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BRITISH HEAVY ARTILLERY IN ACTION "SOMEWHERE" IN THE BALKAN'S: A BATTERY FIRING SALVOES. Original Photograph. Crown Ccpyight Reserved. 5upplied by C.N. , z-THE ILLUSTRATED W A R NEWS , APRIL I9, 1910.- [P ART 89)
THE GREAT WAR. German forces that were advancing in such great numbers against General Petain's army. Ignoring the fact that the large strategy of the West is A NOTABLE factor of the present situation is the placidity of the rather an affair of the French Staff than of the British House of Commons, Allies. The Germans-certainly with enormous forces and energy, certain sterling patriots saw in our inactivity yet another example of our I probably with immense losses- are forcing the pace of battle at Verdun; failure as a race. However, the British line still refrained from move I they are using great weight and every trick to bring the fight t o a success ment; so did the longer French line. The passivity began to impress iul issue. Yet, though this people, and in time it began I m atter 01 apparently tre to dawn on many that the I mendous importance to the stoic reticence in the West I Germans is going on, the was an affair of choice. I Allies, apart from the de The dawn of knowledge was fence of the fortress, a re helped by certain semi I seemingly unconcerned. official statements made by There have been, to be the French. sure, a number of local Indeed, it should rove I encounters-in the Cham been obvious from the be I pagne, in the Argonne, and ginning of Verdun that the on our own front, notably passivity of the Allies under at St. EIQi-but these great provocation was (and affairs have not been of is) part of a plan, and that m ajor weight. They h ave that plan signifies wisdom. never called for any great There rare two reasons for Iw virility, so that, even taking holding off attack. One is them into consideration, we because such an attack will ~ say that the men on the not pay; the other because great Western front have reticence will pay better. done nothing. Strength and weakness have It is an attitude worth less to do with the matter I considering, for it has some than these two reasons, be meaning. When the enemy cause it frequently happens first began his heavy pres that a weak army will gain I sure against the Verdun more by attacking than it line, it was thought that will by remaining quiet; some counter,-move from the threat is the thing that another part of the Allied counts (if our armies had • front was bound to take A LETTER WRITTEN BY THE KING WHEN HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD: A ROYAL MS. been weak in France and place to relieve that pres IN "LOVELY INK," SOLD FOR THE RED CROSS. Flanders we might have sure. That is the accepted At a Red Cross auction sale held recently at Slough, near Windsor, this letter written by King George when he was a Httle seen a number of attacks ~ boy was sold for £6. It was written at Windsor Castle, and was addressed to the Han. Miss Kerr. . II Grandmamma" was, a number of small local practice of war. When no of course, Queen Victoria. I such counters were made, threats, that is, which would I there were some even among the onlookers (from a distance) who protested keep the Germans distracted). If we examine the circumstances, we will I against inaction. It was urged that it was the duty-particularly of the find that our reason for not attacking held good. . Any dlstractm?, attack British-to make a largish demonst ration, and so draw off some of the we ma have made might have paid to a certam extent, but It would y [Collhllued overleaf, -
WHERE A BRITISH ARMY IS AWAITING THE DAY OF BATTLE: OFFICERS IN A FIRE-TRENCH NEAR SALONIKA. Although no general action has been reported as yet from Salonika, there have been some outpost affairs Deiran. While I was visiting our first line of defences yesterday, the sound of the guns was distinctly and considerable artillery activity. "For the last four days," wrote Mr. G. J. Stevens recently, (j the audible. . . . Apart from the necessity of attacking the enemy each time he descends from the heights fighting on the frontier has been confined to a daily exchange of cannonade betwee 1 the Allies' advanced with the object of raiding the villages lying in the plain, we also bombard the heights which he occupies, detachments a nd the Bulgars and Germans holding the heights in Greek territory south of in order to hinder fortification." -[Official Photograph. Crown Co pyright reserved. Snpplied by C.N.] 4 -THE ILLUSTRA TED WAR NEWS, APRIL 19, 1916.- [PART 89]
not have paid to the extent we hope our next attack \vill pay. It is matter of scheming, and such an attack would not have found llS at fulJ becoming increasingly obvious, of course, that our next attack is likely to strength, but still in the processes of preparation. Again, the weather con· be of importance-may even be what we call the ,. big Spring Offensive." ditions were against large offensives. Less apparent in the high and firmer We know this not merely because our hopes have set in that direc hills of the Mellse, tion, but because the matter has been discussed largely both by the state of the unofficial critics and prophesied by officially ir:spired statements. soil along most of We also know that we have been building up our armies, our the Allied line for munition supplies, and our energies for something momentous bade ext ensi ve through a year and more of steady labour. Now the effort that 1110Veillents. Par is to be made is to be a big effort, and, because it is to be so, ticularly in the low we must have all the conditions with us-and this is an explana lying terrain occu tion of our quietness. If we had attacked, even to relieve Verdun, pied by the British the conditions would not have been entirely in our favoul. In did the soil forbid the first place, such a movement at such a time would make it one great movement. dictated to us by Germany. Germany would have forced us to Here the flat lands, play to her hand. Germany was ready for counter-strokes-was the terrible clay probably anxious surface-soil, and the for them. Apart accumulations of from the fact that moisture not only she would have made the man made us move (EU vring of armed before the time men difficult, but schedule of pre it made the move paration, she would MULE SECTION, OBVIOUSLY ON GOOD TERMS ment of transport, have made us move WITH THEIR ANIMALS: FRENCH TROOPS LEAVING and especially the to a time-schedule TOULON FOR SALONIKA. movement of guns, of her own-that Busy scenes have been witnessed on the quays at Toulon on a scale neces is, since she must and Marseilles, whence numerous French troops, it is said, sary for assault, have lately embarked for the campaign in the Balkans. The take Russia into fact that so many troops can be spared for this purpose is most impracticable. all her calculations, a good augury of the "'situation in France. Unless an assault she hoped to make French W", Office OjfiC/:al Photos. : ':s sI< el' by Newspaper Illus. is supported by a us fight all along sustained advance the line at a time of field and heavy guns, that assault would have but the smallest when she could penetrative value. Until the ground was hard enough to bear employ the great continuous and heavy traffic m guns, vvaggons, and the rest, it est number of her was no good attempting a thrust. troops in the West. The Allies remained quiet, and are remaining quiet, while the FRENCH TROOPS EMBARKING AT TOULON FOR SALONIKA: CARRYING Germans hammer at Verdun, then, because they feel it wisdom With the end of HEAVY Kif TO THE TRANSPORT. winter some of to do so, and to keep 'all available reserves in hand for the these troops must be ready to face Russia on the move. Germany, then, appointed hour and place, so ~~ not to endan?er or limit the chances of had all to gain by forcing us to fight her in strength; and she had all to success of our general offenSIve, as the semi-offiCIal review of the situation gain because it is obvious that, if we had planned for the spring, we could puts it. And it remains to be seen whether they have done right-or not possibly be entirely ready. A big offensive is a long and delicate rather, whether they are thmkmg rIght: whether they have any grounds [Conlillued overleaf. THE ILL USTRATED WA R N EWS , APRIL 19, 1916.- [PART 89] 5 ,
CONSTRUCTED "ACCORDING TO A REGULAR TOWN-PLANNING SCHEME" MINERS WITH THE BRITISH ARMY AT SALONIKA MAKING DUG-OUTS. Descrihing the Allied positions at Salonika, a British artiHery officer wrote recently: 'i The defences etc., are sited, not where the battle has carried us to, but where it will be most profitable for -113 to which we hav', made are more or less the same sort of things that during months of building with the carry the battle. Dug-outs are no longer thrown up haphazard, but according to a regular town-planning afe rifle in one hand we attained to in France j only, of course, constructed under the obvious advantages scheme; nor is it out of mud they cut, but rock, or earth as hard to destroy, or to pi:::k and of being able to put them there before the fight instead of during it. Trenches, wires, redoubts, dug-outs, shovel, as rock. ' '-[Official Photoffraplt. Crown Copyright reserved. Supphed by C.N.] G --THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, APRIL 19, 1916.- [PART 89]
for this attitude of optimism. The public, of course, cannot know all Germany's numbers. In the matter of shells, too, we were almost childishly things that are going on; but it knows anxiety, and it likes to examine at sea last year. We had only just grasped the significance of the munition facts as far as it can in order to find out if there are any reasons for question, and we were- all too late- only just beginning to meet the solid hope. This is deficiency in artillery and shell supply 'under which our army laboured. not the first " Spring 'I'Ve have spent a year over this task. We have laboured so strenuously Offensive" we have that now we can say that in guns and shells we are equal to Germany, heard of, and we are and probably ahead of her. In these things, then, we know we are on anxious to ascertain sounder ground than last year. We have the men and guns to back up whether the hinted our plans of advance. promises of this year Another factor that helped to put any idea of an offensive out of our are likely to prove heads last year was a certain lack of unity and co-ordination among the more substantial than Allies-a lack which, coupled with the general weakness in shell supply the hinted promises and the like, set us back inordinately. This was apparent in the fighting of last year. that saw the Rus!:>ians driven back in Galicia and Poland. At a critical On the whole, those moment the Allies reaiised that all must draw together to come to the aid _ facts that are common of Russia. Germany knowledge lead to a was bent on smash greater sense of assur ing the Allies in ance. Last year the detail, and the Allies hope of the public realised that they was the hope of ignor had allowed this by ance. We have learnt acting in detail. much since then, and Germany thus was build what we build able to dissipate with facts. We can, what strength we
AN ENEMY CARTOONIST'S VIEW ' OF ANGLO-AMERICAN for instance, see that had by forcing us to RELATIONS: PRESIDENT WILSON AS ANDROCLUS EXTRACT- the spring offensive do what we could ING THE THORN (A GERMAN HELMET) FROM THE BRITISH expected last year had to help the Eastern LION'S PAW. very little foundation line. Russia had to This cartoon from a Germa.n paper is based, of course, on the in reason. We were be supplied with well-known story of Androclus and the lion. What the artist counting our armies munitions, a side intends to convey regarding Anglo-American relations is not very before they were issue had to be clear. The German title is merely "Der Britische Lowe und trained. We knew that forced at Gallipoli Wilson-Androklus. " great numbers had which, if it drew enlisted; we thought they were fitted out and ready to go into the fighting Turks from the line at once. W e know now that these armies were not really ready by Caucasus, also drew the time we had planned offensives for them, and that they wele not many men from the equipped.. This is part of the common knowledge that gives us greater Western battle assurance. We know now that we have increased our reserves of men, front- and in sev A WELCOME MOMENT TO THE GALLANT FRENCH TROOPS so that not only do they hold a greater front in France, but that there eral ways we had DEFENDING VERDUN: MEAL TIME IN A TRENCH DUG-OUT. The French troops are well cared for and well fed- a fact which are numbers enough to back any great movement. In the matter of men to shelve our own has, doubtless, not be.en without its influence on the magnificent our force has shown a great accumulation of stren"gth. It can not only plans in order to defence which they have put up at Verdun. face the Germans before our line with equal numbers, but it can exceed check the plans of French War Office OffICial Photo . .. supphed by Newspaper Illustrations. [ Co ntinued uverleaj.
