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Deciphering Secret Telegrams

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Translation detailsModel: mistral-large-2512.

The instructor obtains rolls of old, unused telegraph tapes from post offices or railway offices. By selecting certain words, they assemble a series of telegrams with mysterious and intriguing content. These telegrams are left along the route of their unit’s march (they should be in an envelope—addressed to someone), creating a natural need to read them. Knowledge of the alphabet proves indispensable here. Such an adventure can be woven into a series of games of other types.

When the youth are well acquainted with the Morse alphabet and can use it in the field, this skill can be utilized for larger signaling games, as listed below.


Source scan: Polona / National Library, marked “Public Domain”. View scan — image 185.

  • Type: game
  • Traits: Not stated in the source
  • Source: Jan Jasiński, Gry i ćwiczenia terenowe (Harce terenowe) (1938)
  • Printed pages: 177–178
  • Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
  • Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 177
  • Read the source text: gct-107