THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



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THE WAR AS VIEWED BY THE FRENCH SOLDIEKS 



A traction engine 

 employed by the 

 French troops in 

 connection with a 

 harrow or similar 

 implement for the 

 purpose of leveling 

 fields that have 

 been broken up by 

 shell fire. With 

 this tractor a plow 

 or harrow may be 

 drawn by means of 

 a cable winding on 

 a drum. 



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A scene at St. Eloi, France, where some of the 

 fiercest fighting has taken place. The holes 

 in the wall serve as passageways from house 



__ passageways from house 

 to house. 



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French soldiers examining the base 

 of a German shell which exploded 

 and caused the big hole in the 

 ground. More ammunition has 

 been used in the present war to 

 date than that consumed in all the 

 wars prior to August 1, 1914. 



Photos. Copyrighted International News Service. 



