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“The Last Night Of the War” by F. C. Yohn, 1920, #USMC Art Collection.
On the night of 10 Nov 1918, the Fifth Marines launch an assault crossing of the Meuse River in the advance towards Mondidier.
#Combatart #fww #fwwhist #WWI #AEF #WesternFront #HundredDays
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I’m currently reading a gem of a book entitled “Morale” by John Baynes. It’s a highly readable account about unit cohesion of the 2nd Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915. The description of a night march is timeless. #milsky #fww #fwwhist ##booksky
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“Action at Night” by John Cosmo Clark, ca. 1917-18, #IWMCollection.
The artist served in the #GreatWar as a #subaltern on the Western Front. Paintings such as this give us a rare glimpse into night operations, during which it was almost impossible to
photograph the front lines. #fww #fwwhist #WWI
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This magnificent piece by noted Scottish artist Muirhead Bone appeared in the 1918 art book “The War Depicted by Distinguished British Artists.”
#Highlander #Scotland #Jock #piper #BritishArmy #fww #fwwhist #WWI #bagpipes
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Here is another of Swiss artist Eugene Burnand’s magnificent pastel drawing from the #GreatWar. This piece depicts a #Scottish #soldier.
ca. 1917, Birmingham Museums Trust.
#fww #fwwhist #highlander #Scotland
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Cpl G. W. Kimberley of Hampstead, UK. Drawn by Swiss artist Eugene Burnand, ca. 1917, Birmingham Museums Trust.
During the #GreatWar, the artist created a group of 104 fine art drawings of #Allied soldiers.
#fww #fwwhist #ww1 #WWI #RoyalArtillery
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Zonnebeke, Winter 1917-18. A British infantryman is stuck fast in a large pool of liquid mud in a shell hole. To the right one of his comrades stands beckoning to him. There is barbed wire in the background. text: Stuck Fast in Mud. The beginning of an awful experience! One of the 10th Service Battalion York and Lancaster Regt got held fast by the mud and slime in a shell hole which flooded as he struggled. To haul him with ropes was impossible as he would have died. It took four nights hard work by the Pioneers to get him free. HIs comrade stood by him day and night under fire. He fed him by means of a long stick. When eventually saved both went delirious. Alexander Jamieson, Captain QM 10th York & Lancaster Regt.
“Stuck Fast in Mud” by Alexander Jamieson, 1918, #IWM.
This harrowing piece shows a Tommy trapped in the slimy mud of the #Ypres salient.
The artist was an eyewitness and helped rescue this #soldier. Many others in similar circumstances weren’t so fortunate. #fww #fwwhist #ww1 #WWI #WesternFront
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“Tommy – Vanquisher of the Hun” by Jose Simont, 1916, L’Illustration magazine.
I don’t know if M. Simont travelled to the front for this particular work. But he was highly respected for the combat art he created in the #GreatWar.
#combatart #ww1 #WWI #fww #fwwhist #milart
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Front cover of a ‘petit bouquin’ « À la Rescousse » by Georges Spitzmuller published in late 1918. The cover shows French troops marching to the aid of their allies, the British, who are battered and wounded by the force of the 1918 German spring offensive. A British officer shakes the hand of the French officer leading the unit that has arrived to help in the fight.
It’s at this time of year that thoughts go to those brave French troops who marched to the aid of their stricken British allies during the difficult days of the March 1918 German spring offensive.
108 years later, and not forgotten. #FWWHist #FWW #WW1 #1GM
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This vivid drawing shows wounded American soldiers being evacuated during the last great German offensive in July 1918.
“American Wounded Make Their Way to an Aid Station During German Attack” by George Harding, 1918, #USArmy Art Collection.
See alt-text for further information. #GreatWar #AEF #WesternFront #fww #fwwhist #ww1
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