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Description: | image: A moonlit night at the edge of a wood. At the centre of the composition, a German officer in full field uniform
facing right in profile. His outstretched left hand grasps a French poilu by the throat; his right holds a straight-bladed sword which he
holds to the latter's stomach. The Frenchman, in regulation blue overcoat and red trousers, has beaten off two German infantrymen who sit
in the foreground nursing their wounds. A further two Germans come up behind the poilu. To the far left of the composition three French
infantryman, facing the viewer, take aim at the Germans. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | patrol Action French Army and 38th line infantry and Imperial German Army Military Personnel German invasion of Belgium and France Jacobini (Sergeant) Uniforms | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Fabiano, Fabien | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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