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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIAN PROPERTY 



One of the many pa- 

 thetic incidents of 

 the war: An elderly 

 woman returning to 

 what was formerly 

 her home in the 

 northern provinces of 

 France, only to find 

 it in ruins. Homes 

 have not been spared 

 by the soldiers when 

 they have been 

 found interfering 

 with the fighting. 

 And in many in- 

 stances the houses 

 have been converted 

 into strongholds by 

 the soldiers during 

 the house-to-house 

 fighting in some of 

 the French villages 

 and towns. 



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Remains of bombs dropped by 

 Zeppelins during a recent raid 

 over the East Coast towns of 

 England. These particular 

 bombs are of the incendiary 

 variety and are calculated to 

 spread conflagration when 

 dropped on the crowded houses 

 of a town or city. Fortunately, 

 the raids are made at night 

 and most of the bombs fall 

 harmlessly into open fields, due 

 to faulty aiming on the part 

 of the airmen. 



A house which was wrecked 

 by bombs from a Zeppelin 

 during a recent raid over 

 English territory. In this 

 instance an explosive bomb 

 was employed by the airmen 

 with telling effect. It is said 

 that the Zeppelins are now 

 carrying a larger and more 

 perfected type of bomb than 

 heretofore, and that the ef- 

 fects are consequently more 

 to be dreaded than in the 

 earlier raids. 



Photos. Copyrighted International News Service. 



