FORESTERS AT THE FIGHTING FRONT 



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WHERE FORESTERS AND WOODSMEN ARE IMPORTANT IN MODERN WARFARE 

 This scene near Zillebeke is taken from an official British photograph. It shows British soldiers at work cuttinR down trees for the purpose of 

 procuring timbers to be used in road-making and in strengthening dug-outs. The picture was taken during the Flanders drive and shows a type 

 of activity tliat is carried on all over the war zone. 



thick growth of sapling pine, some planted, some natui-al 

 growth. For over two years little change took place anc! 

 the trees continued to grow unmolested. In the spring of 



1917, however, the French determined to advance their 

 lines. Accordingly, artillery was massed in the woods 

 back of the village. At a given time the French opened 



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A FRENCH BATTERY RETURNING FROM THE FIRING LINE 

 In this peaceful forest scene the only suggestion of war is a 'orded by tl e long^line of soldiers. These men are returning through the woods, on 



their wa'y to the rear, after a long siege' of shelling the lines of the enemy. 

 American city — but the thrill of war is there, none the less. 



The pictorial effect is that of a woodland spot in the vicinity of any 