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ON THE SALONIKA FRONT: A LADEN TRANSPORT TRACTOR-VAN TAKING A RISE IN THE GROUN0 CATERPILLAR-FASHION. The War Departments of Great Britain and France have from all accounts spared neither pains nor cost is seen a laden transport-van of an up-to-date pattern, moving by means of a flexible endless chain or in furnishing the A.ttied army at Salonika with field-service materiel of the most up-to-date kinds. In I metal band, studded or grooved to take a firm grip of the ground. The van is apparently negotiatmg one of our previous issues, for instance, an illustration was given of a ste:lm~driven British artesian-well a sharp rise out of a hollow in the ground with a kind of jumping action, owing to the preponderance boring machine a.t work sinking a shaft for water within the Salonika lines. . of weight in rear.-[Official Press Bureau Photograph; supplied by C.N.] 8 -THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, APRIL 19, 1916.- [PART 89]
Germany. Well, we have seen our mistake in this. vVe have, out of our of March Jast. To the west, after extraordinarily heavy and costly fi.ghting, failures, constituted ourselves into a unity. With patience, we have helped armed wit;l such appliances as tear-shells a nd fire-sprays, the enemy has to re-arm Russia, as we have continued to arm ourselves. Not only is gained a trifle. The French have fallen back from Bethincourt, and straight Russia rel dy with more men, more guns, and more ammunition than ened out their line. Assaults on Hill 304 have been crushed, and so have before, but she is ready to act with us. The spring movement will not most thrust out against the Mort Homme, though here, after a terrible mean an offensive in the West, or an offensive in the East-things expenditure of life, a footing has been gained in a short section of one of separate; but it will mean an offensive of the Allies, a movement d the least important of the French works. The fight is still raging. A co-operation. We will not be making attacks local to our theatres, but an new excess of energy has been infused into the undertaking, and there attack in giant combination. In these respects, then, our own constructive are prospects of heavier attacks. But already the verdict of Verdun has side of the spring offensive is surer, stronger, and more efficient than last been written in wastage and frustration. Germany has already lost marc
BEFORE THE FIRE AT THE GRONINGEN INTERNMENT CAMP: THE TlMBERTOWN AFTER THE FIRE AT GRONINGEN : THE DEBRIS OF THE TIMBERTOWN FOLLIES' FOllIES' RECREATION HALL (x\. RECREATION HALL.
The II Timbertown Follies" are an amateur theatrical company formed among the men of the Royal Naval Division who have been interned at Groningen J in Holland, since their retreat from Antwerp. They have given many amusing performances in the recreation hall which was recently burnt down.-[Photographs by Illustrations Bureau.]
spling. Practical demonstration of the strength of the Allies in this spring there than she will ever gain by victory. During the week the rest of the 1916 is to be found in the action at Verdun, and in this week's a< tion as fronts have been quiet. The Canadians are still fighting a fluctuant battle much as anything. The Germans are making an effort larger and longer at St. Eloi, our men having wrenched another crater from the hands of the sustained than any other of their efforts in the war, yet what have they Germans, only, apparently, to lose it once more. So far the balance is on gained at Verdun? There has been a great deal of fighting on both the our side, since we hold three craters to the German two. And then, even east and the west banks of the Meuse this week. On the east the attacks what we hold was once German, so that, whatever the enemy has gained have been repulsed, and the front is practically as it was in the beginning back, they are still minus. W. DOUGLAS NEWTON. LUi'\DON: APRIL 14, 1916. T H E I L LUS T f , 10 - THE I LLL"STRA fEf) WAR ,Y EWS. A /' /UL 19. r ') 16.-[ P ART 89] A RUSSIAN MOBILE FIELD SOUP-KITCHEN SUPPLYING TROOPS W HILE ON THE MARCH: A An American war-correspondent who was in Belgium in August 1914, when the ~fman armies were men passed along without halting. The detail was commented on at the time in English newspapers as sweeping across that ill-fated land to attack. tne British at Mons, described, as one of the things that he was of the instances of the completeness of German Army organisation, and held up as a model idea for most struck w ith, how the German mobile field-kitchens which _. Accompanied the battalions as they tramped armies to copy. Possibly in some armies such a thing bad not been thought of before: it was not along, served out hot meals and coffee to the soldiers while they marched, distributing the food as the case, however, with the Russians, whose way of doing exactly the same t hing is illustrated above. THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEIVS, APRIL 19, 1916.-(PART 8gJ-II ,.,_~.,_"" ",______N ______- __1"'''' __ u~l II II F~:.::.:-::::~:~~~~~~ RECEIVING ITS RATI;;:~~:. :;-:-:~~~~:-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:;;;::;::;;;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;;~~~::~~::::::'::'.~~~~-:-~:::::-:~.~-.-==- =-_. -=- IIII avel~mg. field .kitchen to accompany and keep up with marching infantry is one of the commissariat : no chedting of pace or delay to the marching of the troops. The men have the canteens or parmikins . 'I r.ganasabons of the Russian service, and ont that has proved of incalculab1e benefit, in especial during the each soldier carries in his kit filled &$ they go along, the cooks ladling out the steaming broth as fast as ~' f tnter campaigns, bo.th recently and in that of the previous year. Every battalion has its own mobile I the soldiers hand the canteens up. The jUustration shows one of the famous regiments of Siberian infantry fi lIchen unit, and, &$ is seen above, the food distribution, which consists generally of vegetable soup, involves (as their head-dress proclaims) being supplied.-(Dratl'" by F. de Hae""".] . 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A stage, a pianoforte, a tableau, a dramatic- sketch, a cotruc song, I relief with which they turn to the stage spectacle or entertainment in their brief intenals of rest· They i! !i I II a vi.vacious dance, all these help to divert the minds of the soldiers, and of the French in particular~ endure without a murmur H the misery th.at is heroism because France needs it, because a soldier's 1: II !L~:~=~=---'--"-'--;=;;"'=:~:::7;::;::;::;:~;;::;::;;::;;::;::;:::::::::::::::;;:;::::::.::;:;;;:::~::==:~'-;'~7~~~~::':~~;"";;=;;:;:::~:'~~~~:::::;:::'::::::::::=: .::::::;~:::::::~~~::~~:::.~:::::::::::::::::~:~:::::~~::;~::~:~:==~:;:;::~~:~::.=::::::!1 THE ILLUSTRATElJ WAN NEWS, APRIL 19, I916.-[P.\RT 89]-15 ~. ·rr:·~~~.~..~~~~· ..-~~~~'-~=..,..~..:-.~.~~.-~.: ..'..,.~...~~.:~~;~:...~~..'..~... '-~ ....'-.,:'..~. "::~'., .~ .' ..~. .:~~ ." ..~~..~... 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'j i, II l~.:=.:=.:=-======...~=:==:=:::-===.:="--===-=:::::...-==..::::.,::=.:===-=:=--=:=:=..::::::::..-==:==:=-..::...-=:::::...-::=:::....~=:::==:::::-..::=:=:-=:.:::::~-::-.::-.Jj Ii II r~=:=:::::::==::=::::::::~::="--=::=:· : ·.:::o~~:::::::;::=::...... :=::=:·_·.:.::::-.::::::~::=:=:=::=:::=:.:c=;::::.~::·~~::::::::::.~:::=:-=::::-:::::-:::::c:::::::::::·_·.::::=::=::::::::'.-':::'.':.::::::'::-. ::: '--.