THE WAR
DEPICTED BY DISTINGUISHED BRITISH ARTISTS
EDITED BY CHARLES HOLME
MCMXVIII
"THE STUDIO" LTD. LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE WESTERN FRONT pages 3 to 44
PALESTINE , 451061
SALONICA , 62 and 63
EAST AFRICA , 65 to 67
GALLIPOLI . . > 68 to 73
THE SEA , 74 to 83
THE AIR „ 84 to 89
IN COLOURS
Second-Lieut. MUIRHEAD BONE PAGE
" Field Artillery Sports " 7
C. H. H. BURLEIGH (R.O.I.)
" Interior of the Pavilion, Brighton, showing the wounded Indians " 95 Capt. CECIL KING
" Near Moreuil, Somme : January 1917 " . . . . 27 Second-Lieut. JAMES McBEY
" Fighting across the Jordan "...... 45
" General Allenby in Bethlehem " . . . • . . 55
LEONARD RICHMOND (R.B.A.)
" In the Wake of the Huns " 39
Lieut.-Commander NORMAN WILKINSON, R.N.V.R. (R.I., R.O.I.)
" H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth in the Narrows, Dardanelles " . . 71 Corpl. WILLIAM T. WOOD, R.A.F. (R.W.S.)
" Salonica— The Fire " . . . ... . 63
IN MONOTONE
Lieut. NORMAN G. ARNOLD, R.A.F.
" Overshooting " 85
Lieut. ALFRED BENTLEY, M.C. (R.E.)
" Mont des Cats " 3
" Behind the Lines near Ypres "...... 4
Second-Lieut. MUIRHEAD BONE
" The Town Hall of Peronne " 5
" The Grand Manoir de Lihons " 6
" Out of the Line " 9
" Taking the Wounded on Board " 10
"A Shipyard" ..... ... 75
" An American River Steamer in an English Harbour " . . 76
" The Fo'c'sle of a Battleship " . . 77
Capt. L. RUSSELL CONWAY
" Loaded Transports in Mudros Harbour " . . .68
Major FRANCIS DODD
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, K.T., G.C.B., G.C.V.O. . . 90
General Sir H. C. O. Plumer, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. . 91
Admiral Sir David Beatty, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., D.S.O. 92
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Major FRANCIS DODD (continued} PAGE
Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, K.C.B., D.S.O. . . 93 Rear-Admiral Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., D.S.O. 94
JOHN EVERETT
" S.S. Shuna discharging Timber at the Port of London " . 78
Sapper FRED A. FARRELL
" Drum-fire Flashes " ....... 1 1
Lieut. Louis GINNETT (R.O.I.)
" Grand' Place, Ypres " 12
" Interior of Robecq Church " . . . . . . 13
Capt. E. HANDLEY-READ (R.B.A.)
" Richebourg-l'Avoue " 41
" Longueval " . . . . . . ... .42
Capt. KEITH HENDERSON
Study of a Shell-burst " . . . . . . . 14
Lieut. ADRIAN HILL
" Finding Billets, Mesnil " 15
" Beaucourt Cemetery " . . . . . . . 16
" Main Street, Peronne " . . . . . 17
" Observation Post outside Hebuterne " . . . . 18
" Arras Railway Station "....... 19
" A ' Heavy ' resting on the Arras Road " .... 20
" Tank Park, somewhere behind the Line " ... 21 " With the A.S.C. (Mechanical Transport) " . . . .22
" ' A Penny all the way ' — London Motor Buses on the Amiens
Road " 23
" Interior of a ' Dug-out,' Gavrelle " . . . . 24
" Beaucourt Trench by Night " 24
H. HILLIER, late R.N.V.R.
" Mudros " 69
Capt. GILBERT HOLIDAY
" ' The City of Fear '—Ypres, Christmas, 1917 " . -25
Pte. ERIC H. KENNINGTON
" The Ration-Carrier " 98
Capt. CECIL KING
" Town Hall, Arras : August 1916 "..... 26
" A Gateway, Arras : Summer, 1916 "..... 29
" Camouflage "......... 79
Lieut. G. W. LAMBERT
"Magdhaba" 60
" Camel with War Equipment "...... 61
Capt. E. LANDER
" A Church in the Front Line— Cite Calonne, 1916 " 30
Sir JOHN LAVERY (A.R.A., R.S.A.)
