 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - VaChappes vakaita ongororo mumakore maviri akatevera, uye kaviri midziyo yavo yaiva paPlace de lÉtoile, muParis yakaparadzwa nemhomho dzaifunga kuti dzaikurukura nevapandukimasimba. Chikonzero chavo chakabetserwa naIgnace Chappe akasarudzwa kuParamende. Muzhizha ra1792, Claude akagadzwa kuva Ingénieur-Télégraphiste uye akapiwa basa rokugadzira nhepfenyuro pakati peParis neLille, daro remakiromita 230. Yaishandiswa kutakura mashoko ehondo pakati peFrance neAustria. Muna 1794, yakaunza mashoko okubatwa kweCondé-sur-lEscaut neFrance kubva kuvaAustria isingasviki awa pashure pokunge yaitika. Chiratidzo chokutanga chomashoko kuLille chaizopfuura nezviteshi 15 mumaminiti mapfumbamwe bedzi. Kumhanya kwaiita mutsara wacho kwaisiyana-siyana zvichienderana nemamiriro okunze, asi mutsara waienda kuLille waiwanzoendesa zviratidzo 36, shoko rakazara, mumaminitsi anenge 32. Mumwe mutsara wezviteshi 50 wakapedzwa muna 1798, unofukidza makiromita 488 pakati peParis neStrasbourg. Kubvira muna 1803, vaFrench vakashandisawo semaphore yeDepillon yaiva nemaoko matatu kumhenderekedzo dzegungwa kuti vanyevere vanhu nezvokupinda kwevaBritain. 