-..._·.._·cc-::::·· ·::::::::::-::::,,:::c:: :.:':.::::::::::':::::'::::j' !i II II Confined.] THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WAR: "VIVE LA FRANCE!" A PICTURESQUE TABLEAU AT THE OPEN-AIR THEATRE NEAR VERDUN. Ii Ii 'I 'I h9nour wills it." And in their lighter moods and easier moments they revel in such amusements as ! o( the French soldier are proverbial. and this object.lesSon which drives the fact home to those for If I! III t, are shown in our photographs. In the .first, some men from the trenches near Verdun are seen . bringing I whom the soldiers are fighting is all the more remarkable inasmuch as the entertainment is taking place !! ! ~ I up a piancfo:-te to the open.air theatre. The second picture shows the stage of this theatre. with men ; within sound of the death-dealing guns of the enemy.-[French ~Va, Of{ict Officl~ ll Photographs .. issued n :':""1:'".,' i . ! from the trenches taking part in a tableau, It Vive La France! n The good humour and high spirits I bl' Newspaper Illustrations.] . :: i! l======:=-=-:-..::::.:::=:::::-.:=..::::.:::==::-:.::=:=::::::::.=.:=:=:;=:-::::=::.:.-c:=:.::::c=::=::::::.:::::..=::::::::: :::c=::,,-:::=::·-::::=::·..::=:=.::"-:::::'-::·:.::::-::'::::"'-==:::::"~:'.: -~:::::.~::·:-::::::::::::::.::-.::::::.:::·:.:;::::.:::=:=.::::.·d: i! 11.:.:.-::..-.·...... --.::::;::::-::'::'::.:::=::"'--:=-::.:':-- '====::::::::-'::"'-:::::"'-:::=:=-:.::'...'::-::::::::.:'-:=::=---=-'::::-:::::-::=::'::"'-:::"=:=:::"'--:::=:::"'--:::=:::::"-:::.::'.'::-:"::::=-':--:::"'::-.:-:==:::.==::.-::::::==,,--=:::...--:::.::.-::::-:::::=:::-:::::=-:::-:.::.-:::-.::::!j I I> FIl l'. f L L U"l'R4 r /-: o WA R S 1:WS, A PNlt '9, l 'jIO,-[ I ' ,I RT ~ 9 J rrij:;;~..:.~~::~:~~~:~~~~:.:;;;:;;:::~~=:~~~:~:~--::.~--::.~~~=-;:':=;~~-;;;.~~-:.~:::~:~::;~::~::-;;;;;;;.:-- ",...:"=~~~~~~" ;~:';;~:"'-;":;=:'::==.~=::;:;- ':.';;~:=;:~::~::==~==-":==~~"l -] ,•! 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I II' II In addition to its interest as a military subject peculiarly up to date. this illustration comes with special weeks after the first of the continuous German attacks), they had not been required in the defence1 I ~ ~: significance at the present moment. It should help to put renewed confi dence into any peop1e who They were being kept in resert't , and possibly might not be wanted. The fact throws illuminating Jigbt I . i~ may require reas5uring as to the resources at the disposal of General Pctain at Verdun. The guns a re on the French preparedness at Verdun, and it has been semi-officia1ly notified further that the m unition il ~, of siege-gun size and calibre, firing extremely destructive high-explosive s hells--yet up t:> March 29 (six supply in reserve is on the amplest scale.- [Frellch Offid,,1 Photograph ; suPP1~1 bl' Nett'sPa-per IUus.] U1 I; il IJ-~', .=:-.~~.. , ..~ ~ .::' . ':::.::=~~ -::;-:- \"-";~~" -;~'; ,: :~':-.. ...~:.-;.;:' --:---.-:: ,:~==:=:-~,:' :::-:=:" .',_ .- '=: I T HE ILLUS TRA T ED WAR NEWS, APRIL 19, 1916..- [PARr 89J- 17 r: ....:::..-....-_..::::::;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::- ...... ======-.:::::=:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;;;;:::;::::..-; =====...... ····_·-11...... ! !~:=====-=.=....:..-..::====:=:=:::;;:;:::===:.. : Ii -;-"--'-==n 11 W~~~:~11 : :' . III Ii f{J ill,l Ill!•s #''''~ " :i :i ' J' I: tJ!! n !i ii ii II /1 0 1111 : II II I: Ii " !I il ii II i, l! !! .. II II I' III I :!,i '!li njj 1 1 II ,1 1 11 II o~o , i: 11 lhtlllill ..l! .,.~(!,-:. , I I Ii rr I I I iIJJ.l, ! .1 !I '1}:' !i !! !! Ii oji H II II ir--=~'--- ITALY'S TITANIC GIANTS IN THE ALPIIIE CA===;:-~IGGEST OF ALL- A _ ..... (lZ-INCH, GUN. . _. ~i il i :: This colossal monster represents the biggest and most powerful of the pieces of hea..,. ordnance with IDreadnoughts. They are also mounted. as the main ordnance on the Italian coast-defeoce fortificatioDl !I Ii : 'I which the Italians are, if slowly yet surely, battering their way through the Alpine ramparts of the S....eral of the latter baYe been transported. to th. Alpine front. It weighs up...... ds of 50 toas, and fire Ii ., ' Austrian south-western frontier and Oyerpowering the Austrian mountain forls by long-range shdling. a shell weigbing between 7 and 8 cwt., with .. range of upw;ords of twenty miIes_ distance, in, :.,:i:",! H I I. It is a JOS-DUD. (or I2-incb) gun similar in calibre to the h...Yiest guns in the modern Italian naTal direct lin., approximately equal to tbat between London and Grnesend. H I. 1'- . m .- • • -: .. iL -_...._...... _._._=.======_____ ...... _....-=-===='-======--.II • IS -- THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEU'S, APR1L 1-9, 1916. [PART 89] I --------=..--==== II ~~"~. - ~.~--- -== = ~- ~ r..=~1 !I 11 !if ;'~~' II il ~_1. ~ ill IIII IIIIII 'II II ~ I,,, II i'lllll II II! II III ,Ill! l,d ni! l 111 IIIIII t II II ~ I',i 11111 dIIII ! i! !i iI II Ii I~ ii~ by, )' rII II11 .. III illl!~~1~o~ ~ i r~W~~\ i 1111 ~ ~~ I1II III Ii v ~I IF V"'Iii I1II ,I Ii II 1 Il l ' i I' Ii IILI 4 II -" I! ~~ 111111 111111 iI ' Ii ' II IIII I1IIII ii ' Ii 'Iii j'lll 11 Ii :I' i,' 4~ 1.1 11,.,h. I ,j 1\ :: I', .' Ii II ~. Ii III! Illi ! !~'~!'iiti'~II'1 I II ~II :I~-~~ :;=- ~~ ;;;=:::OU~-:RVI~--:- ;~~:; WA~~lT-EC-AMARA. ~ --~~~flllil I! ' A curious fact of the war is the remarkable manner in which it has made men realise the actualities attending a service held in the open air, amid gigantic palms and the lUIUriant flor.. of .. The Land ! • 1~ =! of the Bible, and has transformed ideas more or le:~ s vague and visionary i r~'l tangible fact. It may between. the Rivers." The priest, in orthodox surplice, the troops recumbent on the stretch of sand, IIII !t, : :1 have been startling toHead of fighting near the " Garden of Eden," but even that served the purpose the row of trenches in the foreground, are all of to-day, but the 'I ietting" bridges the centuries.- I f I of the rea1isation of legendary lore. In · our picture we set officers and men of the Kut Relief Force [Phot.o. by pJwtopress.] lLl~~~~~- ______~_ ~_-- "'_--_ __::::::.:______:.::-::.:-::::-::--==.:::.-::::-- ~. - _____.._~~..:.=-.. _ m_..__ -:------__ n_.._____ -~ II THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, APRIL 19, 1916.- [PART 89]- 19 rrll ~:~=-==-~=~=~-= =::~~- I~l II i I ,ii" If,.f"i,'" :,; I" I ~ Ii ! I,I,:! 'Ii II II Q)i H,\~o II' ~Jir,i,\\ . _ ,;,:',1 Ill' Ii" i,I 'i "'t"\J Ii" :/ 'V'L ~" I'i! III, Ii 'I ',Ii 0 :,:1, ' 0 i! II Ii I :! I: !I!I II l! II iiiI Ii I I: iI II I' I ij ',: :1 I li n I :, I II II iI 11 ,' I Ii I' " Ii ,I it I Ii II 'I II II Ii Ii n II ,I i l; ::11 ,I II II ' " ,iI II' I II II n Ii 1 III 1, 1 II I' II I! II! il , : I I n t: ~ p I' 11 ,I II I ,! II iI 'I !I H I' n n IIii II IIII :1""""""i'""",I,:' ii'I I' il II JI , I In: !I II II ' U Ii Ii Ii II II ' 1 III II I,ll Ii ·f·' Ii,I ! ji d;c :l r., II H 11'" II ~! !! (J~O ~j ! q ,I I \: Ii t .\ I' 1"1 Itl!'. G\,I,;" t II '\if II I ~!fr n II Ii I "" )<' inI \'\\{, i II II I \~~>;; Ii 'e.l Ii : I II I , .!-../ • • n.=-.3,..... H ' Ii II "'''';::::<' II ' p, ",1 ,1 P n {Iv.. d mIIIl I' II 1::: " : Iii ii :: II II~J}J!,il # •• " IIJ! \\:~il II ~L~~~--~--~--~ _~I~ I ___.______.____.__. II I [f::::::::::::':::::::::::'::::7-:==.:=:.:::::::·:::::~~::::::::::::.::=-:-:-=:::-:"::::::::::::::::';.:~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::=::::::::::::::::::::::::.==":::::: : :::::::::::::"-=.:::::::::.::::::::::---- - .------_.------::::::::::::======::::::::::::=::=:::::::::i1:I 1,1 il! .. FIGHTING THEIR BATTLES O'ER AGAIN": A FRENCH BIVOUAC IN A CHURCH IN THE ENVIRONS OF VERDUN'l:~::!",' 1"",1: 1,,:".' II The picturesque is never far to seek in the Great War, and in our photograph it is present in a marked adventures, the dim outline of sacred images, make up a whole which is in itself eloquent of the dangers . Ii ll§ o~i~~~:::::::~!::§~~€§';i:§i~?L~:~:f:g~§::~~,~;i~~:i~~~~!;i~¥':; J !i L~::::.-::::::::::::,:------_::::::::.::.:::::::::-_:::=::=.:::_.=::.::::::::::::::-_:::::':::='-=::::::'::7_::::::::::::::::::::::==:::::::::::::::::::::=:.::::.::=::::::::::::::::------::::::::'".::::::-.:::.::==.