No. 1. General view of Ostend from the Quay, showing the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul. This church remains practically intact though buildings near were levelled to the ground.

No. 2. The new Continental Hotel, on the front, Ostend. The work of reconstruction is proceeding in a remarkable manner.

No. 3. The Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Ostend.

No. 4. Landing Stage and Brussels Railway Station, Ostend. Showing the new buildings.

No. 5. The old portion of the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul. This part was destroyed by aeroplane bombs, while the new building was practically untouched.

No. 6. The raising of the VINDICTIVE. Sunk in Ostend Harbour on May 10th, 1918. It is being done partly by compressed air and partly by barges. The ship weighs 6,000 tons, is broken in halves and the bottom blown out. The work is being paid for by Germany.

No. 7. Front view of Long Max, Moere, about 8 miles from Ostend. Weight, 350,000 Kilos. Shell, 750 Kilos. This gun was used by the Germans to shell Dunkirk.

No. 8. General view, Nieuport, Belgium. This town as a result of four years bombardment, is now a mass of rubble. Here commenced that vast system of trenches stretching from the North Sea to Switzerland.

No. 9. German dug-outs, Nieuport. The Germans built elaborate reinforced concrete shelters, good examples of which are shewn.

No. 10. Ruins of the State Hall, Nieuport. No one looking from this picture could possibly from this rubbish heap, reconstruct the beautiful example of old Flemish architecture.

No. 11. View of the ruins of Nieuport. The view was taken from the window of a newly built house, the only point of elevation available.

No. 12. Ruins of Nieuport. The gaunt looking ruin on the left is the remains of a beautiful church.

No. 13. On the battle-field, Nieuport. In the battle of the Yser, 1914, the Belgians flooded the right bank of the river between the canal and the railway, and in this way stopped the German advance.

No. 14. A typical Flemish farmhouse, near Nieuport, just outside the danger zone.

No. 15. Big German dug-out, Nieuport, solidly built of stone and covered with earth.

No. 16. Railway Station, Nieuport. The Station will be seen on the left, totally destroyed, while on the right is a wrecked German observation post.

No. 17. Searching for the dead Nieuport. Zig-zag trenches from 6 to 7 feet are dug, and the intervening earth carefully levelled. The human remains discovered are interred in cemeteries.

No. 18. Old Church, Nieuport. This burial ground has been made in front of the church, in process of reconstruction--there are graves of British, French and Belgian soldiers.

No. 19. “THIS PLACE WAS HOOGE.” The sign was put up before the wooden houses were built, to locate the site the village.

No. 20. Hooge Crater Cemetery. In the war zone there are 1,700 new cemeteries---this particular one contains over 11,000 graves, details of each one being carefully indexed by the Graves Committees. Notice the duck-boards.

No. 21. MISSING CARD

No. 22. “Holy Ground,” Ypres. “NOTICE.---This is Holy Ground. No stone of this fabric may be taken away. It is a heritage for all civilized peoples. By order: Town Major, Ypres.”

No. 23. The Cathedral, Ypres. Destroyed during the bombardment of 1914.

No. 24. King Albert’s Cottages, Ypres. All over the country these comfortable wooden houses are being built, each one bearing a numbered metal plate, inscribed “King Albert’s Cottages.

No. 25. The old Barracks, Ypres. Subjected to terrific shelling.

No. 26. The Cathedral, Ypres. The Belgian Government has decided not to rebuild the town, but to leave it as a monument to German “Kultur” and British endurance.

No. 27. German Howitzer and Cloth Hall, Ypres. Excavations are being made under the building to recover the bodies of soldiers killed by gas. The ground is so impregnated with poisonous fumes that operations frequently have to be suspended. During the second battle of Ypres, March, 1915, the Germans launched their first gas attack.

No. 28. Old Communal Cemetery, Ypres. Many of the monuments have been destroyed, while the large crucifix on raised mound has been untouched.

No. 29. On the battle-field, Ypres. Ypres is to the British what Verdun is to the French.

No. 30. Langemarck. Guns and wire entanglements on battlefield.

No. 31. Langemarck--close to “Hill 60.” Over 300 wrecked tanks are in the immediate neighbourhood, which is known as the “tank cemetery.

No. 32. Tank and remains, Langemarck. Note the ‘tin hat’ and rifle stock in the foreground. Human remains were also discovered in and about the tank.

No. 33. The Main Road, “Hill 60.” Constructed of railway sleepers on baulks of timber.

No. 34. “Hill 60.” The place described by British soldiers as “Hell with the lid off.” For miles there is nothing but shell holes, shells and desolation indescribable.

No. 35. Menin Rond. Large German forts and dug-outs. Notice the cottage with camouflaged roof.

No. 36. Shell holes near the Menin Road, with the remains of Menin Forest.

No. 37. Menin Forest. Trees have been destroyed by shell fire and gas.

No. 38. “Old Bill’s” dug-out and spade, Menin Road.

No. 39. On the Lys, Armentieres. A lace and cotton manufacturing centre--over 60 mills were destroyed in the town---30,000 inhabitants prior to the war, now barely 8,000.

No. 40. Wimereaux, near Armentieres. Strongly built German observation post, partially destroyed by shell.

No. 41. Lomme, near Armentieres. Large concrete block-house destroyed by mines.

No. 42. Neuve Chapelle, near Armentieres. Wrecked street.

No. 43. The “Better ‘Ole” --a rough shelter made by a Tommy within the British Lines, Armentieres.

No. 44. British Headquarters, Armentieres. Armentieres was occupied by the British in October, 1914.

No. 45. Church of Notre Dame, Armentieres.

No. 46. Interior, Church of Notre Dame, Armentieres.

No. 47. Neuve Chapelle, Armentieres. Note the debris collected for sile.

No. 48.. Armentieres. House destroyed by bomb.

No. 49. The Military Cemetery, St. Jean, Armentieres. Contains graves of British, French, Belgian and German soldiers.

No. 50. Another view of the Military Cemetery, St. Jean, Armentieres. NIEUPORT, YPRES, ARMENTIERES, the “walls” of the Channel Ports.