Cave-Men of the Trenches 



On the right bank of the river Oise, 

 near Noyon, France, there are sev- 

 eral caves and chasms so extensive 

 that they can give shelter to a 

 whole regiment of troops. The 

 great arch shown in the photograph 

 to the left has been named by the 

 Germans "Bismarck Rock." Sol- 

 diers are shown building a scaffold- 

 ing in order to place an appropriate 

 inscription over the entrance 



An officer's underground home 

 in "The Forest of the Saxons," 

 so called because a regiment of 

 German Saxons are quartered 

 there. Much time and care have 

 apparently been spent in the 

 construction of this bomb-proof, 

 as it is complete to the smallest 

 detail. Below, a realistic picture 

 of the " home life " of the 

 French soldiers in an under- 

 ground grotto 



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