=.:=..::::::::::::_i! ._...... -.__._____.:-_...... '...:______'"::.:__..,.._... -..-...... _.-.._-...... 1.',! 20 -THE lLLUSTRATELJ WAR j\'E IV S. APRIL 19. 1916,- (PART 89] ~.rl ~~~ ~.~ of 6~al men. 4" III ,:~, ::c~~~x~tion ,In III Ii I! 1877-78 he served ill Bulgaria agamst II l II LXVL-CENERAL KUROPATKIN, the TUIks, and in 1880-81 he was in It II 'I GENERAL Alexei Nicholaievitch I Middle Asia in the Akhal-Teke affair. Ii I Kuropatkin, commanding the In this campaign he stormed Geok-Tepe, ! II I,i Russian ~orthern Armies, has a name !i , and was twice wounded. During the 11'1 'I!l very fanuhar to the world Slllce the li first part of the Russo-Japanese War of jl I 111 ill! Russo-Japanese War. H~ was born in H 190 4-5 General Kuro~atkin commande,d !I H 1 1848, and was educated with the Cadets Ii the Russian armies m the field. HIS Ii!! II of the First Corps, and at the First i!" honours and decorations are without II!!" " Ii i' Military School of the Emperor PaulL ! til number, He is a Member of Honour Ii II 1I j! Thereafter he entered the Nicho,las 1. i ! of ~he Military Ac?,demies for Mi~tary I! I! ! II Academy of the General Staff, which he /1,' d Junsprudence, Artlllery, and. Medlcllle, II /1 I II left with a diploma of the first class. !I and holds the Orders of St. George, Ij, l!l He obtained his Sub-Lieutenant's com- St. Stanislas, St, 'Valdemar, St. Anne !l! , I' ,IIL' d i1 II mission in 1866, his Lieutenancy in 1869, II Ii with swords and knot, the White Eagle, Ii Ii 11 Ii his Captaincy in 1876, and his Lieut.- Ii d and Alexander Nevsky. He also holds !j ,i II I! Colonelcyin 1877. He has been attached 'l II from France the Grand Cross of the II Ii 1111 to the General Staff since 1874. Four Ii II Legion of Honour, and the Cross of the n;', !!! years later he obtained his Colonelcy; in Ii Roumanian Order of Takova, a nd the !l!I II!! 1882 ,he was pr~moted Major-General, , II gold medal for courage. ,He is ~lso 'I ij q p and 1ll 1890 Lieut.-General. Dunng i !I entitled to wear )Iontenegnn, Serbian, II! I h II tha l period he had been sent abroad to Ii •.Ii Pelsian, and Japanese decorations; and Ii d I.!. I prosecute scientific studies, had served jq II has held some foreign distinctions which II l! II 11 in Tn,rkestan in 1876-77, and in Bulgaria I n have now ce~ed t9 ,confer honour, and , Hl! i,;, In J 377-78. In the followmg year he i! may be left m oblIVIOn. As an a uthor ii ii n B was Chief of the Asiatic Bureau of the ! Ii General Kuropatkin has been prolific, !l i! nll' main Staff of the Army, and held at the Ii !l He has written on Algeria, and his Ii n !! j same time the .professorship of Military Ii n " Kashgaria " won the gold medal of t he tl II 11!1 ~talistics at the Nicholas 1. Academy, Ii !l' ~ Imperial Russian G.,eo~raphical Society. ij II H H Frc,m 1879 to 1.883 he commanded the I i! He wrote also th~ hist~ry of General I; 11 !: Ii HlfleBngade m Turkestan, and for II n Skobeleff's operatIOns m the Russo- I,!l Ii Il'l the seven following years he acted as ' d n Turkish War of 1878, and devoted a il P II ! Director of Strategy on the Main Staff. Ii !l special .volume to the Siege of ,Pl~~ a. I! I! I, d From 1890 to 1898 he was Governor and Ii 'Ii His" Conquest of Turkomama m - II "/ H11 )Iilitary C~ mmander of the Trans- I eludes the period from 1839 to 1899, and '1.1 11 ji Caspian District, and in the latter year II II is a monumental work. The later part 1! Ii HII he became head of the Ministry of War. Iii il treats of his own personal experience. I',: II Ii il His actual service in the field dates I Ii Since 19o1 he has been General of ! Ii II!! from the. year after he had obtained his ii Ii Inf<\Iltry. and, A.D.C., to the Emperor I! II !~ ii commiSSIOn, 1867, when he was With the h ij since 1902. Kuropatkin has not always !! n H!l Bucharia Exp~dition in Tur~estan. ,In H GENERAL ALEXEI NICHOLAlEVITCH KUROPATICIN, COMMANDING THE i! been fortunate, but he assumes his 1j II 11 II 1874 he was WIth the French m Algena ; Ii RUSSIAN NORTHERN ARMIES. n latest command under far better con- hn !! If and two vears later was again in Turke- I,! Photogn,ph bv E,N.A. Ii ditions than those of 1905· II ;, I : , - .. ' I' II I' Iii, I·I . II JI if th. ~;~;;~~~~::::;'~~~~~~:~,;;:,::~;;;:~:~~~;~;;::;~~;~-:;;;-: ~~=_;;;.;,. ~-;~;.-:::~~~:;;;;;;;;;:.;;.~:::::::::;=~:::;-::;;~----:,-::.~~~::;..-:::.~-;:::~::- _.::.~~';;:::~-;:.;::.;;:~ , ,_-=:~_~'--.:=::=:::;;~:::;;:;::~~=::;; : =~~~-:;;::~~~='-;:::=,=:'~J THE ILLUSTRATED IVAN l\'EIFS, Al'R1L 1 <}, 1916.-- [ PART ~1- ::1 , ...... ~r- /IIiI I::1 j-t. ji II H it ! !f f • , 1.1. III Ii t \ !I III IP I !t!i !!~ ~ ~t ;, !! Ii !! II i i,ll il . II 111!.i 1,1 , It I! ' , HIi I' . I!,! lili . I' .! jl I t ~J nIi 11 II III Il . 1111 II ~ "-----::------~=--"" 1 " I' WITH A HANGING SHELL-CASE AS GAS-ALARM GONG : A BRITISH SAP-HEAD. REPELLING A GAS-ATTACK: MASKED DEFENDERS, SOUNDING THE ALARM-GONG, n it 1/1 II! These .nt< esting sketches from the British Iront, made by an olficer on the spot, illustrate the peculiar .\ pended an empty shell-case, used as a gong to give the alarM m case of a poison-gas attack. In th. !!!I I condltj~ n s under which modem trench-warfare has to be conducted. In the drawing on the left. which right-hand sketch one 01 the men (in the top right-hand corner) is seen sounding lhe gong; while hIS !! II' I t shows it British advanced post, or sap-head) the men are seen wearing the new steel helmets to protect comrades prepare to repel an attack by the enemy. They are wuring gas-masks which comp!etely ~ i I I',' II their heads from shrapnel or shell-splinters. Near the ride leant agamst the parapet may be seen sus· cover the bead, givutg them an. uncanny appearance. 1< :'L ' !l::~;;.:::~~~~~~~~~~~;~~~~~~~~~~~~=~~~~:::-~=~~~~~~~~~~;~~~~~~=~~~=:.:=~~:::--==-=:~==--=--=--=:;-=:-.:=:.'!:=.:;:"- __-;;~Z __ :.____~_~:-_::;~__ _~:~:::.- . -~~~;.~:~~j 22 - TflF, nLCS TRATED WAR N E IVS. APRIL 19. I916,-[PART 89) ~rl::::::'~~~::::::~~~~""- ~_n::::;~:'::::::~:::::----' - ....::::-_. ::::::::.::---::~~::~::-..:-' --::::::~~--::.- -:::::::::::.~:::::.-. ---:::::.::~='~::.::.:::::.-~:::::-- .:::::::~~:::,::--- -...::::=~-:::::::':'~.::-..:::::~~;~::-":::11l I! II , [~III! I!I \ cr I ' llil Ii Ii \ ", Ii II "u I~ . '" i Ii ',!I! \ '" ~~ d l! , p " '!! II d!~ Ii~. '"" . ~ 1,1,'I! '. \ " , Ill! • .1 " I: Ii II H \\ ~ II h 11II!II "'. " I' 1;... IiHII Ii 1 \' 1 • m· ~ 1,1 i! !I I ~ , . I ~ . J I~ll' II U it " h 1111 - · IIIIII Hp IIi II ~' IIII ~ !i II! Ii Ii!, 1'1, ii'n I ~ =f ,II II IIII illlj lilt I Ii :: II !i iI II Ii II ,: II '. l! i: Iill ~\ IIII Hi·II II -~ :). ' I' II~ Ii II .~- -;. ;., .. \ ,! II II :l ." .- . ,: I !!n H n II t II :::::~::~:~~~~~,, __ .:::::::~:~:::~~___:::~~~::~-~~~_::::::-::~ _.~::::~~~~::.::- ...:::::::::~:::"" ._::::::_:. ....::::..~::.:::- __~::-.:::::::.~'- _.:::::::~~:'~-- ___..:::.::":: ., ..__ .::-..:.."::.:~:---- __..:::::~~~~::::::::~_ ""::.".:~ ,illl Ill! WITH THE EVER-READY BRITISH FLEET ON THE WATCH : WASHING DOWN THE DECKS AFTER COALING SHIP AT SEA. II ,! Ii I~ The Fleet at sea, wherever it may happen to be at any moment, is kept self-s'..lpporting and as a self- ! veniently be eff~cted at sea, there is no need for any of the ships to vr.it a dockyard port. Before the U ~Il d it contained entity, ha\'ing its stores, food-supplies, coal, oil, ammunition- everything brought to it to be ~ war, a. t manoeu \'r~sl this training was the rule, and the nation is reaping the profits of Admiralty foresight ,',' I H lit taken on board on the spot. To such a pitch of complete organisation has ever ything to do with the now, and can rest assured that the Fleet is ever at its post and ever ready, with stores and supplies \! if I Navy been brought that, except for refits or the execution of really serious repairs which cannot con· I on board and steam up.