The Graphic, March 25th, 1916.
- Issue.
- £20.00
For Sale is an Issue of "The Graphic, March 25th, 1916. This issue contains 16 Pages, 32 Sides, and has been removed from a Bound Volume.
Condition is Very Good.
Contents.
Articles.
1- The Way of the War.
2- People Prominent in the Public Eye.
3- Africa-Austria-Serbia. Interesting Stories from New Books.
4- Supplies in the Field : A Brief Account of how our Armies are Fed.
5- The Law of the Air : How the Nations Regard Aerial Trespass.
6- Housework in War-Time.
7- Motoring & Aviation. Written by Edwin Campbell.
Photographs and Illustrations.
1- Honours for France's heroic Dead : General Cousins Presenting Decorations at the Invalides, Paris, to the Widows and Children of French Soldiers who have fallen on the Field of Honour. (Front Page Photograph).
2- The "Sea-Affair" in the Week's News : A Ship that Suffers and Ships for the Sufferers.
a- The Dotch Liner Tubantia.
b- A Motor Ambulance Launch.
c- Scotland's First Red Cross Ship : The Saint Margaret of Scotland, inaugurated by Lady Beatty.
d- Reconnaissance at Sea by Balloon and Man-Lifting Kite : Scenes on Board the Kite-Balloon Ship H.M.S. Canning.
3- The grand Duke's Entry into Erzerum : Unique and Exclusive Pictures by a Russian Army Officer.
a- The Grand Duke Nicholas Inspecting the Captured Fortress.
b- The Grand Duke leaving His Headquarters in Erzerum.
4- Verdun as a Standing Menace to Germany. (Mapped by G. F. Morrell.) (Double Page).
5- People Prominent in the Public Eye in Naval, Military and Civil Life.
a- A Naval Flier : Flight-Commander Bone. (Portrait)
b- Von Tirpitz's Successor : Admiral Von Capelle. (Portrait)
c- A New Commandant : Mrs. Issacs, Queen's Gate Hospital. (Portrait)
d- "Ian Hay" (Capt. Beith) (Portrait)
e- General Galliani : Retiring French War Minister. (Portrait)
f- Mr. Henry A. Lytton, The Savoyard, and his Soldier Sons. (Portraits)
g- The late Rev Stopford Brooke :The Famous Preacher and Critic. (Portrait)
h- The late Cardinal Gotti : Died aged 82, a Genoa Labourer's Son. (Portrait)
i- The late Mrs. Frankau : "Frank Danby," the Novelist. (Portrait)
j- Sir John Furley : Red Cross Veteran, 81 on March 19th. (Portrait)
k- Herr Ballin : who Checkmated Admiral Tirpitz. (Portrait)
6- Gallieni's Successor France's New War Minister : General Roques is a general Favourite with the French Army, and has a great reputation as an organiser. He is 59 years old. (Full Page Portrait).
7- The Battered Landscapes of France : A Battlefield where Fresh Fighting is Expected.
a- How the German Guns Laid a Forest Low : A Scene of Devastation at Les Eparges.
b- The Telegraph in the Trenches : French Operators Laying Wires at the Front.
8- Preparing against a Possible Blow : Taking Precautions in the Southern Sector.
a- Protection Property : French Soldiers Building up an Arcade with Sandbags.
b- Protecting Life : School-Children Wearing their Anti-Gas Masks at Pont-a-Mousson.
9- A Hot Corner at the great Battle of Verdun : The Brandenburgers Attacking Fort of Douaumont. (Full Page Drawing).
10- Three Great Antidotes for Submarine Frightfulness : Naval Activity in Three Spheres, as Sketched by a Naval Officer.
a- The Seaplane : used to locate Submarines Lying at a considerable depth below the Water.
b- The Destroyer : The U. Boat's Greatest Enemy. A Sketch made at Sea during the recent Blizzard.
c- The Sweeper : The Unit that has practically ended Enemy Submarine's activities in some Waters.
11- Priests who Fight as well as Pray : The Clergy of France at the Front.
a- French Missionaries who Returned from China to Fight for France.
b- Going to the Firing line.
c- The Abbe Brottier, an Intrepid Stretcher-Bearer.
12- The Calm Following the Storm : Triumphant French Troops in a Mine Crator won from the Enemy after a Desperate Struggle. (Double Page Photograph).
13- Keeping their Eye on the Enemy : Coigns of Vantage for Observation Officers.
a- On the Austrian Front.
b- The Sentinel on the Tree-Top.
c- In an Alsace Forest.
14- The Eye in the Sky : Our Army Balloonists : Locating German Batteries in Flanders.
15- Fetching Rations for the Trenches.
16- Weekly Rations of a Division 20,000 Men. (Full Page Drawing).
17- A Trespasser of the Air : Dutch Soldiers Firing at a Zeppelin. (Drawing).
18- Above and Below on the Italian Front : Entanglements and Trenches on the Carso Battlefield.
a- Festoons of Wire Round the Rocks at an Elevated Point of the Italian Line.
b- Deep and Well-constructed Trenches in the Lower Part of an Italian Position in the Carso.
19- War-Time Economy in Practice and Precept : Some Footnotes to History. (Full Page of Drawings by Ralph Cleaver.)
Adverts.
1- The Dunlop Rubber Company, Ltd. (Full Page).