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1915 · 75054 — London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd 1915. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Wraps. Good. 48 pages. Wraps. Profusely illustrated photographs and drawings. Maps. Front cover has some color. Pencil erasure residue on front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ex-library U. S. Army Military History Research Collection. Bookplate attached to first page. The Illustrated War News first issue Volume 1 August 1914 was a weekly magazine during the First World War published by the Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. of London England. Upon the outbreak of the first World War the magazine Illustrated London News began to publish illustrated reports related entirely to the war and entitled it The Illustrated War News. The magazine comprised 48 pages of articles photographs diagrams and maps printed in landscape format. From 1916 it was issued as a 40-page publication in portrait format. It was reputed to have the largest number of artist-correspondents reporting on the progress of the war. It ceased publication in 1918. This issue includes information and/or illustrations on: Neuve Chapelle Dardanelles Pigeon Despatch-Holder John de Robeck Motor-bath Grenade Honourable Artillery Company Uhlans Dragoons Richard Peirse Mensil R. Caton Woodville Trench Warfare Beausejour Bayonet-Charge Trench-Digging Implements Mine Warfare Sapper Counter-mine Harbor Defenses Goeben Respirator Breathing-valve Gas Warfare Prisoners of War Hyposcope Zeppelin. The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd paperback