-[PhoJ.o. by S. and G.] . I~ !i :' ;; 11 Iii LL:' :::::::~~~::..~~:::=~:~~::,~~~;---- .::.~~~~~:::'~ .:~:,:--:"'~'--- ~.._-:~...-.. _..:::;;;-=:~:.-~::'" __~~::,,-.-- ..::.,.::~~..:::~~~:::'~":~::::'::'- .-:~~:...~~~..-=..~I THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, A PRIL 19, L916.- [PART 89]- 23 ~F= -- -' ------.-- -,1 IIII IIII 1III I1I1 II II \: II ll' li:,'!l'. d I , I~III 1~ I ~ ~ ~ I ~ ~ h ~ ~ I! 1\ II:I.! Il II " . 111 III! " !i~ !1/ 1.11,',/1 IIII 11 II ,I 1' 1 II h ~ I d ij ~ ~ . ~ ~ II~ - .- ~--:------~-~:::= ~-=-=~~~ II II· II WITH THE ALLIES AT SALONIKA: A FRENCH ARMOURED TRAIN BEING MADE UP AT A CAMP DEPOT. I'l l'" I, I'! Two lines of railway are shown on the map as leading north from Salonika to the threatened frontier. I direction to Demirhissan and the Bulgarian seaport of Dedeagatch. The Allie. at Salonilr.a are malr.ing E II' l One goes towards Lake Doiran, -to the north-east. The other passe AIRCRAFT.FIGHTING ON THE FRENCH FRONT: ANnAIRCRAFT MOTOR UNITS, AKIN TO THAT WHICH DESTROYED Two French anti-aircraft motor units are seen in action with enemy aeroplanes. It was just such a unit as either of these, a gun-car and an ammunition-car, wbich brought down ZeppeliJld .. L 77," at Rhigny, in the Argonne, last February ; with an additional searchlight-car for night duty. The nearer gun here seen is in the midst of its firing. One of the two men on tile car beside the piece holds the trnersing wheel hy means of which the CU! is kept pointing on its target. His companion. with a range-finding instrument held horizontal at his eye. if THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, APRIL 19. 1916.- [PART 119]- 25 r; : ::"- .- -"==;J 'l""JN -L77," IN ACTION WITH l!NEMY Al!ROPLANl!S WHILI! PROTJ!CTING AN INFANTRY COLUMN.-DR.... BY P . ... li""... telling off the rapidly changing ranges as the German aeroplane aimed at fties. Close in rear of the gun-car stand the fuse-setter a nd loader ; and, running up with a shen from J~:..~~~~ I I I tion-i'ar to the right rear, is another of ·the gun-team. Other memhers of the squad are getting out ammunition as rapidly as possible. The subaltern in charge is seen watl::hing the sbel1-bursts with field-glasses, while left of the gun, in the centre of the road, another man, with a range-finder on a tripod, is checking the ranges given by the man beside the gun: ~ 6 - THE I LLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, APRIL 19. 1916.- [PART 89] <1 __-..... ~. fiI'~~'~ 'f/1", . ~I r"., / d;I l"-\;/,'<,\.~~... .. ·/// ~ I• \Jf l"--...,/-.-.y,r'" ! ~ /. I // I I; j /: I II ·'1 j !/ ! ~ , Ii V 'II i ,~ i I I I ~ A i, ! If11 / ! , ;;/ "1j / II /./ :: j' ." ~/ II / II .11 I i - I I III~ ~ i\ ~~!.f?1 I /~~(D Ii ". " ,;~~..JI I ~ II l illl ~.~~· . ~/. "tv?'if I! . 11 ~ . " /-:/ \S'lf ' .t>:~ 1'1 I' I! »~ ~ . ~ ~...2.~___ ' ''R:~'' . I ~~.~111· Illl -'------~ ___..-:::::..=-_ .. J I .____ ~~_-.J . j II !r I- ' COMMANDER OF THE KUT RELIEF FORCE: GENERAL SIR GEORGE GORRINGE. COMMANDING ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE TIGRIS : GENERAL H. D. KEARY'~1 I In the recent 'battle on the Tigris General Gorringe, now in command of the Kut Relief Force, operated captured by 6 a.m. . . . Th e 13th Division continued their victorious a.dvance. and by 7 a..m. had : I I on the left bank, and General Keary on the right bank. The War Office stated on April 6: "The driven the enemy out of his fourth and fifth lines. . . . In the meantime, on the right bank, the sil I I T.iJr~ Corps, under the command of Lieut.-General Sir G. Gorringe, who has succeeded General Aylmer, attacked 3rd Division, under General Keary, captured the enemy's trenches opposite the Falahiyah position. ~ l~L ~h. enemy's entrenched position at Umm-el-Hannah at 5 a.m. on the 5th. . . . The third line wos ! General Gorringe carried the Falahiyah position."--[Photos. by Central Press and Elliott (lnd Fry.] I -! T H E ILLUSTRATED WAR NEW~ , APRIL 19. 1916.- [PART 89]- 27 28 - THF. ILLL'STRATED WAR .N E WS, APRIL 19, 1916.- [P ,~RT ,Q9 J r.== ------ II!!r =-======~~======~~====== illlH h ~I!I: ~ if 1I !I iP 111111 ! !l Ii II I!II 'I II !! II II il! III II II 11 11 IiIII !I ! II II!II I! il I " III, ,~~ \\, , ~ . II Iill ~~ -"" <- '" -- ~ . ~-.:,.~ ;., i !llII I~l======~ III IIi REVERSING THE USUAL PROCESS: GERMAN DESTROYERS GOING FULL-SPEED AFTER AN ALLIED SUBMARINE- ACCORDING TO A GERMAN ARTIST. , I rhis Gennan conceptMm of German torpedo-boats chasioc an Allied submarine suggests a reversa.\ of I German fleet alwaY" subordinates its operations entirely to the Army. • • • In the Baltic the pcoblem ! I'i the usuu order. Nayal ezperts consider it not unliI I'! ======.:: - --..~------.-~! 11i, rrE" I! !i ~ I I ~ Ii i II ',i Iii! II IIJ II ' il II !i !I 1,I111! ! ! r " ILl IIII I1,1 ~ ~ I1II • !I !I , II IIII1 I II I !I ,I !I Ir ~ ! .j ~ ~ If \i III. ! II [,======::=====J.II . ... ,.,' :;1 II I _ Omh.",ed.l RETURNING WITH "COLD FEET" ? GERMAN TORPEDO-BOATS ARRIVING HOME AFTER AN ICY CRUISE- FROM A GERM..o\N ARTIST'S DRAWING. II I ''! ~ made. It is assumed that the defeat was due to the min~fidds at the entrance of the GuH of Rica- objectift in the GuH of Rip.. . • • If . . • a we:y is cIeare:I for addinc Yerf considetablJ'. to the I I I I The ..wtmg of the ice will sweep the mine-fields away, and naything bas - prepared at Libau and submariDe foroe in the Baltic, DOt only will ..,. a.dd imJneasurably to the difficulties of Ga:mao Dan! I I I Win Ii 'i ii 'n·: " ,.". I "tf' I II!;ll !i ::: I. ______;-,~ II 0 i!1 : I d : 1 I <7..:p. 1 I II !! I r- I I Ii II I I !! I Ii :1 II ! iI I : Ii II I I !! . I ', Ii,, i• :I1 .j q'l I. I I ii ! I ,I I! II ! II i !i I Ii Ii I I'I : .. I >i II I I Ji il !i , !! I I P !I II !i !! i I it Ii I H jl 1 I 11'1I iI': ii" Iin II': ! !I! !! H In;: : ! Ii !l H I Ii I: 1111, II.: I..I !I 1'1' : ! :' P Ii Ji III ! h d !! ii ill I: !IiI Ii !I:: Iiij ,'I. II ! !I II II II I I ! H 11 () !~ Ii (~ 'I ! !i i! °/G il i! ':hO II I !! II ~, \!!p li II ·:Je I 'I I: :: \ ! !I !: \:! I !l il l,1 <\f(( II II\~{~J 1'1 I Ii '" 'v.J d " " : ' : . 11 11 :mCil 11~~91 11 11 ~~-::~-==~--::=~ :~-::=~==-~==:=:~ ~~==- ~~ [I Ii THE BRITISH SUBMARINE MENACE IN THE BALTIC: GERMAN TROOPS AND 8TORES FOR HINDENBURG BEING TRANSPORTED BY CANAL. II I: Ii It would be intere<)ting to learn the locality which the above . illustration {reproduced from a German I at this season the canals and harbours along the Baltic seaboard are normally st ill ice-bound. When if I; I! paper} is supposed to show. The German letterpress beneath the picture says that it is II based on a the Baltic: is free from ice the coast.canals are the only means by which the enemy can move army Uif - ! il l'hotograPh " and shows .. German troops in the Eastern War Area being transported on one of the stores and troops on the water-as was the case last autumn-owing to the activities of British submarines, Ii i IL~::::~:~~~.. That the ~~~~..~:~~~~~ Sho:.~..~~..~p~~~.~:y..:~:~:~:~..~::e f~O=::~~:::. ~~ a CUriO ~:..~.~~~~, for ..:.:~:~~::~n~_~~:~ .~:..~~~~.:~~::."" im~-"':::::~::~~Viga~~:.~:::e out,e \::::~~••~nter. :::::::::::::Jl i !'- ' .::::::::::::::::::.--_.....:::::::::::::::=.:::::::::=:::::::::.:=:::::::::.:::::=:::::::...._-.::::::::::._--':::::::::=::::::::::::::=-"'::..::'.:::::::::.=:::::::::-.:::::::::=::::::::::._....J THE iLLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, APRiL 19, 1916.- [PART 89)- 31 r==:======~ I ~r~!~:====::::T=H=~=G=E=N=E=RAL==::;~=:O=Y=M=E=N=T'::::":=F=S=K=IS==IN==T=H=E=W=I=N=T=E=R=W=A=R=O=N==E=U=R=O=P=E=AN==F=R=O=N=T=S=:=AN==A=U=S=TR=I=AN==O=E=TA=CH=M=E=N=T=H=A=L=T=I=NG=.