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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914--11


[Illustration: THE LITTLE BELGIAN TOWN TAKEN BY THE GERMANS AFTER THREE
WEEKS: DIXMUDE--THE HOTEL DE VILLE AND CHURCH TOWER.]

Although the Germans undoubtedly scored a slight success by their
occupation of Dixmude, they did so at enormous cost. It was reported from
Amsterdam on the 11th that 4000 Germans severely wounded in the fighting
round Dixmude had reached Liége. Dixmude was for three weeks gallantly
defended by French Marines. The town is now little more than a heap of
ruins. As our photographs show, the fine old church of St. Jean has been
almost completely wrecked, and the Hotel de Ville has suffered great
damage. It has been pointed out that the military value of Dixmude to the
Germans is not very great, as it does not form part of the Allies'
defensive line, but was held as a bridge-head on the east bank of the
Yser.--[Photo. by Newspaper Illustrations.]




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12--THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914.


[Illustration: AFTER BOMBARDMENT BY "AN INFURIATED GERMAN ARMY CORPS":
THE RUINS OF THE MAIN STREET OF DIXMUDE.]

Dixmude, on the Yser, suffered terribly during the earlier stages of the