Part 12 (1/2)

(_Photo by Paul Thompson._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: A Belgian Outpost in Action on the Battle Line Near the Franco-Belgian Frontier.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Gen. Belin, Who Is Gen. Joffre's Right-Hand Man and an Important Factor in the Control of the French Forces.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Belgian Sharpshooters Attacking from an Armored Train in the Vicinity of Ypres.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: German Crown Prince and the King of Saxony Witnessing a Parade of the Ninety-eighth Regiment of Infantry Before the Crown Prince's Headquarters.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: The Kaiser (at the extreme left) Witnessing the Parade of a Saxon Landsturm Regiment.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: King George and King Albert Reviewing the Belgian Troops in Flanders. Immediately Behind the Sovereigns Are the Prince of Wales and His Highness Pertab Singh.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Algerian Troops Bringing in German Prisoners From the Flanders Battle in the Ca.n.a.l Region of Belgium.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: King George V., Queen Mary, and Lord Kitchener Cheered by Canadian Highlanders at Salisbury, England.

(_Photo_ _American Press a.s.sn._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: German Motor Convoy Destroyed in the Forest Near Villers-Cotteret, France.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Red Cross Nurse at a Hospital in Northern France Hanging Christmas Evergreens Above a Wounded Soldier's Cot.

(_Photo_ _American Press a.s.sn._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Gen. von Heeringen, ”the Victor of Saarburg,” on the Right, Talking with Gen. von Emmich, Who Commanded Before Liege.

(_Photo by R. Sennecke._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Bringing a Suspected Spy Through the French Lines to Headquarters After Enveloping His Head to Prevent His Seeing Anything of Military Value.

(_Photo_ _American Press a.s.sn._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Constantinople Crowds Gathered at the Mosque of Faith While Sheikh Ul-Islam Proclaims the Declaration of War Against the Allies.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]