PICTURU PimOfl ORAVURC OtJCTION
HERE LIES THE LAST GERMAN MACHINE GUN
OPERATOR IN VALENCIENNES
(photo(rpht CoprlKhtd by t'ndtrwood A L'ndtrwooit, Wtrn Nwippr Union, ind CnrtUn"Officll,)
HOW THE BRITISH SHIPPED TRAINLOADS OF WAR
SUPPLIES TO FRANCE WITHOUT RELOADING. BEST
KEPT SECRET OF WAR DISCLOSED BY GOVERNMENT.
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A GERMAN MACHINE GUNNER WHO FIRED HIS GUN UNTIL
KILLED BY A CANADIAN SNIPER IN VALENCIENNES.
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CIVILIANS RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES ON THE VALENCIENNES FRONT'AFTER THE CANADIANS HAD DRIVEN
THE BOCHS ACROSS THE CANAL. THEY ARE CROSSING A BRIDGE BLOWN UP BY THE RETREATING ENEMY.
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THIS CANADIAN SOLDIER WAS WOUNDED
WHEN THE TROOPS CAPTURED THE FRENCH
TOWN OF VALENCIENNES. HE IS SEEN HOLD
ING A LITTLE FRENCH GIRL IN HIS ARMS AND
IS TALKING TO ONE OF THE SISTERS WHO
ATTENDED MANY OF THE WOUNDED MEN.
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ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS OF THE WAR, THAT OF HOW THE BRITISH SHIPPED TRAINLOADS OF MUNITIONS
AND OTHER WAR MATERIALS FROM ENGLAND DIRECT TO THE BATTLE LINE WITHOUT RELOADING, HAS JUST
BEEN DISCLOSED." HERE IS SEEN THE FERRY SLIP AT RICHBOROUGH SHOWING TRACKS LEADING INTO SHIP.'
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A CHANNEL FERRY WAS ESTABLISHED AT RICHBOROUGH ON THE COAST BETWEEN RAMSGATE AND DOVER. TRAIN
LOADS OF SUPPLIES WERE RUN ON TRACKS' INTO THE HOLDS OF THE FERRIES. AFTER THE TRIP ACROSS THE
CHANNEL THE CARS WERE RUN DIRECT TO THE FRONT. LOADED FREIGHT CARS ABOARD THE FERRY ARE HERE
SEEN. '
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unr.r r.tTNS tak-vc a wn nr?p BTrt WAR MATERIALS WERE SHIPPED BY MEANS OF THE FERRIES. ONLY THIRTY
" MINUTES WERE REOUIRED FOR THE DOCKING OF THE FERRY, DISCHARGING OF THE TRAIN FROM FRANCE, RE-
THIS INTERESTING CANADIAN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH WHICH WAS TAKEN IN THE FRENCH TOWk OF VALEN- LOADING OTHER TRAINS AND PUTTING TO SEA AGAIN THE SECRET OF RICHBOROUGH WAS WELL KEPT AS IT
CIENNES, SHOWS THE FEW OLD CIVILIANS OF THE TOWN CHEERING A NUMBER OF VICTORIOUS CANADIAN WAS NEVER TACKED FROM EITHER SEA OR AIR IN THIS PHOTOCRAPH ARE TWO LOCOMOTIVES WITH THEIR
TROOPS ON THEIR WAY TO THE OCCUPIED TERRITORY. gi WA i iuuu (kum "jj w 0N mitIJ TH5 rEiiRyi