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Show HARDENED AS SOLDIERS BECOME, THEY STOP IN 4 THICK OF FIGHTING TO PERFORM ACTS OF MERCY. 1 AM- s"S 1 4 w 8m The top photo is one of the rare scenes in which tho German soldier is performing an act of mercy do- ing- something humanitarian. The Germans are aiding British soldiers, who have just made them captive, to Above German prisoners (arrowed) helping English haul wounded but of dugouts. Below Tommies removing re-moving old woman from her homo in tho range of Are. haul wounded men out of the dugouts. dug-outs. The photo is a British official and was taken during one of the recent re-cent advances on tho west front. A windlass is necessary to bring the men out of their wrecked earth shelter shel-ter to the surface, where medical aid is at hand. The lower photo is another British official photograph taken in tho outskirts out-skirts of Masnieres. The Tommies have left off fighting long enough to lead from her nome in the range of fire an old, blind woman. The British Brit-ish soldiers are always detailed to take care of the noncombatants who cannot care for themselves. In the picture whero the old woman is seen household linen, furnituro and bedding bed-ding aro strewn in the dooryard. |