BELGIUM'S FORESTS BLIGHTED BY THE HUN 



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CONDITION OF A WOODLAND NEAR MERCKEN, BELGIUM, SHOWING HOW THE DESTRUCTION OF TIMBER AND DAMAGE 

 BY HEAVY SHELLFIRE HAS TURNED FINE WOODLAND NEAR A WATERWAY INTO A SWAMP. 



ANOTHER VIEW OF WOODLAND DESTRUCTION NEAR MERCKEN, BELGIUM. NOTE THE SHATTERED TIMBER LYING IN 

 AND NEAR THE SHELL HOLES. RESTORATION OF LAND AS BADLY DAMAGED AS THIS IS WILL BE A TEDIOUS AND 

 COSTLY WORK. 



