tethered balloon L’Entreprenant

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The tethered balloon L’Entreprenant was a French military observation balloon used during the Revolutionary Wars, notable for conducting one of the first recorded instances of aerial reconnaissance in combat.

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Battle of Fleurus (1794) aerialReconnaissanceMethod tethered balloon L’Entreprenant