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text: (on tissue fly-leaf) WITH THE FIELD GUNS ON THE WESTERN FRONT: A VISIT TO A BRITISH BATTERY
An order arrives by telephone; a soldier repeats it loudly; the officer unfolds his map hurriedly and looks, and raps out, "tell the
observer we will fire on X." The men are busy round the gun; the officer in the foreground is just receiving a message which has come by
way of the field telephone. One man is pressing down the spade at the end of the cylindrical trail, while another holds the shell in
readiness. The row of field guns is screened from enemy gaze by various means.
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: | 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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