Crossing the Yser Canal Irish guards wearing German body armour. Note the captured machine gun A scene in a prisoners cage. German being searched "Are we down hearted, no" British Tommies cheer as they go forward on light railways to take part in the advance Not the work of the U-boats but a shell hole in a gasometer near the front German shells bursting. Troops in reserve in foreground Actors in the Chinese drama: a Japanese infantryman. “Living bayonets”: the irresistible charge of the Japanese.