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THE results of the comparison of observations made on both sides of the fighting line upon the longdistance audibility of gun-fire have been rather disappointing. It appears that in Belgium and Germany a very marked maximum was found everywhere in the cold season, while in England and France the sounds were perceived in the summer months only. Moreover, in the latter countries the guns were never heard when the wind was blowing from the battlefields towards the observers, while in the former the direction of wind seems to have been of little importance.
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SCHAFFERS, V., J., S. The Sound of Distant Gun-fire. Nature 107, 44–45 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107044a0
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