Daily British Whig (1850), 21 Apr 1917, p. 18

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PAGE TWO. A Peep Into Bagdad THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, APRIL 2 THE FALL OF BAGDAD--The country through which General Sir Stanley Maude has advanced has been cleared of Turkish troops and no trouble is expected with the -Arabs. The sentry is guarding a polnt near the Tigris, for, owing to geographical reasons, the army must keep in touch with the great river (To the left.) Since Bagdad has again come into the limelight a great many photographs are arriving from there giving one a good idea of the city. Here As one of the waterfront showing modern shipping in the background and very ancient craft in the front. A picturesque side of a bombardment, showing through the destroyed masonry the beginning of a French trench at Pontavert. (To the right.) Here is another view of Bagdad, 'reminding one ot Hall Caine's famous "Eternal City." The structures on the left are the Government buildings, and on the street one finds almost every nationality, Jews, Arabs, Persians and a scattering of Turks, who mostly hold official positions. The Postumes are very attractive es For many weeks past the British troops on the Western Front have been making continual inroads into the Ger- man positions. This is a typical case of an enemy trench captured in a raid during the night, northeast of Boucha- vesnes. A few prisoners were captured. The above photo graph shows specially constructed bridges used for cross- ing trenlie ., Chis is a picture from the front held by the Australians, depicting them shoving an

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