suggestion of the happiness of Christmases when the scourge of war was not
upon the nations.--[_Photograph by L.N.A._]


[Illustration: TRYING A BRITISH DAINTY! A FRENCH SOLDIER EATING
CHRISTMAS PUDDING.]

The conditions under which tens of thousands of soldiers spent their
Christmas were memorably abnormal, but, none the less, the season was not
passed without such observance of old customs, and such care for all
available good cheer, as were possible. Our illustration shows a French
soldier obviously enjoying his Christmas dinner despite the fact that he
has to eat it by the wayside.--[_Photo. by Alfieri._]




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


[Illustration: A MISSING LONDONER! AN ENGLISH M.E.T. MOTOR-'BUS IN THE
HANDS OF THE GERMANS AND PUT TO USE BY THEM.]

As with our London soldiers at the front, the fortune of war has levied
its toll on other Londoners. Our photograph depicts the unfortunate fate
that has befallen a once well-known object in the streets of London--one
of the motor-'buses shipped across to France to serve in transporting
British troops to the front, now in the hands of the enemy. Not many of
them have had such bad luck, from all accounts, but accidents cannot be