1916 THE GRAPHIC Newspaper WW1 VERDUN BATTLE Jan Smuts LUCIEN JONAS (7242)

Description: Original Antique WW1 Newspaper THE GRAPHIC Dated 1915: A Galicia VC: Lance Corporal Dwyer War in Venice and Athens. Plus much more; see main description THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Original WW1 Antique Newspaper DATED 1916 Pictorial Maps JAN CHRISTIAN SMUTS Naval Sketches BATTLE OF VERDUN Lucien Jonas PAUL THIRIAT Church in War Thirteen Page (26 sides) Weekly Issue This first part of the description features a list of images i.e. photographs, maps, sketches, drawings etc (these sometimes have descriptive articles but not always). They include: A Catholic Service on Board a Troopship in The Danger Zone Conducted by a Franciscan Monk - full front page from a photograph showing the men wearing lifebelts lined up on deck. St James's Park London: Married Men Joining Up - a group of men marching with their women folk and families alongside. The King inspecting Troops at Aldershot. Women in New York USA Taking Part in a Demonstration in Support of Movement to Prepare for War. Map: The Invasion of Greece - pictorial relief map showing an area from Lariss, Preversa, Adrianople in the South; up to Skutaria Mitrovtza and Sofia in the north. Also showing frontiers - Where the Bulgars invaded Greece - Railways etc. Map: The Invasion of German East Africa from Rhodesia - ¾ page map pictorial relief map showing Lines of British Invasion from Rhodesia - Line of General Smuts Advance - The German Railway - Belgian Force of Operations - Victoria Nyanza Lake - Lake Tanganyika Controlled by Belgian and British - Zanzibar Island - Dar es Salaam with Bombarded a Wireless Station Destroyed - Where the Cruiser Konigsberg Hid - Lake Rudolf and Much more. Jan Christian Smuts - full page from a photograph; with ornate drawings to border. German East Africa: Rebuilding a Railway Viaduct. Some of Smuts Veterans - small. Troop Train on a Captured German Line. Italy: Dummy Guns on the Alpine Heights. Italy: An Alpine Tunnel Which Offers Cover From Enemy Shells miel. Full page (fp) showing three drawings by a Naval Officer: A British Naval Motor Launch. A Naval Group Showing a Century of Progress - over half page showing various types of ships: the old wooden ship The Hindustan, once a training ship. The group represents progressive studies in naval construction: wood ship, ironclad, steel ship, and mosquito craft. New Boats for the U Boats - small armed craft (Coastal Motor Boats) used in the defence against u-boats etc FP showing two photographs of The Battle of Verdun: A Huge Incendiary Shell Exploding in a Suburb of the Town - half page (hp). Battery of 75's Immediately Behind Fort Douaumont - hp. Mater Dolorosa! a beautiful full page gravure print from a drawing or painting by Lucien Jonas; signed with date at bottom. Church Parade of British Troops at the Front in France Entering a Casino for A Service. The Salvation Army in France: Women Members Visiting Soldiers - - A Wounded French Comrade Being Transported on a Motor Bike and Sidecar - - Distributing Gifts. A Funeral Service: British Soldiers Burying a French Comrade. Brigadier General Rev John Morrow Simmes the Principal Chaplain to The Army in France. Rev. Canon E. H. Pearce of Westminster Abbey. Bishop Taylor Smith, Chaplain General To the Forces. Mosignor Bickerstaffe-Drew the Catholic Chaplain aka The Novelist John Ayscough. Rev. Dr Michael Adler the Jewish Chaplain. Rev. John Cocker Who Fell as a Private in the Sportsman's Battalion. The Zouave Bugler's Last Call: A Deathless Story of The Battle of Verdun - a wonderful double page from a drawing by Paul Thiriat. A battlescene showing a French soldier bugler ploughing through intense shell fire and clouds of gas. Small sketch titled Business as Usual in the Suez Canal - With a Dash of Pleasure Thrown in. Soldiers of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force bathing in the canal as a large troop ship passes by. FP titled The Strange habits of Worship: The Casino and the Desert as God's Temples; two gravure style photographs: By the Waters of Babylon: Divine Service with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. Church