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... the two fGn building of the French 'douane.' About three miles separated the guns of land the °rces' ^be French 75's quickly opened fire on the German guns and mitrailleuses, enemy n^a^ernent became general. In Ave minutes the two mitrailleuse batteries of the l^ltrailieu 8 estr°yed and the Bavarian infantry, swept by the Are of the three single °f the vill the Fpen°b and the chasseurs&pied, ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1915
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 249 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic 

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... uast the shattered and deserted farmhouses, past the collapsed cottages, 'd past the yawning shell holes to their resting place the men plod along ith picks and other trench implements slung conveniently over the shoulder or carried in hand, the while they pull at pipes much roughened by wear-- or puff at cigarettes. Throughout the long march the pipers play valiantly the old songs so familiar ...

Published: Saturday 04 September 1915
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 71 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic 

HIGH EXPLOSIVE: What the Term Means

... HIGH EXPLOSIVE What the Term Means. Material Name Nature Ingredients, &c. Where and How Used GUNPOWDER Propellant Mixture of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur in the proportion of 79, 18, and 3. Used all over the world for cen turies, and by the British since the Battle of Crecy, but now practically abandoned as a pro pellant or explosive, being used chiefly as a primer with various ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1915
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 527 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic 

SHOCK TACTICS--THE DEATH RIDE OF VON BREDOW

... SHOCK TACTICS-- THE DEATH RIDE OF VON BREDOW £y T. H. MANNERS HOWE From the fighting man of the bandolier and magazine rifle to the undisciplined levy of the iron age, and even further back in the gloom of the early world, there have always been two ways of meeting your adversary in the open and impressing him with the force of your arguments. These two methods are known as shock and fire ...

Published: Saturday 24 September 1910
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 922 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic 

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... the fifteenth-century church with its twin towers, the only remaining portion of the great Benedictine abbey which was once famous throughout the length and breadth of France. At the time when Lieutenant Power made this painting the roof of the nave had been shattered and the interior exposed to the wind and rain. The Australian troops fought round this district, which lies to the east of Amiens. ...

Published: Saturday 15 March 1919
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 67 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic 

PICTURES OF LIFE IN FRANCE: Despatch-riding at Night

... PICTURES OF LIFE IN FRANCE DeVmlung CAVALRYMEN RETURNING TO BILLETS BEHIND THE LINES IN FRANCE The abive sketch, taken from a correspondent s sketch-book, shows two cava'rymen returning to the farm in which they are billeted and exchanging views with a French peasant woman. Both horses bear the War Office mark branded on the flank From a sketch by a correspondent THE DANGER OF DESPATCH-RIDING ...

Published: Saturday 29 December 1917
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 164 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

WHEN THE ALLIES CAME INTO ACTION AND WHEN AND WHERE THEY FOUGHT ON LAND

... . citrria RUSSIA ITR AWrr BRITAIN SLKn,A (IMPERIAL REGIME) AND EMPIRE July 28 Austria declares war I August 2 Germans violate frontier August 2 Germany declares war 1 August 3 Germany declares war J on France August 4-- Britain declares war i- f German defeat at Gumbinnen 05 il mo Austrian defeat at Lcmberg S* i [^Russian defeat at Tannenberg August 21-26 Battle of Sambre Allied defeat August ...

Published: Saturday 01 February 1919
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1382 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Graphic