Feeding the British lion in his den: rationing the troops in the Aisne quarries under fire "We have advanced slightly in the Argonne": the meaning of a bald official communique! Warring elements: driving the Germans eastward from Ypres in rain and mist A position taken and retaken four times: in the neighbourhood of Verdun En avant in anti-gas respirators and with racket hand-grenades! A French assault. On the alert: a cavalry picket searching a spruit. Actors in the Chinese drama: a “Boxer” Actors in the Chinese drama: a Japanese infantryman. The chief British military signatory to the peace terms. Japan. - Armies of the world The Balkan trouble: forces of the smaller Eastern European States. - The Armies of the World Muscovy in Manchuria: scenes of the Russian military preparations.