[1] The Types M and N were very similar and, though the designations were reported together with some details in contemporary accounts, for example in l'Aérophile in 1912,[2] it has proved difficult for modern historians to distinguish them.

[1] Around this time, various French manufacturers like Voisin and Farman were hoping to improve the stability of aircraft against gusts by using wings that were partly flexible like those of birds[2] and the Caudron Types M and N also included this feature.

Each wing had two steel tube, wood filled spars, one at the leading edge and the other 500 mm (19.7 in)[2] aft, a little behind one third chord, with ash ribs and wire bracing.

The last, a rotary engine, was usually covered over the upper part to screen the pilot from oil spray; the Anzanis were mounted uncowled.

A pair of axles, hinged at the centre of the bar, passed through the vertices of the ash struts via rubber shock absorbers with the mainwheels, slightly toed out and 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in)[2] apart, beyond them.

Fitted with the 35 hp (26 kW) Anzani engine, it flew an out and return flight from Caudron's Le Crotoy base to Pointe-Saint-Quentin at 100 km/h (62 mph).

[1] Flown by Maurice Guillaux it took part in a circuit of London race in June 1912, starting from Hendon, but retired from lack of fuel just before the end when it looked a likely winner.

He flew across mainland France and in Corsica, Sardinia and French colonies in North Africa, visiting Tunis and Carthage, where the aircraft was damaged in an accident.