The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Part 11

[Ill.u.s.tration: Ruins of the Cathedral at Louvain (to the left) After the German Destruction of the City. In the Background is the Hotel de Ville, Which Was but Slightly Damaged.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Belgian Soldier Turning Sadly from a Mere Lad Who Had Been Shot in the Fierce Engagement at Huy, and Whose Suffering He Is Unable to Relieve.

(_Photo_ _Underwood & Underwood._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Interior of the Famous Library at Louvain.

(_Photo by N.J. Boon, Holland._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Cupola of a Maubeuge Fort Shattered by the German 42-Centimeter Siege Gun.

(_Photo by Paul Thompson._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Trenches Dug in Paris in Preparation for Street Fighting.

(_Photo--Sports & General._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Battery of Searchlights from the Place de la Concorde Sweeping the Sky Over Paris by Night for German Airs.h.i.+ps.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: German Soldiers Examining One of the Belgian Army's Concealed Forts Near Brussels.

(_Photo by Paul Thompson._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Sunken Belgian Battery Replying to German Siege Guns Near Antwerp.

(_Photo--Sports & General._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Belgian Armored Train in Action During the Attack on Antwerp.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Belgian Soldier in Armored Car Watching the Bursting of a German Sh.e.l.l at the Attack on Antwerp.

(_Photo_ _Underwood & Underwood._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Fort Wavre St. Catherine, One of the Strongest in the Ring Around Antwerp, Crumpled by the German 42-Centimeter Siege Guns.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Striking Photograph of the Destroyed Shoe-Market Section of Antwerp, Looking Toward the Cathedral.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Belgian Men, Women, and Children Sleeping on Straw at Rosendaal, Holland.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: A Captured German Officer Salutes a Belgian Standard, Though His Men Ignore It as They March Past.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Sinking of the German Cruiser Mainz in the Naval Battle Off Heligoland. The Photograph, Taken from the Deck of a British Wars.h.i.+p, Shows the Cruiser in Flames and Settling in the Water.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: German Prisoners of War, Nearly a Thousand in Number, Reaching Southern England.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Belgian Girls Distributing Walnuts to the Soldiers Behind Antwerp's Now Ruined Defenses.

(_Photo_ _Underwood & Underwood._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: A Remarkable Photograph Taken on the Firing Line at Ernecourt. One Man Lies Dead, Another Is Being Tended by a Red Cross Surgeon, and the Second Soldier from the Left Has Just Been Hit.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Huge German Siege Gun Used in Bombarding Malines.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Scene in the Krupp Gun Works, Where Germany's Army and Navy Guns Are Manufactured.

(_Photo from Brown Bros._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Zeppelin Dirigible, One of the Great Fleet of Airs.h.i.+ps Which Germany Is Using in the War.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Belgian Guns in Action During the Defense of Antwerp.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: King Albert of Belgium Talking to One of the French General Staff in the Square at Furnes During a Review of French Reinforcements.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: German Soldiers on Outpost Duty Near Antwerp Sharing Their Food with Little Belgian Orphans.

(_Photo_ _Underwood & Underwood._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Nurse Reading to a Convalescent Soldier in the War Hospital at Calais.

(_Photo_ _International News Service._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: A Red Cross Nurse Taking Down the Last Message of a Dying British Soldier on the Battlefield.

(_Photo by Paul Thompson._)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: French Artillery a.s.sembled in a Square at Stenay, Just Before the Town Was Captured by the Germans.