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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, DEC. 30, 1914--[Part 21]--31


[Illustration: "GLORY TO THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN!" MEN OF THE HEROIC
FRENCH ARMY WHO HAVE DIED FOR EUROPEAN FREEDOM.]

This tragic photograph, showing the fatal effects of a German shell among
some French soldiers, brings home to the mind what "death on the field of
honour" means. The Premier of France, M. Viviani, in his great speech at
the opening of the Chambers, paid an eloquent tribute to the French Army.
"We have," he said, "the certainty of success. We owe this certainty ...
to our Army, whose heroism in numerous combats has been guided by their
incomparable chiefs from the victory on the Marne to the victory in
Flanders.... Let us do honour to all these heroes. Glory to those who have
fallen before the victory, and to those also who through it will avenge
them to-morrow! A nation which can arouse such enthusiasm can never
perish."--[_Photo. by Alfieri._]




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32--THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, DEC. 30, 1914.--[Part 21]


[Illustration: DEFENDING OUR EAST COAST FROM INVADERS: ENTRENCHMENTS OF
THE TYPE USED AT THE FRONT, ON THE CLIFFS.]