Le Matin
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Primary Evidence
"On December 7, a new prize: for the inventor of the best aiming and launching device. The day before, in the newspaper Le Matin, André Michelin published an open letter: “The airplane, which four years ago was still struggling to fly for a few minutes and timidly covering a few kilometers, is today recognized by all as: “1° A marvelous reconnaissance tool, the eye of command. “2° The indispensable aid of artillery. “3° A formidable combat machine that everyone already envisions and that tomorrow will prove itself, capable of paralyzing mobilization, potentially delaying by several weeks the deployment of certain army corps by blowing up railways, junction stations, supply centers, ammunition depots; changing the course of the battle by forcing fresh troop bodies hurrying along roads to disperse in the fields to decide the victory (at Waterloo, Blücher).”"
"Sleep tight, good people... "Good fellows, these Willots," headlines the Liberté du Nord. Le Matin of January 21, not to be outdone, writes: "How can one not admire, indeed, a group that storms companies, suddenly announces massive layoffs, juggles billions, and wants its brand image to no longer resemble that of the big bad wolf...""