soldiers.




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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914--19


[Illustration: THE COWHERDS OF WAR: ARMED GERMAN MARINES ROUNDING UP
CATTLE FOR FOOD FOR THE ARMY IN THE FIELD.]

One of War's "little ironies" finds illustration in our photograph. A
great conflict such as that now being waged is full of contrasts: grins,
pathetic, sometimes not without a suggestion of humour. That the German
Marine should be told off in a pretty rural district to round up cattle
for food for the German troops is a case in point. The sleek and shapely
kine which these sturdy fellows are commandeering plod peacefully along in
happy ignorance of the fact that they are prisoners of war being led to
their doom by an armed guard. If it were not for the significance of the
weapons borne by the Marines, the scene would be as purely pastoral
as that immortalised by Gray. It suggests the "lowing herd"--with a
difference.--[Photo. by Photopress.]




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