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text: (on tissue fly-leaf) THE FAMOUS FOUR DAYS' RETREAT FROM MONS: HOW THE WOUNDED HELPED THE WOUNDED
It was 2-30 in the afternoon, and between Le Cateau and Landrecies, when a party of wounded soldiers were resting on the floor of a small
church over which the Red Cross flag was floating. A German shell burst open the door, smashing the beautiful pillars and moulded
stonework, and further shells continued to burst upon the building, and so the wounded men, bearing as best they could their more severely
wounded comrades along with them, fled to a more sheltered spot.
A portfolio of twelve prints with printed tissue fly-leaves bearing titles and descriptions. This includes an
introduction to the work of Matania (with photograph) written by Clement K Shorter, Editor and Director, The Sphere, dated 30 September
1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Communications Action Military Personnel British Army Artillery | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Matania, Fortunino | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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