" A Naval Base— Twilight " 80
" Mine-Sweepers in Harbour " . . . . .81
" With the Fleet— a Grey Day " 82
" The Quarter-deck of H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth ... 83
" A Coast Defence " 84
Second-Lieut. JAMES McBEY
" Tel el Jemmi " 47
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Second-Lieut. JAMES McBEY (continued) PAGE
" Lake Timsah " 48
" The Camp of Chabrias " . . . . . . 49
" Rachel's Tomb " 50
" Mosque of Omar " . . . . . . . 51
" Listening-Post in the Desert "...... 52
"Nightfall" 53
" General Allenby's Entrance into Jerusalem " ... 54
" Presentation of Notables at Jerusalem " .... 57
" Camel Corps— Night March to Beersheba " . . . . 58
" The First Tractor at Jerusalem " ..... 59
Pte. J. HAMILTON MACKENZIE (R.S.W., R.E.)
" ' M.T.' Workshop, Wami River Camp .... 65
" Nairobi Camp " 66
" Kilima-Njaro from Moschi " ^ ..... 67
Second-Lieut. PAUL NASH
" A Farm, Wytschaete " . . . ' . . . 31
C. R. W. NEVINSON
" Bursting Shell " . . . ' 32
"Very Lights" 33
" Swooping down on a Hostile 'Plane" ..... 86
Major Sir WILLIAM ORPEN (A.R.A.)
" Some Members of the Allied Press Camp with their Press Officers " 34
" Main Street, Combles " . . x . . . 35
" The Girls' CoUege, Peronne " 35
" Wounded in the Chest " v . 36
:' Frozen Feet " . . . 36
" Captured Prisoners by the Roadside ..... 36
Capt, G. SPENCER PRYSE, M.C. (R.B.A.)
" British Cavalry Bivouac during the Battle of the Aisne " . 37
" Indians in the Grounds of a Chateau at Poperinghe " . . 38
Prof. W. RoTHENSTEIN
" Street in Peronne " 43
" Ruined Houses a^Chaulnes "...... 43
Sergeant HENRY RUSHBURY, R.A.F.
" ' The Washington Inn,' St. James's Square, London " . . 97
Capt. R. BORLASE SMART (A.R.B.A.)
" Ruins at Ypres " 44
Lieut.-Commander NORMAN WILKINSON, R.N.V.R. (R.I., R.O.I.)
" The Advance over the Salt Lake, Suvla, August 21, 1915 " . 70
" 14-inch Monitors shelling Yeni Sher Village, Dardanelles " . 73
" The War Shamrock— First Standard Ship " .... 74
Corpl. WILLIAM T. WOOD, R.A.F. (R.W.S.)
"Salonica" 62
" Brought down in Flames " ...... 87
" ' Parachuting '—Destruction of a Kite Balloon " . . . 88
" Crashed " (Fokker v. De Havilland 2) 89
EDITORIAL NOTE
THE Editor has not thought it necessary to attach any lengthy descriptions or critical comments to the series of pictures here presented. They are the work of British Artists who have them- selves served in His Majesty's Forces, or who have been granted permission to visit the various war areas, both on land and sea, and they speak for themselves. They are something more than mere renderings of scenes and events ; rather should they be considered as the direct and personal impressions of men who have come into close contact with the realities of war, its emotions, its horrors, and its flood of human activity, and have given expression to them through the medium of their art. The "made-up" or imaginary composition has been carefully avoided; indeed many of the original sketches have been produced under difficult and dangerous conditions in or behind the lines, on the sea, or in the . air. The present war does not offer the spectacular effects of colour and movement such as inspired the brush of a Meissonier ; a landscape painter is perhaps best qualified to render a battlefield of to-day . