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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



a barrage fire which practi- 

 cally leveled the German 

 trenches and obliterated 

 the woods on the hillside. 

 The very earth was turned 

 upside down on parts of 

 the terrain. Over this man- 

 made desert the Frencli in 

 fantry advanced and oc- 

 cupied the (i e r m a n 

 trenches way to the to]) of 

 the o[)posite hill 



The white appearance of 

 the hillside, so much re- 

 sembling light snow, is due 

 to the chalky, limestone 

 character of the rock and 

 soil. The lines so closely 

 resembling skid roads were 

 of course the trench lines. 



The writer would have 

 liked the opportunity of 

 studying more closely thr- 



Photograt^h Underwood & Underwood, New York. 



HOW THE INVADERS TREAT FRUIT TREES 



In their retreat alotig the Aisiie the Germans left the mark of their ruth- 

 lessness on the entire countryside. The fruit tree Jiere shown is t,vpical 

 of llie destruction wrought. The picture is from a French oHicial photo- 

 graph. 



effect of modern, intense, 

 artillery fire on soil and 

 tree growth. While he 

 might have done so for a 

 short time no censor would 

 have had to trouble him- 

 self to read any manuscript 

 of the investigation. 



From what could be 

 seen, however, modern ar- 

 tillery fire can jiroduce a 

 degree of destructiveness 

 to soil and forests far in 

 e.xcess of that ever done in 

 the most destructive lum- 

 ber operations, even when 

 followed by forest fire. Tt 

 is said that the devastation 

 in this section is as nothing 

 to that in some places in 

 Flanders. One can con- 

 ceive, of course, of more 

 complete destruction than 



Photograph Underwood ik Underwood, Xcw Vorli. 



THE HAVOC OF WAR AS TOLD IN DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS 

 Determined to harass the enemy in every possible way, the German forces destroy forests as well as cities and farm crops. Manifestations of this 

 spirit of ruthlessness, such as pictured above, mark the entire line of retreat of the Teutons. This picture shows the growth of years destroyed 

 with a few strokes of the ax. 