Service in a French Casino: British Army Chaplain Preparing the Communion Table. FP titled An Altar in an Automobile, The Work of the Catholic Church in Belgium; two gravure style photographs: The Travelling Altar, Dedicated to Saint Elizabeth, Which Was Presented to the Queen of the Belgians by M. Coestermans-Henrichs of Antwerp. The Interior of the Which is Mounted in a 50hp Renault Car; Two altar Boys Either Side. Sketches at the Front in France - fp x7 drawings: A Wet Morning in the Trenches. Preparing Breakfast Under Difficulties. A Cemetery. Cooking Breakfast in the Trenches. Early Morning and Off For Their Turn in the Trenches (walking through ruins of village) reive. How Floor Board are Used in Trenches - running boards Returning from the Trenches: Crossing the Open. The Altar in a Battleship - small. Sinn Fein The Phoenix Spark - small sketch by David Wilson. Harrogate: Valley Gardens - - Birk Crag - x2photos. A Harley Davidson Outing for Wounded Soldiers - small photo showing many motorbikes and side cars on a country lane. A Wolseley Party at Ombersley, Worcestershire - car. Eno's Fruit Salt - hp advert with illustration of children playing in a garden. Craven Mixture endorsed Sir J. M. Barrie - advert Valet Auto Strop Safety Razor - hp advert. Vacuum Flasks by the Icy Hot Bottle Co. - advert Full page of adverts including: Pan Yan Pickle - Keatings Flea Powder - Dr J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne - and more Vichy Celestins Natural Mineral Water for disorders of the Liver, Gout, Gravel, Diabetes, Rheumatism etc - small adv. The Ariel Light Weight 12 Bore Gun - sm. Advert Full page of adverts incl: Watermans Ideal Fountain Pen - Avon Tyres - Mothersill;'s Seasick Remedy and more. Champagne Cider by Bulmer - hp advert on back page. Goodyear Tyre and the Lady Owner Driver - ¼page back page ~~~~ This second part of the description features items of news, articles etc. but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include: Way of the War Page - with ref to men volunteering for the war and part of the 5,041,000 men who have; plus other things. The Church and The War: What England has Done - Described by Charles T. Bateman. The Zouave Bugler at Verdun - caption article describing the scene to the Thiriat picture. Battle as Pictured in the Book; How the Germans Treat Prisoners and other topics. Motoring and Aviation by Edwin Campbell - with mention of the RAC's - Prohibition of Sunday Motoring - Lord Montagu's Air Debate - Sir David Henderson - Mister Joynson Hicks. c.keenlyside. 0306 CONDITION /DIMENSIONS This is an original but USED newspaper not a scan and not a later re-print. A publication similar to The Illustrated London News, The Graphic was a weekly illustrated newspaper published by H. R. Baines and Company Ltd of Tallis House, Whitefriars, City of London. If there is a particular date you require in regards to this item eg. for a birthday or anniversary etc please ask. The four digit number in brackets in title is for my ref only.It measures 395 x 285 mm (15.5 x 11.25inches).There is no outer advertising cover and there are binding witness marks to the spine. Some of the pages are loose with binding witness marks. There is some age yellowing. Some of the pages may have minor cuts tears and blemishes due to their great age - anything more than minor will be mentioned in the main body of the description. The images vary in size. There are no outer advertising pages/cover unless otherwise stated. The images are NOT in colour unless otherwise stated. PLEASE NOTE: I cannot guarantee that the issue is complete 'as published' - but what I have described above IS present. As far as I can tell there are three other pages missing (as well those stated above), so if you are looking for something in particular in this issue PLEASE ASK. If you require information on size of articles (i.e. number of words), sizes of images, please ask before bidding or buying. The process of the page numbering in The Graphic issues carry on from the previous issue therefore do not start at number 1. This item will be packaged in a tube unless otherwise requested. 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