======t1 • I ~ ~ The ski has proved itself a highly practical and very convenient means of locomotion over"the snow, for I previous issues we published photographs showing troops of the diff~rent armies using skis in aU the ~ outpost and reconnoitring work in particular, during the winter operations on several European fronts, abo",e-named areas---on the plains, in forests , on the mountains j while engaged in actual combat on !! East and West. It has been l.... g.ly mad. us. of by the Germans on the Russian frontier, by both scouting expeditions, while on ambulanc. duty, on patrol s.rvice at the outposts. An Austrian ' infantry II French and Germans in the Vo, ~es. and bv both Italians anJ A.lS!rians in the Alpin. carttpaign. In d.tachment in the Alpo, wearing skis, is seen abo... whil. malting a short bait. Ii ;~ ..=- :::::"====="""'~~".--.=~= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 32 - THE ILLCSTRATED WAR NEIVS, APRIL 19, 1916.- (PART 891 11 III - II i I II 1.1,· II I !l II I"~I' I' I I. Ii I iI II 'I ". ~... .~~ ..~ ~ -: -- ~ :" " II II h 11 I! SIGN OF THE COST OF THE WAR TO AUSTRIA: AN ENEMY BASE-HOSPITAL ON THE TYROLESE FRONT. I I'j The Aus" ian casualties are not recWarly published. but it is understood that in sum they can hardly Serbian disaster of December 1914. including practically aU tbe First Line Army. Since then, in Ilddition ! .!. faD short of two-thirds of the German total. which is now bdined to amount to upwards lOf three to battlefield caswalties, sickness of 'firulent types. due to the hardsbips of the campaign and tbe I j1 millions. A year aao it was estimated by persons in a position to obtain reliable information that DOtoriously inferior physique of the Austrian Second-Line le'fies, bas been widespread a rr= u -:..=:------I 111,1- - ~~~ - ~l;ll H ! " 1' 1 II ( I! I III IIII I', I! J, I !l,' II /11 I II II II t ~ ~ II I II II I I Ii II II ~ J ~ ~ ~ , j ~ ij ~ I ~ ~I 'II, I q III II 'II! I Ii Ii i I !i' I'/ 11b I II II III! Ii II 1,1,,1 1 1~ ~i 1 1 II II ~ l! ~ ~ il 'I" 1'11, 1iiI II-.. ______._._.__....__.- III. " - - ,, - DRAW~" BEHIND A MOTOR-CAR: A TRAVELL;~G COF;;~-" KITCHEN" FOR THE '~~E:GI~ ":::;;~'::=;-:'-;~E -" F ~;~D .==:::===·" ~ II " I Recognising the yalue of hot coffee as a stimulant and support, the Belgian Army has adopted the , and tbought which are given in this war to any and e..ery means by which tbe lot of tbe troops ' may jl Ii 1/ ,'J portable apparatus which we illustratr. It consists of a travelling "kitchen" which can be attached I be made as comfortable as the inevitably crude and bard conditions of war win permit. The arrival JII~ ,. i t? an automobile, and can be transported at the rate of 50 kiloms. per hour, without the contents suffering of this new portable kitchen is sure of a welcome from the men whose lot while on active ~ce it ~ H II I in any degree by the rapid pace at which it is carried. The invention is one more proof of the care wiJ help to mitigate.---fFrench \I'M Offu -.· 0ffo:",l Phorog,aph ; su/>p"",! by Phcdopress.] Il 1! l~-=::=--===:.===-;~ .._ _...~c=. .::'::.. ~..-====;.-;::=~::;=... ".....::...:-~~=.~j .11 34 -THE ILLUSTRA T]:;D WA R l\-EWS, APRIL 19, 1916.-[PART 89~ r- - - :::;, I - 11 I, II r.::-~ -1 -_ :II p' 11111"~~11 ~ , ~ IIII I II I ~) I ~:---'--' Ii· ~ II, Ii II 1~\\.01 :'\ IIJit) II! 'I I 1 I !r I . II 1f : !! 'i i - I II 0 II II I,i I I II ,I I . I1I11I II II 11111/ II 11111 II, II 1111'11 I' I II 1 II ill 'I :1 i' I, II I II II Ii I~I III III iI II /111 II I, I, I, 'I II 'I II 'i iI 'II c' I. I', : I. ' 'I ,: Ok- II II ODC I! II II II I: !I " iI I V II II Ii II iii III "Iilip II II '\If' II ii' ii II 1 ' \ I "I II' ': :j I' I: ~T I'I II \\~(1" i !j I; Ii ill ~) II i I: I I. L'.J. i, i. n::::=:r.>- ' I: 'I' I. =-;:--_:<> I II (i\i - II " 11 Ii I, II (r~ II II ifll Ii Ii III' I! I II !l:, :1 I ::1: II :1 I Ii Ii II,o.,-..\~9 ! 1 l"e>f~~il II Ii 'I II ' '. I, - ' v 'I ' 'I Ii I: li:-_:--~_~---U . - : '- .- ~.~.;i..~ .~. .;j . ! . ' L.G J II Ii li~:~:::=~~~--~~- ~=~-~~ -~~~"~:~=~-:--==-:,-=~~=-"~:~ ~~~-=~~I II Ii Ii IN THE ENEMY'S DEFENCE LINES BEYOND nlE ISONZO VAll EY : ". AN AUSTRIAN TRENCH LOOK-OUT MAN'S POST 'OF OBSERVATION. II II II !; Th~ Austrian trench-sentry seen in the illustration at his post is keeping watch across the stretch bf circumstances. He is reasonably safe, provided a shell does not burst near by, in which rase the i i II j II ground in front towards the Italian lines, in a specially constru.cted po.t on top of the crest-line of the momentum of the bullets and fragments of metal would make short work of the head.cofttiB, struetu,... !i II I II trench roofed over in order to afford h ead~ cover against stray shrapnel-bullets, The sand-bags on the I The narrow loop-hole between the sand-bags in front, while allowing for obse"ation, should aa~eguard jl II II :I roof and at the sides are sufficien! to protect a man from such projectiles and splinters in ordinary the look-out man from everything but the direct entry of a sniper'. luclr.y bullet- [Pholo. by CBnt.nph<>t.j :i I' "'-L!_:~~~=~~ ___~~ .~~:::...,~:__..~~--- '..:~... ~:~~:~~.:~~:~::--:.:~:---:~"'~~='~ .. -:.. ~-~.::-:-:-'-. ~::.. -.--~::~:. -- "~"~~~.:~::~.~_:: ... ~--:~~:.~:~~..~~.::..~:~:: .---- .:' -=:---~~~.. -__ .:-:::--- :=~=~Jj THE ILUiS)'RATElJ IVAR 1YEW.'>, APRIL '9. 1916.-: PART .'>9]- 35 rr:~ =~ ~~ ~ ~ ::::~ ~ . ~ •. . ~ ~ ~ ~= .~ =~~ == .=- ::::::::::::=~-.:~~~ ~~-~~~;: :11 n II 111:?r\i>lil . III q~ll :1,1, :i ill d I j~ !! ! <1r Ii , il II ill I!, ill I !j' m\ 11 Ii I! , , I I ..W ~.. G.li \19 , I II l' II1I111 0 III III " II Ii II !li ,II ' I !i I, i! I! 'III! II ill IIII1 II: II 1\111 II II ii Ii :I !,I d II II II I'll !i,ll i,l l II II . 11 I! 1,;1 I PI :! II Ii I i ,I ,I II il j'\ I' ji ll Il II Ii II d :1 II il Ii b I. II !i 0 II I' (t Ii !' Ii 11 II !i :1 :f~ ,I il Il('; II i111 Ii ii I~r/ iii, Ill}~(r il ll ii II,! 111~ ii Iii ~;#;~ Ii Ii " 1 !i II Ii 11\1.1 ,' Ii illl Ii Ii ii I 1I~ ,0, :iVi. ;~Ii i.l IlllL:J...... === .=•..~~J II rr=::=:::==:::=:::..-==:::=:=:=::=:=:-=:=::=:= := :::= :::=:::=::::=:::= ::::=::::=::= ::::= ..::=:::= ::= :::=::::=:::::=::::::.:=:':::=:::::::::::::::"1: l II II WIRE-NETTING BASKETS. PACKED WITH SAND-BAGS. AS PARAPET REVETMENTS: AN AUSTRIAN DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTING TRENCH BREASTWORKS RAPIDLY. Ii .i ,! !I II The wire.netting baskets. packed with sand.bags. shown above are an Au.' d.n Army pattern for enabling i to the spot On the rocky Alpine plateaus this means of running.up a line of hasty entunchments has II . III "'If patap~ts to be buil: up compact1! on hard or sto~y ground and pla c ~ 3 w t' t!'e there is, difficultv 1:\ bUllding : ~ roved ,!ery serviceable, the sand-bags being fil1~ at the near:st patch of soft ground in. rear. In the d Ii " , artific18.1 cover rapidly. Th"! wire baskets are light and easy to transport, and tne sand.bags can be I dlustcahon a narrow embrasure has been formed m the upper tier of sand-bags through which a machine_ !i II 1i ! filled and stowed inside a L the nearest suitable place to where they al e wanted {olC cover, and - casny carried : gun is pointing.-[Photo. by Continphot.] ,!I l! 11:::::.~=::~::::.:';'~.::::~:::· ..::.:::. .::- .:--'_::'--::..,:~:::-- _::~-- __:.--.-- ::..:-- ::~.::~..::..~:~::.. ~~:~=::~::::. ::.~::--~=:=:~:=::~::'~'~::~:.:~~:::::::::::::=:~:::::~~:::=::;:::=:.:~::~::::..:.. :~:::::::::·:~~~JI 3r, -TH E ILL U:iTl?,i TED W A R N E WS, APR I L 19, 1916.-- [P ART 59 ] ff~~ .-:::~. --:;:=~:..:::;:.~-=:...:--;;:-:,-=..~~-::~-;.::'=:::~=::::';;-~~:.~~=:::;-:::~~:=::~~-:"~=';::::::':~"--..~=;~~....~..;~==:==-=:::.-.--. .__...... --_._- _ ..--_._..... " i! . - z .~ - ~ . • Inill III,I I! IIII IIII IjII IIII II I: I I, i.H I r I: !I ! II I II 'I II1I I' r 1111 i; I I i· ,',.. . , ...... ~ , (~" 'i '"1\" . • r . ! ~.> ':f.#. " :~ ~,'" .... ; f.I. . oC. . '. • ~.A~ ~••~ .~ 1:'. '. \' ,"''l!,'' .. IL '1;.... _ ~ ...