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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: seen from aloft, that a whole battery has been put out of action,
barrels and wheels as well as broken limbers strewing the ground
in all directions.
Moving masses of soldiers are also resorting to cunning in order
to mislead the airman or to escape his observation. At the
battle of Haelen, during which engagement the German warplanes
were exceptionally active, the Belgian soldiers covered their
heads with bundles of wheat snatched from the standing stooks,
and under this cover lurked in a field where the corn was still
standing. From aloft their forms defied detection: the
improvised headgear completely covered them and blended
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