FORESTERS AT THE FIGHTING FRONT 



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WHERE FORESTERS AND WOODSMEN ARE IMPORTANT IN MODERN WARFARE 

 This scene nar Zillebeke is taken from an official Britisii photograph. It shows British soldiers at work cuttitif? down trees for the purpose of- 

 procuring timbers to be used in road-making and in strengthening dug-outs. The picture was taken during the Flanders drive and shows a type 

 of activity that is carried on all over the war zone. 



thick growth of sapling pine, some planted, some natural 

 growth. For over two years little change took place and 

 the trees continued to grow unmolested. In the spring of 



1917, however, the French determined to advance their 

 lines. Accordingly, artillery was massed in the woods 

 back of the village. At a given time the French opened 



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A FRENCH BATTERY RETURNING FRO.M THE FIRING LINE 

 In this peaceful forest scene the only suggestion of war is alorded by tl e long line of soldiers. These men are returning through the woods, on 

 their way to the rear, afur a long siege of shelling the lines of the enemy. The pictorial effect is that of a woodland spot in the vicinity of any 

 American city but the thrill of war is there, none the less. 



