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THE FUNERAL IN LONDON OF GENERAL SIR CHARLES DOUGLAS

The honor roll of those who have died in battle in the war contains few more prominent names than that of General Sir Charles Douglas, Inspector-General of the British Forces. A great multitude assembled to pay their last respects to this distinguished soldier. General Ian Hamilton (at the left) is seen following the charger of the deceased General, whose body rested on a gun carriage preceding the riderless warhorse

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WHERE HOSTILITIES CEASE AND HUMANITY REIGNS The photograph illustrates the visit of a French military surgeon, a prisoner of war, to the Reserve Hospital in Berlin, escorted by the chief German physician of the hospital

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Commander of the Japanese forces at the siege of Tsingtao, which ended in the
surrender of the German garrison

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CAPTAIN KARL VON MULLER

Commander of the cruiser Emden, which destroyed more than a score of British
vessels before she was sunk by the Sydney at Cocos Island

FIGURES OF THE WAR

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YPRES, THE CENTER OF A STUBBORNLY CONTESTED SERIES OF BATTLES
The picture gives an idea of the beauty of this old Flemish town before the battle was fought. Much of the place is now reported to be in ruins. Ypres was formerly a city of
considerable importance, having had, it is estimated, a population of nearly 200,000 in the thirteenth century, when it was the center of the cloth-making industry.

The photograph shows the square in front of the Cloth Hall, which was begun in 1200 by Count Baldwin of Flanders, afterward Emperor of Constantinople

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