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Description: | Concept: propaganda, seascape, shipping, charities, atrocities / war crimes, natural phenomena / time / weather, military personnel, military vehicles Description: whole: the image occupies the majority of the upper half, held within a black border. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge and across the centre, in black and in red. The text is separate and positioned in the lower half, also in black and in red. The title and text are set against a white background. image: a Red Cross hospital ship sailing from left to tight, at night, with the conning tower of a partially surfaced German submarine visible in the foreground. The submarine fires a torpedo at the ship, aimed directly at the Red Cross flag on its starboard side. text: WHAT A RED RAG IS TO A BULL- DAVID WILSON + W.F.B THE RED CROSS IS TO THE HUN. To the already Long List of Outrages by the HUNS on The RED CROSS both on Land and Sea, there was added on January the 4th This Year, the Sinking without warning in the Bristol Channel of the Hospital Ship 'REWA.' - Fortunately owing to the Splendid Discipline and the Unselfish and Heroic Conduct of the Officers, Crew, and The Medical Staff, All the wounded, of whom there were over 700 on board were saved, - But three poor Lascar Firemen went down with the ship. THE DANGERFIELD PRINTING CO., LTD., LONDON. Object: ship, submarine | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Wilson, David W F B Printer: The Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd, London Publisher/Sponsor: British Red Cross Society | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3303... | Go to resource |
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