Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1916 — SENEGALESE TROOPS READY AT ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SENEGALESE TROOPS READY AT ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT

Anticipating that Germany's next great drive will be Into Egypt, with the capture of the Suez canal as the objective, Great Britain is concentrating men, ammunition, food and supplies to block such a possibility. This photograph shows troops from Senegal at the railway station in Alexandria.