CALLED TO MEET GERMANS IN A DEATH-STRUGGLE: FRENCH DRAGOONS IN WAR-KIT d * th G pá* the DEA Sin« the French Ann, n..«d to me* the German won general admiration. In bis prodamatxm to th« M^ns,6«°^ „ ¿ h „aft„ forty.four m-Chief spoke of the enthusiasm of lus troops. Children of Al

BRUSSELS UNDER ARMS : BELGIAN TROOPS BIVOUAC IN THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL. Tl ft f Bli bi i T.le of Belgium being in a state of war and Holland, though her forces are mobilised, in a state oi neutrality, finds interesting cTidence in the above photographs. Brussels, of course, i

OF THE EXPLOSION OF " """ "-u™» ur A BOMB HE HAS DROPPED BOMBARDMENT FROM THE AIR • itoit -tut. Supposing a Zeppelin or an aeroplane dropped bombs on Lo d AVIATOR SEES are asking. Each Zeppelin is said to cany an arsenal "f bib"' h W°Uld * ^ **"*? pe0pIe fif I T ° ROM SE five ton

«. CO „„AKTIV DEFENDED BY THE BELGIANS AT LIÈGE : A SECTION OF CONNECTING FIELD-WORKS AKIN TO THE WORKS Bialmont who designed those so galianUy defended by the Belgians at Liège. The above drawing I BETWEEN ONE BRIALMONT FORT AND ANOTHER—SHOWING THE KIND OF OBSTACLES WHICH CHECKE

AS USED BY THE GERMANS OUTSIDE LIEGE : 21-CENTIMETRE SIEGE MORTAR—WITH " CATERPILLAR M WHEELS. hl ftf Lió h b bbdd is shown above It a a -[ by Record Ptess.] Siege-guns are massive pieces which follow an army until wanted to reduce an enemy's fortress by bombardment or to give a

THE AND HIS CHIEF " WAR LORD " —-—— VJI^iXIYJ The German Emperor is his own Commander-in-Chief, and all German troops are bound to obey STAFF: THE GERMAN EMPEROR WITH GENERAL HELMUTH LUDWIG VON MOLTKE. Helmuth Johannes Ludi Mlk i Chif his ordere unconoitionally ; but the Prussian

GERMANS DETAINED IN LONDON AS PRISONERS OF WAR: A MEAL-TIME AT OLYMPIA, ONE OF THE PLACES OF DETENTION. —[Drawn by Lionel Edwards.] Londoners who know Olympia would stare with all their eyes at the scene in the Annexe where, at Horse Show time, stand the elaborate horse-boxes of

STANFORD'S WAR MAPS. „ _ . ctkdk EUROPE, showing in colours I war Map No. 1CENTRA leuds flom Si. Petersburg on I ' "* E"' MJU " ** Principal Fortresses are printed in Ked. , , 0 177). • i,0p . rr\3miles to an lllCn (I . J|ZZU, / // One sheet : 27 x 40 inches ; 5°ï mues to a Price

BURNT BY THE GERMANS IN THE COURSE OF THEIR ADVANCE IN BELGIUM : THE VILLAGE OF MOULAND—SHOWING GERMAN SOLDIERS LEAVING. —[ by Newspaper Illustrations.] The village of Mouland suffered severely from the Germans, as shown by the above photograph and that on our front page. The Ger

WHERE " WATERLOO " IS BEINO pc unimiT y«»T Kt-FOUGHT ON A VASTER SCALE : CENTRAL BELGIUM, AGAIN THE SCENE OF A GREAT EUROPEAN WAR. ^ReP'0i'«xd by Courtef M Ad C Blk fhi , O Courtesy of Messrs. A. and C. from their excellent Guide Book on " Belgium."]