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Thi; photograph shows the war dogs with their burdens of munitions and lunches 

 crossing a trench on their way to deliver their loads to the fighting soldiers of the 

 first line. 



The Dogs of War 



American Red Cross Association 

 Dogs, since the days of Attilla, King of the Huns, who taught 

 his spoked-teeth canines to tear down the enemy from the rear, 

 have been a familiar sight upon the battlefields. The Germans 

 are still training him upon the lines of their distinguished war 

 idol, while the Allies are employing him by the tens of thousands 

 in most of the ways in which they use their himian soldiers. 

 In this war, however, the most essential part of the work of the 



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