The above photograph shows the gun train complete, ready for transportation. The motive power is furnished by the powerful motor truck at the right, which also carries most of the artillerymen forming the gun crew. About thirty men are needed to manipulate the gun in action. The huge shells and ammunition are conveyed in separate trucks or caissons. As a fort-wrecker this powerful piece of ordnance is most effective. Its total weight is nearly 100 tons. The gun proper is at the left and its Krupp sliding breech can be plainly seen at the side. In the center is the gun carriage, with its very powerful recoil apparatus. When the gun is in action these two sections are joined, being so constructed as to fit together readily. The bursting projectiles were called by the British soldiers "Jack Johnsons," "Black Marias" and "Coal-boxes," from the thick black smoke they produced. These epithets ignored their awful death-dealing qualities. (_Copyright, U. & U._).] [Illustration: _Above_--African troops of the French army en route to the Riviera to enjoy a well-earned rest after the battle of Douaumont, in which their ranks were considerably depleted. These colored fighters of France are commanded entirely by white officers and have done splendid service. (_Copyright, U. & U_).] [Illustration: _Below_--Colored Canadians imitating the Germans that they captured in this dugout near the Canal du Nord, as they put up their hands and shouted "Kamerad!" (_Canadian Official Photo, from U.S_).] [Illustration: ONE OF THE HUGE KRUPP SIEGE MORTARS, GERMANY'S MOST POWERFUL WEAPON AGAINST FORTS.] [Illustration: French Artillery on the Firing Line--The Modern Field Guns of the French and the Krupp Guns of the Germans Have Proved to be Terrible Weapons of Destruction.] [Illustration: This French soldier, tempted by the payment to him of a hundred francs, signaled a message to the Germans, giving them the position of the French batteries near Rheims. He was the first French traitor of the war, and being caught in the act, met an ignominious death by the roadside. (_Copyright, U. & U._).] [Illustration: 1. French Cuirassier being fed by Belgian woman. 2. Major Richardson of the British Army and two of his bloodhounds used to find wounded soldiers on Belgian battlefields. (_International News Service_.)] [Illustration: Canada's Premier on a visit to the Western front in Europe, with a notable group of Canadian officers. Sir Robert Borden is the central figure of the seated row, and the other civilian in the picture is Mr. Calder. Between them is seen General Currie, in command of the Canadian forces in Europe, who have earned undying fame for the great Dominion during the war. (_Canadian Official Photo, from W.N.U._).] [Illustration: French Cavalrymen Bivouacked in the Streets of Paris, Sleeping on the Fodder of Their Mounts, Standing in the Background.] [Illustration: FOUNDERING OF THE BRITISH CRUISER ABOUKIR