_CONSISTING OF A CAREFULLY SELECTED SERIES OF THE BEST PICTURES OF THE
WAR PRINTED IN ROTOGRAVURE_
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[Illustration: Shell Opens the Wall Surrounding the Convent of the
Little Sisters of the Poor at Nieuport, Belgium, Exposing But Not
Damaging the Shrine
© (_Photo, International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Middle-Aged and Elderly Men in Response to the Last Call
Leaving Berlin for the Front.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Louvain Peasant in Flight, Conveying His Sleeping Child
and His Possessions on a Wheelbarrow.
(_Photo_ © _Underwood & Underwood._)]
[Illustration: "Bridge of the Arches" Over the Meuse at Liége, Blown Up
by the Belgians to Hamper the Enemy.
(_Photo by Boon, Holland._)]
[Illustration: French Artillery Advancing Through Chauconier, Near
Meaux, on the Marne. One of the Houses on the Right Is Still Burning as
a Result of the Bombardment.
(_Photo by Paul Thompson._)]
[Illustration: Ruins of the Cathedral at Louvain (to the left) After the
German Destruction of the City. In the Background is the Hotel de Ville,
Which Was but Slightly Damaged.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Belgian Soldier Turning Sadly from a Mere Lad Who Had
Been Shot in the Fierce Engagement at Huy, and Whose Suffering He Is
Unable to Relieve.
(_Photo_ © _Underwood & Underwood._)]
[Illustration: Interior of the Famous Library at Louvain.
(_Photo by N.J. Boon, Holland._)]
[Illustration: Cupola of a Maubeuge Fort Shattered by the German
42-Centimeter Siege Gun.
(_Photo by Paul Thompson._)]
[Illustration: Trenches Dug in Paris in Preparation for Street Fighting.
(_Photo--Sports & General._)]
[Illustration: Battery of Searchlights from the Place de la Concorde
Sweeping the Sky Over Paris by Night for German Airships.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: German Soldiers Examining One of the Belgian Army's
Concealed Forts Near Brussels.
(_Photo by Paul Thompson._)]
[Illustration: Sunken Belgian Battery Replying to German Siege Guns Near
Antwerp.
(_Photo--Sports & General._)]
[Illustration: Belgian Armored Train in Action During the Attack on
Antwerp.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Belgian Soldier in Armored Car Watching the Bursting of a
German Shell at the Attack on Antwerp.
(_Photo_ © _Underwood & Underwood._)]
[Illustration: Fort Wavre St. Catherine, One of the Strongest in the
Ring Around Antwerp, Crumpled by the German 42-Centimeter Siege Guns.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Striking Photograph of the Destroyed Shoe-Market Section
of Antwerp, Looking Toward the Cathedral.]
[Illustration: Belgian Men, Women, and Children Sleeping on Straw at
Rosendaal, Holland.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: A Captured German Officer Salutes a Belgian Standard,
Though His Men Ignore It as They March Past.]
[Illustration: Sinking of the German Cruiser Mainz in the Naval Battle
Off Heligoland. The Photograph, Taken from the Deck of a British
Warship, Shows the Cruiser in Flames and Settling in the Water.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: German Prisoners of War, Nearly a Thousand in Number,
Reaching Southern England.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Belgian Girls Distributing Walnuts to the Soldiers Behind
Antwerp's Now Ruined Defenses.
(_Photo_ © _Underwood & Underwood._)]
[Illustration: A Remarkable Photograph Taken on the Firing Line at
Ernecourt. One Man Lies Dead, Another Is Being Tended by a Red Cross
Surgeon, and the Second Soldier from the Left Has Just Been Hit.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Huge German Siege Gun Used in Bombarding Malines.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Scene in the Krupp Gun Works, Where Germany's Army and
Navy Guns Are Manufactured.
(_Photo from Brown Bros._)]
[Illustration: Zeppelin Dirigible, One of the Great Fleet of Airships
Which Germany Is Using in the War.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Belgian Guns in Action During the Defense of Antwerp.]
[Illustration: King Albert of Belgium Talking to One of the French
General Staff in the Square at Furnes During a Review of French
Reinforcements.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: German Soldiers on Outpost Duty Near Antwerp Sharing
Their Food with Little Belgian Orphans.
(_Photo_ © _Underwood & Underwood._)]
[Illustration: Nurse Reading to a Convalescent Soldier in the War
Hospital at Calais.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: A Red Cross Nurse Taking Down the Last Message of a Dying
British Soldier on the Battlefield.
(_Photo by Paul Thompson._)]
[Illustration: French Artillery Assembled in a Square at Stenay, Just
Before the Town Was Captured by the Germans.
(_Photo by Paul Thompson._)]
[Illustration: A Belgian Outpost in Action on the Battle Line Near the
Franco-Belgian Frontier.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Gen. Belin, Who Is Gen. Joffre's Right-Hand Man and an
Important Factor in the Control of the French Forces.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Belgian Sharpshooters Attacking from an Armored Train in
the Vicinity of Ypres.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: German Crown Prince and the King of Saxony Witnessing a
Parade of the Ninety-eighth Regiment of Infantry Before the Crown
Prince's Headquarters.]
[Illustration: The Kaiser (at the extreme left) Witnessing the Parade of
a Saxon Landsturm Regiment.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: King George and King Albert Reviewing the Belgian Troops
in Flanders. Immediately Behind the Sovereigns Are the Prince of Wales
and His Highness Pertab Singh.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Algerian Troops Bringing in German Prisoners From the
Flanders Battle in the Canal Region of Belgium.]
[Illustration: King George V., Queen Mary, and Lord Kitchener Cheered by
Canadian Highlanders at Salisbury, England.
(_Photo_ © _American Press Assn._)]
[Illustration: German Motor Convoy Destroyed in the Forest Near
Villers-Cotteret, France.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Red Cross Nurse at a Hospital in Northern France Hanging
Christmas Evergreens Above a Wounded Soldier's Cot.
(_Photo_ © _American Press Assn._)]
[Illustration: Gen. von Heeringen, "the Victor of Saarburg," on the
Right, Talking with Gen. von Emmich, Who Commanded Before Liége.
(_Photo by R. Sennecke._)]
[Illustration: Bringing a Suspected Spy Through the French Lines to
Headquarters After Enveloping His Head to Prevent His Seeing Anything of
Military Value.
(_Photo_ © _American Press Assn._)]
[Illustration: Constantinople Crowds Gathered at the Mosque of Faith
While Sheikh Ul-Islam Proclaims the Declaration of War Against the
Allies.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: Japanese Bluejackets Coming Ashore Near Tsing-Tau.
(_Photo from Paul Thompson._)]
[Illustration: The Defenders of Tsing-Tau Moving to the Outer Defenses
During the Siege.
(_Photo_ © _International News Service._)]
[Illustration: German Gun in the Bismarck Fortress, Tsing-Tau, Crumpled
by Japanese and British Shells
(_Photos by Paul Thompson._)]