THE ROAD TO LENS.

From the Vimy Ridge (seen in the distance in the photograph) our men could look straight along the four miles of road to Lens; but it was eighteen months after the capture of the Ridge that they actually got possession of what was left of the town.

PLATE XLIX.

LENS UNDER SNOW.

The wilderness that was once Lens, as it appeared early in 1919.

PLATE L.