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FOUR THOUSAND PRISONERS IN A DAY The advance on Ypres in October, 1917, under General Haig captured German positions on a six-mile front and took 4446 prisoners

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Modern warfare isn't entirely machine-made yet. Here, for instance, are some "dogs of war" setting out to save the wounded

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In the trenches are "Liason" dogs, to carry important messages. And pigeons have proved more trustworthy than wireless

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The camel, Kipling's "hairy, scairy oont," has his share in this war, too-in this case pumping water for the Tommies

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TOMMIES IN TRAINING This is only practise but it looks like the real thing because Great Britain makes a point of having the conditions in her training camps as nearly as possible like those which the men are going to encounter at the front. These official British photographs were taken in an English training camp in August, 1917. Our men in France are going thru very much the same sort of thing. The soldiers above are having instruction in outpost duty and are learning the proper way to bring in a prisoner. One of them is temporarily "being a German" but he doesn't seem to mind. The man on the right is practising bomb throwing with a practise bomb in a practise trench, which is quite an amusing sport, unless you have too lively an imagination

BAYONETS, BRUSHES AND BOMBS

There are various and sundry phases of bayonet practise. The one below is a little less exciting, perhaps, than jabbing straw Germans but it develops accuracy and a quick eye. The man who holds the ring thru which the bayonet is thrust has a not altogether enviable job. If you ever went to boarding school you will be sorry for the men on the right-they are getting their kits ready for inspection. The soldiers will tell you that it is a much smaller misdemeanor to lose a leg or an arm than it is to lose even one small portion of your kit. And it must not only be all there but all in perfect condition. The army has an incentive to neatness, however. A bit of rust on a gun or a mislaid gas mask may be a matter of really vital importance

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