Navy & Army Illustrated. August 22nd, 1914.
- Edition.
- £18.50
For Sale is an Issue of "Navy & Army Illustrated," August 22nd, 1914. This issue has been taken from a Bound Volume, therefore the Binding Holes are showing.
Condition is Good, with the Print being Bright and Clear.
Contents.
Articles.
1- The Fleet - What is it ?
2- The Menace of the Mine. How theses Death-Dealing Weapons are Laid and how they may be Removed.
3- Germany's Grim War Engines.
4- The Cockpit of Europe. Holding the Fighting Machine.
Photographs.
1- Front Page shows a Photograph of the King called "The Sailor King's Message to His Navy. (With the message below)
2- Half Page Photograph called "Off To The Front ! " showing Belgian Infantry setting out from Brussels for Louvain.
3- Half Page Photograph showing "The Garman "War Lord" and his Staff in the Field.
4- Half Page Photograph called "Precautions Against Aerial Craft," showing Bomb-proof shelters for the German Headquarters staff.
5- Half Page Photograph called "A New Force in Army Operations," showing a German cyclist corps in a typical Ardennes forest.
6- Small Photograph called "For King and Country," showing the London Artists corps drilling in St. Pancras Churchyard.
7- Photograph of Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War.
8- Small Photograph called "Converting the Citizen into a Soldier in Hyde Park."
9- Photograph called "Guarding the Flag," showing two turrets of H.M.S. "Conqueror," showing the 13.5in. guns, ten of which form her main armament.
10- Full Page Photograph called "The "Fangs" of yje British Lion," showing the muzzles of the forward 12in. guns of the battleship "Neptune" covered during coaling.
11- Full Page Photograph called "The Flagship which Revolutionised the Navies of the World." (Photograph of he Dreadnought)
12- Full Page Photograph called "The Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet Flies his Flag upon the Latest Super-Dreadnought, H.M.S. "Iron Duke."
13- Photograph showing "In Two Columns Line Ahead" - The First and Second Battleship Squadrons of Super- "Dreadnoughts" setting out to Sea.
14- Photograph showing the Ships of the Second Squadron of the British Home Fleet, consisting of the Battleships "King George V.," "Centurion," "Ajax" and "Audacious," and the Light Cruisers "Southampton," "Birmingham" and "Nottingham," in Kiel Harbour.
15- Double Page Photograph showing "His Majesty the King Acknowledging the Salute of the Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, Passing in Full War Kit, in Front of Buckingham Palace."
16- Photograph showing "H.M.S. "Iphigenia."
17- Photograph called "Four Shots Sank Her !," showing the "Koenigin Luise," sent to her doom by H.M.S. "Lance," one of the latest Destroyers.
18- Portrait Photograph of "Captain H. Fox."
19- Photograph called "A Victim of the Mine," showing the "Amphion."
20- Full Page Portrait Photograph of "Field-Marshal Sir John D.P. French, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G. Inspector-General of the Forces.
21- Photographs showing the following pictures of "Germany's Grim War Engines."
a- The Krupp 6.5 Centimetre Field Balloon Gun. - Stowed on Motor Transport for transport.
b- The 11 Inch Mortar Ready for Transport.
c- The Largest and most Powerful Howitzer in the World in Firing Position.
d- The Krupp 6.5 Centimetre Field Balloon Gun.- Dismounted showing runway and breech mechanism.
e- The Mortar Tractor with Stowed Ammunition.
f- Setting the 11 inch Mortar in the Firing Position.
22- Photograph showing General Joffre, the Commander-in-Chief of the French Forces.
23- Photograph called "Taking Care of the Fighting Man," showing each French Soldier carrying a spare pair of boots.
24- Half Page Photograph showing "The Grenadier Guards Leaving Chelsea Barracks."
25- Half Page Photograph showing "Queen Alexandra's Farewell to the Officers of the Coldstream Guards."
26- Small Portrait Photograph of "General Leman."
27- Small Photograph called "The Toll of War," showing the Queen of the Belgians visiting the hospitals to console those who have been wounded in their desperate fight for hearth and home.
28- Photograph called "Where the Germans were Checked," showing the historic and picturesque city of Liege, the scene of many sanguinary encounters in the opening stages of the Great European War.
29- Photograph called "One and All." (Showing Staff from The National Relief Fund.)