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Show FRENCH EXPLODE MINE IN TRENCH FROM WHICH GERMANS HAVE I I WITHDRAWN; USE CAPTIVE BALLOON FOR OBSERVATION PURPOSES 1 r The Germanr. mine, every trench from which they re tire. The French, before occupying any of the trenches A&fr ' from which the Germans have withdrawn, lay their I mines in the trench and then explode them as a safe- I 'x'Wffli guard to prevent the Germans from blowing up the . r4$mBB trenches when filled with French soldiers. One of the , .flflflflHB;. fl accompanying photos, which was made in the region of lKSBuBHSiB Arras, shows the explosion of a French mine in an Sgig , abandoned German trench. The other photo shows a iMi. "Mstt k captive balloon which was used at the French base m j - JHQHHr Alsace for observation purposes. |