Daily British Whig (1850), 14 Oct 1916, p. 1

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# Illustrated Seciion KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1916. EE ------ dad. p= TT \ TT a L OBSERVATION POST AND GUN ON THE FRENCH FRONT. LARGEST TYPE OF GUN USED BY THE FRENCH IN THEIR OFFENSIVE ON THE SOMME. Huge gun on Somme front, cleverly concealed by a sapling and leaf construction, which 2 also answers the purpose of an observation post. It is & 300-millimetre gun and had aided materially in forcing back the enemies' lines to -their present position. : MOTOR GROCERY STORE ON FRENCH FRONT. CAPTURED ON THE SOMME FRONT. 7 . 5 o In order to eliminate the profit of the middleman, who have made a habit of charging exorbitant prices for dainties purchased licatessen stores, vending tid-bits, have been organized by the government, German soldiers who have been made captive by the French during the offensive on by the soldiers at the front, these travelling del y the Somme. and edibles can be purchased by the soldiers for little money. Ceremonies held at the famous monument efected in Senlis in commemoration of the Battie of the Owreg, & tributary of the Marne. Services were conducted by Archbishop of Maux. Genera!

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