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


[Illustration: IN SHELTERS SUGGESTING A ROW OF MINIATURE RAILWAY-ARCHES!
GERMANS IN THEIR "RABBIT-WARRENS" IN THE ARGONNE.]

"In the Argonne we beat back the enemy's attacks and preserved our
front." That is a typical announcement one constantly sees in the Paris
_communiqués_ recording events in the district where the photograph given
above was taken. Special interest being taken in the fighting in Flanders,
one rather overlooks the give-and-take warfare being carried on further
east, where siege-trench fighting like that on the Aisne still goes on.
There the Germans occupy deeply dug lines which are largely made up of
underground galleries partly natural, partly artificial, in character,
as our photograph shows. When the French artillery fire is severe,
the Germans scuttle like rabbits into their burrows, coming out to
man the trenches in front immediately the French infantry begin to
approach.--[_Photo. by C.N._]

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London: Published Weekly at the Office, 172, Strand, in the Parish of St.
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W.C.--Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1914.