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Invented by [[Claude Chappe]] in 1792, the relay line consisted of towers spaced between 12 and 25 kilometers apart, each fitted with a telescope. The wooden arms of the towers would form codes which got transmitted along the system, making it possible to quickly transmit crucial information.<ref name="Chappe DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Chappe Signal Towers]]</ref> | Invented by [[Claude Chappe]] in 1792, the relay line consisted of towers spaced between 12 and 25 kilometers apart, each fitted with a telescope. The wooden arms of the towers would form codes which got transmitted along the system, making it possible to quickly transmit crucial information.<ref name="Chappe DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Chappe Signal Towers]]</ref> | ||
When [[Austria]]n forces under the [[Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Duke of Brunswick]] marched on Paris, royalists planned to signal the vulnerability of the city defenses to them through the signal towers. [[Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]] had [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] sabotage four of the towers to cut off the royalists' communication with the Duke.<ref name="Nice Chappe">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[A Nice Chappe]]</ref> Arno had another encounter with the Chappe towers when solving a [[Nostradamus Enigmas|riddle]] from [[Nostradamus]].<ref name="Nostradamus">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Taurus]]</ref> | When [[Austria]]n forces under the [[Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Duke of Brunswick]] marched on Paris, royalists planned to signal the vulnerability of the city defenses to them through the signal towers. [[Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]] had [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] sabotage four of the towers to cut off the royalists' communication with the Duke.<ref name="Nice Chappe">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[A Nice Chappe]]</ref> Arno had another encounter with the Chappe towers when solving a [[Nostradamus Enigmas|riddle]] from [[Nostradamus]].<ref name="Nostradamus">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Taurus]]</ref> | ||
Thanks to the signal towers, on September 1, 1794, [[Paris]]ians were informed of the capture of Conde-sur-L'Escaut from the Austrians, 220 kilometers away in less than an hour.<ref name="Chappe DB"/> | Thanks to the signal towers, on September 1, 1794, [[Paris]]ians were informed of the capture of Conde-sur-L'Escaut from the Austrians, 220 kilometers away in less than an hour.<ref name="Chappe DB"/> | ||
Latest revision as of 05:59, 22 September 2026
The Chappe signal towers were a system of semaphore relay stations for long distance communication.
Invented by Claude Chappe in 1792, the relay line consisted of towers spaced between 12 and 25 kilometers apart, each fitted with a telescope. The wooden arms of the towers would form codes which got transmitted along the system, making it possible to quickly transmit crucial information.[1]
When Austrian forces under the Duke of Brunswick marched on Paris, royalists planned to signal the vulnerability of the city defenses to them through the signal towers. Thomas-Alexandre Dumas had Parisian Assassin Arno Dorian sabotage four of the towers to cut off the royalists' communication with the Duke.[2] Arno had another encounter with the Chappe towers when solving a riddle from Nostradamus.[3]
Thanks to the signal towers, on September 1, 1794, Parisians were informed of the capture of Conde-sur-L'Escaut from the Austrians, 220 kilometers away in less than an hour.[1]