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The illustrated war news, Nov. 18, 1914—­39

[Illustration:  Where anti-aircraft guns are not:  German machine-guns, on temporary mountings, for use against war-planes.]

The Germans, according to paragraphs from their newspapers reprinted here, sneer at the way London is guarding against hostile aircraft by mounting quick-firing guns and searchlights and putting out many street lamps.  They are doing much the same themselves, however, in the cities nearest their western frontier.  At Cologne, ever since August, there has been constant nervousness as to possible air-raids, and searchlights from elevated points in the city have swept the sky nightly, and machine-guns have been set up on tall buildings.  At Duesseldorf when our airmen destroyed a Zeppelin, the aviators were fired at by machine-guns from all over the city.  Our illustration shows German machine-guns in temporary use as anti-aircraft guns.—­[Photo. by Photopress.]

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[Illustration:  French Colonial troops whose dark complexions make them “Invisible” In night attacks!  Senegalese on the defensive at Pervyse.]

Among the French Colonial troops, the Senegalese have done excellent work, both on the Aisne and, more recently, in Belgium.  Our photograph was taken near Pervyse, a village on the railway between Dixmunde and Nieuport, which has been the scene of many fierce encounters.  In the Battle of the Aisne, when much night fighting took place, the Senegalese, it was reported, whose dark complexions rendered their faces less visible, proved very useful, and showed extraordinary daring.  A favourite ruse was to send them forward at night, and when they had crawled near to the German lines, to turn powerful searchlights on the enemy, who, blinded by the glare, could not see whence the attack came.  The Senegalese would then charge with the bayonet—­[Photo. by Newspaper Illustrations.]

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[Illustration:  Martial law in Egypt:  Examining passports at Port said since Turkey formally declared war.]