telephonic communication from the front line existed, and this was freely used.
"The Story of the "9th King's" in France"
Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts
And the side of me which has telephonic communication with my brain liked and approved of him, understanding how and why his personality made a strong appeal to most women.
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
Every officer of importance in the British zone has a telephone at hand, and as the armies advance the telephones go with them, the wires and portable instruments being transported by the motor-cycle despatch riders of the Army Signal Corps, so that frequently within thirty minutes after a battalion has captured a German position its commander will be in telephonic communication with Advanced G. H. Q. The speed with which the connections are made would be remarkable even in New York.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell