... ) GAS CREEPING ON THE GROUND : BURSTING GERMAN GAS SHELLS. Gas shells have been largely used by the Germans in the Battle of the Somme. Writing of the British attack on Guillemont, the military correspondent of the Times said : Before the attack ...

... for Canada's Victorious Artillery on the Somme. PROJECTILES WHICH HERALDED A MAPLE-LEAF VICTORY : BIG SHELLS FOR CANADIAN GUNS. The Canadians have played a splendid part in the Battle of the Somme, capturing Mouquet Farm and Courcelette, among other positions ...

... FRENCH ON THE SOMME : GERMAN PRISONERS AWAITING DISPOSAL. Many thousands of Germans have fallen into the hands of the French since the Battle of the Somme began. A recent French communiqué stated: The total number of prisoners taken on the Somme by the A ...

... September 1914. To-day the spot is overgrown with wild flowers. The lower photograph shows a new feature in the great battle of the Somme a French armed boat passing under a tunnel on a canal. Mr. Henry Wood wrote recently: The methodical advance of the ...

... shell'; and a 335-mm. (or 12-in.) shell They show certain kinds of heavy matériel the French gunners have used in the battle on the Somme. The enormous bulk of the two former types of shell, in particular, may be judged from the L height of the French soldier ...

... such material, as many German prisoners are of more mature age and finer type. Those shown above were captured in the battles of the Somme, and have been taken to work in the quarries of Royanmoix. They form a striking contrast with the stalwart Algerians ...

... frencb Spoil from the Somme Battles. —[French Official photographs.] THREE PATTERNS OF GERMAN HAND-GRENADES 44 CRAPAUDS I PIGEONS ; AND ORDINARIES. « Three distinct patterns of German hand-grenades are shown on this page. They are part of the immense ...