al spring bent back and held fast in a notch, to be released on the
lighting of the fuse. An illustration of a catapult appeared in the
"Illustrated War News" of December 23.

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[Illustration: HAND-GRENADES SHOT FROM A GUN!--AARSEN GRENADES BURSTING
IN THE OPEN.]

On the page opposite we give a photograph of a Danish experimental gun,
designed at Copenhagen, for firing Aarsen hand-grenades. The grenades are
shown in the act of being introduced into the breech of the weapons, and
the apparatus for holding each grenade in the hand is clearly shown. In
the photograph above the shells are seen bursting at a certain distance
from the firing-point. Our soldiers in the trenches in Flanders, according
to "Eye-Witness," have made improvised hand-grenades for themselves,
utilising empty jam-tins. These are charged with gun-cotton and fused, and
on being lighted are flung across among the Germans in their trenches.
What the jam-tin hand-grenades look like the "War News" illustration
referred to shows, and how they are used with catapults.

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[Illustration: READY FOR THE TURKISH ARMY SENT "TO DELIVER EGYPT"! A
BRITISH ENTRENCHED CAMP ON THE SUEZ CANAL.]

It was stated on December 23 that the "Frankfuerter Zeitung" had learned
from Constantinople that the Turkish Army sent "to deliver Egypt" began
its forward march to the Suez Canal on the 21st. The Canal is securely
held along its hundred miles of length. Our illustration shows one of the
several British advanced-camps on the eastern bank (the Asiatic or
Sinaitic Peninsula side), placed there to prevent a surprise attack. In
all cases, our positions are well fortified, and, with the desert in
front, present a formidable barrier to the enemy. In support of the
entrenched camps, movable pontoon-bridges have been constructed at certain
points. These, with the permanent railway along the western bank, will
enable reinforcements to be thrown across the waterways speedily.]

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