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A GENERAL VIEW OF THE CAPITAL OF SERVIA AS SEEN FROM THE DANUBE

The river is the dividing line between Austrian and Servian territory; but it has taken Austrian troops four months to capture Belgrade, and then only by approaching it through Servian territory

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ONE OF BELGRADE'S STREETS, SHOWING THE CITY'S ONLY MOHAMMEDAN MOSQUE
SERVIA'S CAPITAL, BELGRADE, RECENTLY CAPTURED
BY THE AUSTRIANS

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THE OLD AND THE NEW IN WARFARE

The ship shown in the picture is the famous frigate Victory, Nelson's flagship, which is still flying his country's ensign in the harbor of Portsmouth, England. Above, a modern military aeroplane is seen flying over the old ship from which, at the Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson signaled the famous message which has recently been widely used again as an appeal to British patriotism, " England expects every man to do his duty"

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The great height at which the military aeroplane must do its work makes this stratagem, in which a barrel and a cart are ingeniously used to imitate a concealed howitzer, an effective one. Similar dummy cannons used in the American Civil War were called "Quaker guns

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PHOTOGRAPH BY EDHOLM

THE AQUEDUCT AFTER THE APPLICATION OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AN ACCIDENT TO A GREAT WATER SYSTEM AND HOW IT WAS REMEDIED

THE AQUEDUCT AS IT APPEARED JUST AFTER THE ACCIDENT

This link in the Los Angeles aqueduct is known as the Antelope Valley Siphon. A cloudburst swept away one of the foundations, and the great pipe, ten feet in diameter, collapsed for nearly two mes as a result of atmospheric pressure when the water ran out. The pipe was restored through the ingenious application of hydraulic toponded to the precure of the water which was pra lolly turned on after the broken parts had been repaired, till they

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