascend from a field. Numerous personnel can be seen controlling the balloon with ropes, which are attached to four suspended weights. The piece attached to the unders
An observation balloon, familiarly known as a 'sausage', ascending on the morning of the battle of Pozieres. The basket carrying the observer(s) is visible just above the ground, right of centre. Th
Alsace, France. c. 1917. French soldiers resting around a machine which controls a sausage observation balloon operating over the front lines. (Donor French Government)
View from HMAS Yarra of the observation balloon attached to her fellow destroyer HMAS Torrens. Just visible is the basket suspended from the balloon; it carried the observers who looked for shadows t
