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June 26, I794.—The balloon was invented by the French, and the French were the first to use balloons in warfare. In 1793 a company of military aeronauts was formed, Jean Marie Joseph Coutelle (1748–1835) was made captain, and at the battle of Fleurus, June 26, 1794, he made observations from a balloon which it is said contributed to the success of the French. Coutelle and his company accompanied Bonaparte to Egypt, but their whole equipment was destroyed in the burning of l'Orient at Aboukir.
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S., E. Calendar of Discovery and Invention. Nature 119, 944 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119944a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/119944a0