Two other pigeons did great service on the Piave in July, 1918, when 1,500 Italians were surrounded by Austrians and in danger of capture. The pigeons carried messages for help: relief came at once—and 3,500
Austrians were taken prisoner.
One of the pigeons of the War, a British bird called Cher Ami, which is now in a Washington museum, was responsible for saving the "los American battalion on the Argonne. Thanks to the messages this bird carried, relief reached the troops, and although Cher Ami lost a leg he managed to fly twenty-five miles in twenty-five minutes—a terrific performance.
Pigeons, Major Osman said, served magnificently in bringing back me: sages from advanced positions. Indeed, British pigeons used during the War delivered safely nearly 95 per cent. of all the messages entrusted to them.
Verdun Memorial 4 this contract repeme: spêde leads might have came but South opened three that (North had Several countries have remembered the work done by the birds during the War. Belgium, where ever; village has a "Societe Colombophile, has a pigeon memorial. The French, too, issued special gold bands to the pigeons of Verdun and erected a memorial there.
Visitors to Edinburgh will see a eafrier pigeon in one of the great
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