PILING UP SHEXL CASES EOR 75-MILLIMETER GUNS 



"The French 'soixante-quinze' gun is a marvel of fitted mechanism. In the process of 

 loading and firing it gives the impression of some sentient organism rather than a machine 

 of turned steel. This impression is heightened hy the short, dry sound of the explosion 

 when the shell is fired — a sound that awes and electrifies." 



VIEW OE YPRES : PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN EROM A FLYING MACHINE 



The pitiful ghost of one of ravaged Belgium's most beautiful and historic cities. In the 

 central foreground may be seen the roofless remains of the famous Cloth Hall, the largest 

 edifice of its kind in the kingdom, begun by Count Baldwin IX of Flanders in the year 1200. 

 Just beyond looms the scarred and desecrated Cathedral of St. Martin. On all sides are 

 ruin and desolation, where three summers ago dwelt nearly 20,000 happy, thrifty people, 

 engaged chiefly in the peaceful pursuit of making Valenciennes lace. 



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