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warfare. The Allies perfected the machine and turned it on the enemy with great success, and the Germans did not like their own medicine. Note the reservoir on the soldier's back. _(Copyright. U. & U._) _Below_--A Belgian scouting party in Flanders, making its way over a pontoon bridge, and dressed in the new khaki uniform of the Belgian army, which turned the tables on the Hun. _(Photo, U. & U._)] [Illustration: Part of the American army of occupation on its way to Germany. After celebrating for awhile the announcement that the armistice had been signed, the American troops at the front realized that there was still serious work, though of a different kind, ahead of them, and started for the cities across the Rhine with a firm determination to carry on till all the fruits of their victory were obtained. An American dispatch rider is seen at the right, fraternizing with a French soldier. _(French Official Photo, from U. & U._)] [Illustration: GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING, Commander American Expeditionary Forces in France, in August, 1918, had an army of 1,500,000 Americans in France, doing glorious service with their allies against the common enemy. His selection for command was approved by all Americans; he is the idol of his men. _(Copyright, U. & U._)] [Illustration: A divisional headquarters on the British front in France during the progress of a battle, showing troops in reserve, German prisoners, and stretcher-bearers at work. (Australian official photograph)] [Illustration: Canadians entering a wood just evacuated by the Germans and passing an enemy gun which has been rendered useless and abandoned by the Huns in their retreat. The Canadians are advancing in the face of machine-gun fire. (Canadian official photograph.)] [Illustration: _Above_--Going over the top. Allied troops with full equipment are seen leaving their trench and advancing to attack. This is the moment that tried men's souls, and showed themselves and their comrades the stuff that was in them. _(Photo from I. F. S._) _Below_--Scene when Cambrai was captured by the British, showing large numbers of British troops moving forward across the battlefield. In the foreground the men are seen leaving a communication trench. _(British Official Photo, from I. F. S._)] [Illustration: Scene at Gen. Sir E. H. Allenby's historic entry on foot into Jerusalem, December 11, 1917, after its capture by the British from the Turks, who had h
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