~. '." ... . I ! . :: ',_.._---,- - ~'" -',_.------ 1 INFORMED THAT tl THE KAISER HAS CAPTURED GENERAL KITSCHENER"! CAMEROON NATIVES CONSTRUCTING A GERMAN WIRELESS STATION. ! 1' 1 II The photograph h"e reproduced is 'of peculiar interest, as it was captured from the Germans in c.uneroon.l came to light recently in the shape of a telqram addressed by the late Germao Gol'ernor of Cameroon III II The German title of the photograph reads: .. W~. Station, Kamiaa. During the buil~ of the to local magistrate., giring tl news " which he authorised them to publish. .. The KaiseI'," we rea.!. .. is II I I: first wall" When <:ornpleted, it is said this station was in direct communication wi1h Berlin. An bombar~ the largest French city, where the GoYerllor of the French lives• • .. The Kaiser has captured I ., II instance of the noasensiC&l lies about the war ...lth which the Germans used to .. stull" the n,IiftS General Kitscbeaer, whom the English reg1l'ded as their best commander, together with '10,000 soldiers.'J' i ~ ~ ~ THE ILLUS TRA T ED WA R NEWS, APRI L 19, 1916.-[PART 89]- 37 r~ ==-----;= ~ -~. ~~ r I . ill II I , I! II ! ~ II II ~I IIJ, ij ~ " l!lll III,' ill I, ! .ii !I ~ !I I q I " t il l1 II 1111 II ~ c ._ __ • ~ ; . :~ - . __ ,.. _. . _ - ~' - I~,II r -0- - ~ Ii I - : - • f'" 0;; ' . ! II II, ....:. . , 1 I - ,,~ _ . I!II I II ~~. ====~==;======~======d!ll I Ilr IN CONQUERED CAMEROON : A GElU.'IAN TRAIN CAPTURED BY THE FRENCH CONVEYING BRITISH SUPPLIES TO THE FRONT. O~lT It W&$ &DDOuuced ~ that Gen.oral Aymerich baa been appointed F rench CommissioMt"-GaJeral in IIiDiub, on the railway line So miles north of Bonaberi . . . By December '0 the whole of this , I I C_ Regarding the abo..e photograph, only just to band, it may be recalled that, during L"e railway ...... as in our hands." Lord Kitchen.. said on February 15 : .. The campajgn in the Camer_ ~: ! II Yictorious Franco.British operatiolls, much Getman railway material was captured. For example, after may be r..arded as ..irtually concluded. It is gceatly to the credit of General Dobell and General , IIII the attadt on Bu.., then t."-e seat of tbe German Go.emment, it ..as stated : .. A column . . . occupied Aymerich, commanding the French forces . . . thaI this difficult country has been cleared of th, enemy." Jll Ii ih=: . --- = I 38 - THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, APl<.lL 19, 1916,- [PART 89] r.rrl;~:::- --~:::;.::--;,!~-::;~~~=:~~~-::;: .. -~::::- .:.~~:-- -~~~::::-- -~~~::: ..:-::;::: :~~~= ..:~~:: ~~::- :.::'~~--- ~~:-- --:~:~:- .~~~::- .~~~~::::- -:~-::;::-- .-~::.~-::: :~~~:::::.'~~~~::.::: i;::~li~,! 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WITH THE ARMY FOR THE DEFENCE OF EGYPT: INCIDENTS AND SCENES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE SUEZ CANAL, il II H if Photograph No. I ~hows all armoured train in Egypt patrolling near the Suez Canal, . wi~h trucks protected armoured trai~ were originally. used. Photograph No. 2 .shows ~ ~ detachment, o~~ of the light i/ Ii ~i h by sand-bag breastworks It was in Egyptt after the bombardment of Alexandria In ,t882, that the field-gun battenes of the EgyptIan Army, In No . 3 a rall.....ay bridge IS seen under mllltary guard by ~,,1 h H armoured train made its first appeara~ce in' the Western Hemisphere, Sir John Fisht-r being the organ.iser Egyptian troops. The sentry is on top of the bridge and men of the picket below. In No. 4 native n il i: H of the scheme. The idea came, in the first place, from AmeriC4, where, during the Wu of SKe5S10n, soldiers on board a transport are seen just before meal-time, while rations are being cooked. ii if .! . I , 'I tL;~~~~~~~~~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~._~~~~~~~~ ._~~~:_..~~~~:. --,~~~~~::::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:_.,:;~;~~~~~~~;;;;~~~~~.--:~~~~~~~~~::~~~~~==~~~~~~~;~~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~::;;~~;~~~~~~~~~:Jl THE ILLVSTRA TED WA R NEWS. APRIL 19, 1916.- W~R T 8<)]- 39 rr~~.~~~~~~~~~~~,:::,;..=~=~~--~~~~=~~~.~-~ll~ III II Ii II !, h Ii P J t : ~ ~: II i,'i !'j' .::P ii Ii Ii 11 II il II III1 IIII I! !'! " I, I' I II I, III ~ [I' ~.~ rI ij ij ,JIII ~r II, III II II I J, II!' ~ h " 'I III Ii II II ! il II I1I1 II Ii IIII 11II I I' II Ii I J .Ii h II " II IIIII ~ jl lit !lll IlL . . JIll II ( ::R~I~G~:::=;~R--:HE ~:.:aPS -I~ ;E:O:~:~' ~-~M:L COMMISSARIA~-TRAJN IN THE NEIGHBOURHO:~: .- T::;f;;.AN~:U=:;~ 411 '!', 'I The camel is the principal beast of burden for transport purposes all over the East, and is being largely the . Persian Gulf, for carrying army sto,es between intermediate dep3ts. As a transport animal, tho 'I II l Ii employed in the war areas at the present time.. In earlier issues, it has been shown how the -camel is camel covers the ground at an aTerage pace of 2 or 2t miles an hour, marching from 16 to 25 miles, I! ~, j', !l being used for the commissariat service of Ihe troops in Egypt. Above we see part of a camel-train a day, and carrying a load of about 380 .Ib" equivalent to two mule-loads per animal It requires I' !I I ll. in_::esopo~mja, _Wh.r:~!.cam::;_:r~rt ~__;_~"IOYed in ,:~e n.i~~bourh::~d Of , ~~~ ~:;_ of o:~ations : ~n ..::tering,"as a ::e, eve: throe _~ r fO::_;~YS, ;~in~_ ~eh,e ~:~Ion:_;~ a ~:~ _==---=:----:::=-,111 t_...... _"',..,.:,..~=::::;;'::;:::....-:::::=::--.,"'''''___;.._ ~ ,...~:;....."'...... _...,....--.:=:::;.....A< _ ...~:-",¥...... ",--==:"-....«"" ...",_ _ ...--::::-... ==---"'...... 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",'" =;1 .: H "S II 11 .. A GERMAN AEROPLANE FELL IN OUR LINES" ; WRECKAGE OF AN AVIATIK BROUGHT DOWN AMONG FRENCH BARBED-WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS. II ,! ~~ Ii Such statement! as that quoted above have long b~ n a co mmonplace of the French communiques, as our li ne near BadonviHers. The two enemy airmen were killed in their fall!' The photograph indicates ~I II Ii t~ well as evidence of the untiring effi ciency of the French airm.en and anti~airCI"aft artillery. It is not in vivid pictorial fo rm t~ e kind of fact tha.t lies behind these laconic announcements--a crash to earth II l~ i~ :i necessary to search far back for an example. Taking up the paper of the day, we read, in the official by a hurtling vf'rtical descent·· -a tangled mass of wreckage, from which two mangled corpses are with ~ ~. !! If reports from Pads: It ThIS morning one of our ptlots brought down a Germall aeroplane, which fell in di£ficutty extricated. That is what " an aeroplane brought down 0' generalJy means.- [PJlQ/o. by Tupical.j J~~ j II I' U~ ll!-=-~:::::::~"~~-=-~-··-:_.':::, --.~ --:: --.~, ..' ...: ,:.=-:----=-=-=-..:.::...:""";;~, ....::::...-=.::::..-=";:..=. ,--;::~==::"='- ..~ TIlE I !JJ rS T R . ~ TEf) JV .-l R N ,,1I'-'. APRIL "9. I<)IO.- [ P ART 80 ]- 41 AIR-TORPEDOES AT VERDUN: A FRENCH SOLDIER PREPARING TO FIRE ONE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AN OFFICER. The French make great use of the air-torpedo, a large type of trench-bomb so named from the tail-fins were less than 200 yards away. An officer is seen standing to the left supervising the loading of the which steady its flight. Our photograph, which gives a remarkably good idea of a French position mortar. The excellent relations between ·the French officers and their men have been the subject of near Verdun, shows a soldier just fitting one of the big missiles into the mortar used for firing it, which admiration among all who have had opportunities of watching the heroic armies of France at work in is pointed upward at a high angle so as to dear the ridge above. At this spot the German trenches the defence of their country.-[Photo. by Illustrations Bureau. ] 42 -THE ILLUSTRATED WAR N EWS, APRIL 19, 19I6.- [PART_ 89] ~ ~~.,....,..... - .