RED CROSS BARGES ON THE SOMME
Many wounded or sick soldiers, British and French, are brought by river or canal from near the front to near a
base hospital or the sea. The motion is easy, the men have good air and quiet; any who are well enough to be on
deck have pleasant and changeful surroundings to look at. The English have fitted up for this purpose many of the
large, square-built and bluff-bowed - almost box like - French canal boats. The French Red Cross uses barges driven
by engines placed aft
