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The Western Front

ILLUSTRATIONS

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I General Sir Douglas Haig

II Grand’place And Ruins Of The Cloth Hall, Ypres

III A Street In Ypres

IV Distant View Of Ypres

V A Village Church In Flanders

VI The Battle Of The Somme

VII “Tanks”

VIII Ruined German Trenches, Near Contalmaison

IX The Night Picket

X Dug-outs

XI Gordon Highlanders: Officers’ Mess

XII Waiting For The Wounded

XIII The Happy Warrior

XV At A Base Station

XVI On A Hospital Ship

XVII Disembarked Troops Waiting To March Off

XVIII Soldiers’ Billets—moonlight

XIX A Gun Hospital

XX An Observation Post

THE SOMME BATTLEFIELD

XXI Amiens Cathedral

XXII The Virgin Of Montauban

XXIII A Sketch In Albert

XXIV Taking The Wounded On Board

XXV “Walking Wounded” Sleeping On Deck

XXVI (a and b)

“Walking Wounded” On A Hospital Ship

“Walking Wounded” On A Hospital Ship

XXVII (a and b)

A Main Approach To The British Front

“Road Liable To Be Shelled”

XXVIII Trouble On The Road

XXIX British Troops On The March To The Somme

XXX A Sketch At Contalmaison

XXXI On The Somme: Sausage Balloons

XXXII A Wrecked Aeroplane Near Albert

XXXIII A Mess Of The Royal Flying Corps

XXXIV Watching Our Artillery Fire On Trones Wood From Montauban

XXXV (a and b)

In The Regained Territory

XXXVI A V.a.d. Rest Station

XXXVII A Gateway At Arras

XXXVIII Outside Arras, Near The German Lines

XXXIX Watching German Prisoners

XL On The Somme: “Mud”

TRENCH SCENERY

XLI Cassel

XLII A Line Of Tanks

XLIII A Kitchen In The Field

XLIV The Gun Pit: Hardening The Steel

XLV The Gun Pit: A Gun Jacket Entering The Oil Tank

XLVI The Gun Pit: The Great Clutches Of The Crane

XLVII Mounting A Great Gun

XLVIII “The Hall Of The Million Shells”

XLIX The Ruined Tower Of Bécordel-bécourt

L Embarking The Wounded

LI (a and b)

Mont St. Eloi

Ruins Of Mametz

LII Ruined Trenches In Mametz Wood

LIII “Thawing Out”

LIV Disembarking

LV Sleeping Wounded From The Somme

LVI Distant Amiens

LVII Scottish Soldiers In A French Barn

LVIII Welsh Soldiers

LIX A British Red Cross Depot At Boulogne

LX Indian Cavalry

THE UPPER HAND

LXI Mounting A Great Gun

LXII Erecting Aeroplanes

LXIII An Aeroplane On The Stocks

LXIV The Giant Slotters

LXV Night Work On The Breech Of A Great Gun

LXVI The Howitzer Shop

LXVII The Night Shift Working On A Big Gun

LXVIII Some Great Guns

LXIX Moving Heavy Gun Tubes

LXX A Coring Machine At Work On A Big Gun Tube

LXXI Ruins Near Arras

LXXII On The Somme: In The Old No Man’s Land

LXXIII (a and b)

A Road Near The Front

A Train Of Lorries

LXXIV On The Somme. R.f.c. Men Building Their Winter Hut

LXXV Maricourt: The Ruins Of The Village

LXXVI On The Somme, Near Mametz

LXXVII A Market Place. Transport Resting

LXXVIII (a and b)

The “Blighty Boat” And A Hospital Ship

Scottish Troops On A Troopship

LXXIX Troops Returning From The Ancre

LXXX A Hospital Ship At A Base

THE BRITISH NAVY AND THE WESTERN FRONT

LXXXI “Oiling”: A Battleship Taking In Oil Fuel At Sea

LXXXII On A Battle-cruiser (H.m.s. “Lion”)

LXXXIII H.m.s. “Lion” In Dry Dock

LXXXIV On A Battleship: Lowering A Boat From The Main Derrick

LXXXV Approaching A Battleship At Night

LXXXVI A Line Of Destroyers

LXXXVII On A Battleship: A Gun Turret

LXXXVIII On A Battleship In The Forth

XXXIX (a and b)

A Fleet Seascape

The Crew At A Small Gun On A Battleship

XC The Fo’c’sle Of A Battleship

XCI On A Battleship: The After Deck

XCII Inside The Turret

XCIII A Boiler Room On A Battleship

XCIV (a and b)

Practice Firing: Big Guns On A Battleship

On A Battleship: Sunset After A Wet Day

XCV On A Battleship: Airing Blankets

XCVI Captain Cyril Fuller

XCVII The Fleet’s Post Office

XCVIII In The Submerged Torpedo Flat Of A Battleship

XCIX Sailors On A Battleship Making Munitions For The Army

C The Cinema On A Battleship

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