- "' ;-;-'_ ., . PROTECTIVE-COLORATION DESIGNS EMPLOYED BY GERMAN SUBMARINES: MOTTLED CONNING-TOWERS AND UPPER WORKS FOR A RUFFLED SEA. That so astute and cunning a people as the Germans have shown themselves in war, alike on land and sea with the surface ruffled in a light breeze. In No. 2 is seen an attempt to reproduce the effect at sea, would' adopt colour-protective schemes fo r their submarines was, of course, only to be expected. a little distance of a wave formation; of a wave surging past a submarine's partially 5ubme':"ged hull. Various 0: their methods are shown on this page. Illustration No. I shows a German submarine with Nos. 3 and 4 are protective-coloration designs kindred to No. I, the fourth co!our.scheme being specially a mottled, or speckled, pattern painted on the conning-tower so as to resemble the wash of a lumpy for a sunny day with cat's.paws rippling the water. On the next page i'i seen a submarine at full THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, APRIL 19, 1916.-[PART 89)-43 A PROTECTIVE-COLORATION SCHEME USED IN GERMAN SUBMARINES TO DE<:EIVE AS WAVES PAINTED ALONG THE HULL. Cenltnutd., TO SPEED: length wnich has her hull painted, as previously noted in regard to No. 2 on the page facing, with the dummy funnel and sham masts and salls on the upper works, with a sham forecaslle and stern, and representation of a wave in motion, the idea being ob\~iously to puzzle and deceive the submarine's I of course, false national colours. It 15 noteworthy that all these devices are of re<1!ftt adoption. The intended victim, or an ath.cking ship, as to the rate of the If U" boat's speed. Another German earlier boats were simply painted grey all over, with or without an identifying number. It is not surprising submarine disguise, sometimes used in attacking merchantmen, which has been recorded, is to erect a that the Germans should avail themselves of the dubious axiom, "All's fair," etc.-[Photos. by Alfieri.] 44 - THE ILL US TRATED TYAR NEWS, APRIL 19, 1916.- [PART 89] A FRENCH VERDUN SEARCHLIGHT: INTERIOR OF AN ELECTRICITY. GENERATING VAN. A FRENCH VERDUN SEARCHLIGHT: THE REFLECTOR ON ITS TRIPOD STAND. The mobile van which contains the electricity-generating mechanism and intrica.te installation of engine.. In the illustration, trench-helmeted French soldiers at Verdun are seen examining the huge reflector of apparatus required for one of the types of searchlights in use by the French at Verdun and elsewhere, one of the searchlights which have proved of immense utility in showing up massed Germans during is seen in detail above. For the exhibition of the complex interior the ends and sides of the vehicle night-attacks. The tripod-stand on .which the reflector is· mounted is of the kind in general use along are shown open.- [French Official Photograph; supplied by Newspaper IUustrations.) the trenches where searchlights are placed:-[French Official- Photograph; supplied by News. lllus.] :L'HE ILLUS TRATED WAR NEWS, APRl L 19, 1916.- [PART 89]- 45 AT VERDUN: A FRENCH FIELD SEARCHLIGHT ON ITS TRAVELLING CARRIAGE, WAITING TO BE MOVED TO THE FIRING-LINE. The French Army has been very completely and efficiently equipped and provided for in every detail constructed with the highest technical skill. The efficacy and power of the searchlights used by the connected with its mobile field _searchlight sections. Alike is this the case with regard to the personnel French have proved of exceptional value to the defence in night acthns at Verdun. It was one of the and the general organisation of the units, and with the departmental working arrangements in the field, I mobile searchlight units, attached to a motor anti-aircraft gun.-section, which "spotted" for the successful and, in particular, as to the practical and effective types of special apparatus in service, which are gunners who brought down Zeppelin "L 77."-[Frenclt Offic,al Photograph ; supplied by News. Ill1ts .] 46 -THE lLLU:i TRATED WAR NEW:'~ AFH.IL 19, 1916.- [PA!{T ~9J :>: : ;::i;iW%i%7V'ff#"&(1'!(/«(;1 ' THE ITALIAN FRONT: A "KITE" OR "SAUSAGE" BALLOON READY TO ASCEND. THE ITALIAN FRONT: MAN-HAULING A BATTERY UP A MOUNTAIN. The "sausage-balloon" as the French call this special design of captive-balloon. is used by the Italians Never before in the history of war, it is surely safe to say, can such amazing feats of artillery transport for artillery spotting among the Alps and for keeping under observation enemy movements behind ridges have been witnessed to compare with what the Italians have been doing and are doing. They have of intervening high groumi. It is called the H Kite Balloon" by the British. Its steadiness aloft, hauled whole field batteries as well as guns of big calibre up the steep Alpine mountain sides-in cases, irrespective of variable air-currents among the mountains, makes it indispensable.--[Photo. by S. and G.] up all but sheer precipices. The illustration speaks for itself.- [Photo. by S. and G.] ,*,..B ;M§%.. H.M.S. "ANONYMOUS" IN THE CENSORED OCEAN! A BRITISH WAR-SHIP IN AN ICY SEA- " SOMEWHERE." y Our photograph will convince our readers that, a m ~n in :he N,av ~ust get accustomed to being baked I in the II censored" ocean. The scene is not without its picturesque side, and the progress of the vessel or frozen, according to the longitude and latitude In whIch hls shIp may find itself and he must be is not without its risks. But the British sailor is a jovial soul, and well content to take things, even prepared to face with a light heart even greater varieties a~d vagaries than the clima'te of England can icy ,-raters, as they come, in the pursuit of his duty. The photograph is a racy record of one phase provide. Our picture is of U H.M.S. Anonymous," ploughmg her way through broken ice, somewhere 01 life in the Navy.-[PhOtO. by Wltstratio"s Bureau.] :::::::::::._::.==::~:~:,::::::~~~~~W§d~~~~~~~~~W_~~~~~~~~~~~~~WWdmw§~ : "---~-'~~"~"""--~~~--"~"~~~~,~~/~~~~~~~~~~~~~.... ~~~w.~~~~.... 48 -THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, APRIL 19, 1916.- [PART 89] A POLICEMAN-HERO: SIR EDWARD HENRY HANDING THE D.C .M.. TO A CONSTABLE WHO HAS DONE GOOD SERVICE AT THE FRONT. The shrewd and stalwart men of the Police Force have enlisted in large numbers, and, with admirable I the Distinguished Conduct Medal, which was ·awarded to him for the courage which he displayed at the patriotism, have changed their duties' as a civil force for those of soldiers in the field. Our photograph Front, in capturing a farmhouse containing a machine-gun' which was harassing our troops. Constable shows the famous and popular Commissioner of Police in the Metropoiis, Sir Edward Richard Henry, ' Edwards fought at Ypres. Then, time-expired, returned to London to rejoin the Police. He is attached K.C.B., Extra-Equerry to H.M. the King, decorating p.e. William Edwards, at Kensington Station, with to his old st2.tion .~ - [Photo. by I llustrations Bureau.] LONDON: Published Weekly a.t the Office. 172. Strand, in the Parish of S t. Clement D a ne ~. in the County of 1.ondon, by T HH ILLUSTRATE D L ONDON NEWS ANU SKE.TCH LTD.• 172, Strand. aforesaid; and printed bv THR ILLUST RATBD LONDON N liw::; AND ~K!;:Tc.:H.. L.TD;, Milford. ·Lane, W,C._'VB.tJNESDAY, A P RIL. 19, 1916. TH F ZLLUSTNATED W AR NE W S , APZUL 19, 19 16,-[PART 8gJ- m -@J /J THE 3-lluatrateb jLcnbon lRewa of APRIL 15 contains illustrations of- UMBRELLAS IN THE BRITISH TREN CHES. CAPTAIN THE PR INCE OF WALES IN EGYPT. THE WAR ON LAKE V1CT ORIA NYANZA. HOW THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMEN TS A NORTH SEA DESTROYER ACTION. ARE TRAINED. CAPTURED OUTER FORTS OF ERZERUM. M. NICOLAS PASHITCH. PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN ERZERUM. ITALY'S AL PI NE WAR. 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