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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



ARTILLERY THE GREAT ARM OF THE FIGHTERS 



German machine gun squad shooting at an 

 enemy aeroplane. Her preponderance in jna- 



chine guns has done much to enable Ger- 

 many to hold most of the territory acquired 

 by her since the war, even in the face of 

 attacks by the numerically superior forces 

 of the Allies on the western front. 



Above: Placing in position a heavy 

 Austrian gun in the Carpathian 

 mountains. At the Left: A British 

 twelve-pound gun for use on an 

 armored train, being taken ashore 

 for the warfare in German South- 

 west Africa. 



Four hundred 

 French and English 

 field pieces which 

 have been captured 

 by the German 

 armies. 



Photos. Copyrighted International News Service. 



