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With the BELGIAN ARMY: Return of Armoured Cars and Escort

... With the BELGIAN ARMY Return of Armoured Cars and Escort. MOTOR CYCLISTS AND ARMOURED CARS ENTERING A FLEMISH TOWN The picture shows the gate of an old walled town in Flanders. A convoy of Belgian armour-plated cars and motor cyclists are crossing the drawbridge over the ditch of the fortifications on their way to their rendezvous. The chains of the old bridge, rattle as the snorting ...

Published: Saturday 14 October 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 74 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR: WEEK BY WEEK: THE FIGHTING IN THE WEST; THE HUMILIATION OF GREECE

... 1 THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR: FROM THE HOSPITAL 0 bonny lady, saw ye anyone My Will, or his Will, or Jenny Dee's young son Aye, I saw them one and all well they fared, said she; Your son, and his son, and the son of Jenny Dee. O bonny lady, blessings on you pour God send any home again that went out from your door Very far from home he lies. God te good, said she, To your son, and his son, ...

Published: Saturday 30 September 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1294 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Photographs 

Naval Officers who have Given up their Lives : May 31, 1916

... Naval Officers who have Given up their Lives mm631' i i t t I, 1 r--- n 1 J 11 Rear=Admiral Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., M.V.O., A.D.C., H.M.S. Defence J Rear-Admiral Arbuthnot went down in the naval battle off Den- mark. He was given the command of the First Cruiser Squadron in 1915. He was the eldest son of Sir William Wedderburn Arbuthnot. third baronet, whom he succeeded in 1889 ...

Published: Saturday 10 June 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 348 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Mines and Craters on the Western Front: The Part Played by Mines and the Craters Formed by them

... Mines and Craters on the Western Front. The Part Played by Mines and the Craters Formed by them The general reader of war news has become familiar with a word which, from an occasional reference here and there, has come to be of constant occur rence in the news columns of all our daily papers. Every narrative includes the word, crater. During the early days of field artillery and moving ...

Published: Saturday 10 June 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1424 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Photographs 

A REMARKABLE PICTURE OF THE WAR: THE KENSINGTONS AT LAVENTIE; Mr. Kennington' s Description of his Picture

... A REMARKABLE PICTURE OF THE WAR. THE KENSINGTONS AT LAVENTIE Mr. Kennington' s Description of his Picture The above picture, painted on glass by Mr. Eric H. Kennington, is on exhibition at the Goupil Gallery, Regent Street. It has been placed by the artist at the disposal of the committee of the British Women's Hospital for the benefit of the Star and Garter Building Fund, and any of our ...

Published: Saturday 10 June 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 890 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Photographs 

IN THE PETROL WORLD

... . By R. P. Hearne. Hearty congratulations to Mr. Arthur du Cros, M.P., on his well-merited baronetcy. Mr. du Cros has developed the work commenced by his father, Mr. Harvey du Cros, and by that work a new industry has been created which now is of world-wide importance. Traffic has been revolutionised by the pneumatic tyre, and hundreds of millions of pounds are now invested in the great ...

Published: Saturday 10 June 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 784 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

The ITALIAN EXPEDITION to VALONA, the BANIAN PORT at the MOUTH of the ADRIATIC

... The ITALIAN EXPEDITION to VALONA, the AL BANIAN PORT at the MOUTH of the ADRIATIC. The coast line from Valona to San Giovanni Medua is of very great interest at the time. In the above view we have Cape Glossa and Island of Sason in the immediate foreground, general point of view being taken from the of Valona, or Avlona as it is frequently spelt. latter port, at which the ...

Published: Saturday 08 January 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 641 | Page: Page 8, 9 | Tags: Maps  Photographs 

RUMANIA AND THE WAR IN THE BALKANS Scenes in the Capital During the Recent Acute Crisis: Dr. R. W. SETON-WATSON ..

... RUMANIA AND THE WAR IN THE BALKANS Scenes in the Capital During the Recent Acute Crisis. Dr. R. W. SETON-WATSON 01 THE SITUATION IN RUMANIA. All eyes have during recent weeks been turned upon Rumania, and more particularly Bucharest, the capital of the Latin kingdom of the Balkan peninsula. What will be the outcome of the pressure of events upon the policy of the successors of the Romans? Many ...

Published: Saturday 08 January 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1152 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Photographs 

THE CAPTURE OF TREBIZOND, the Famous Armenian Port on the Black Sea, by the Russian Army of the Caucasus

... . Copyrighted in the U.S.A. THE LINES OF ATTACK FROM THE CHOROKH VALLEY OVER THE RAZOR-BACKED RIDGE OF THE PONTILE MOUNTAINS FOLLOWED BY THE GRAND DUKE'S RIGHT WING IN THE ADVANCE UPON TREBIZOND DRAWN BY D. MACPHERSON, 1916 Copyrighted in the U.S.A. THE FAMOUS PORT OF TREBIZOND, THE ANCIENT TRAPEZOS, AS VIEWED FROM THE BLACK SEA, SHOWING THE SEABOARD ALONG WHICH THE RUSSIAN COASTAL COLUMN HAS ...

Published: Saturday 29 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 408 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

KING CONSTANTINE OF GREECE AT HOME: An Interview with the Greek Monarch. By Crawfurd Price

... KING CONSTANTINE OF GREECE AT HOME. An Interview with the Greek Monarch. By Crawfurd Price The huge whitewashed barracks which flanks the topmost side of Constitution Square in Athens, and which is pointed out to the tourist as the Royal Palace, is not the home of King Constantine. Some day, if ever the remodelling of the vast interior is completed, Queen Olga, Prince Andrew and his English ...

Published: Saturday 29 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1272 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

DESTROYING the Beautiful CHÂTEAUX of FRANCE Historic FRENCH CHÂTEAUX RUINED

... DESTROYING the Beautiful CHATEAUX of FRANCE. Historic FRENCH CHATEAUX RUINED by SHELL FIRE. WREAKING VENGEANCE ON CHATEAUX How the German Vents his Anger The wanton destruction of châteaux in Northern France has been one of the features which characterised the German overrunning of the country. Many of these stately mansions, aban doned by their owners during the advance of the enemy in the ...

Published: Saturday 29 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 844 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Photographs 

The NORTHERN NEUTRALS: THE RECENT CONFERENCE AT COPENHAGEN

... The NORTHERN NEUTRALS THE RECCOPENHAGENENCE AT The COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE A Meeting of Northern Neutrals RUSSIAN INTERNAL AFFAIRS Recent Governmental Changes A conference, which will undoubtedly influence the attitude of the Scandi navian neutrals towards the great bellige rent Powers of Europe, was held recently at Copenhagen, and was attended by six statesmen from the countries concerned. The ...

Published: Saturday 29 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 628 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Photographs