Unmilitary Phases of War
On top:Austrian soldiers aiding Russian peasants behind the lines in gathering their harvest. By means of these harvests, the Austro-German forces are able to keep well supplied with food material. The two million Russian prisoners are probably being used to maintain the economic strength of both Germany and Austria. The French and English prisoners are not used for this work so much as their allies from the East
Middle:German soldiers pulling down a tall chimney which had been partially shot away during the bombardment of a town in Russian Poland. The ruins of war are now treated as any other ruins are handled in peaceful communuties everywhere
Below: Elephants from Hagenback's Zoo at Hamburg 'on left) hard at work removing logs and timbers for the German soldiers. The trenches were only a short distance from the French town shown in the illustration, on the right, so the Germans laid underground pipes from the water supply system of the town, and thus piped fresh water into their trenches
45
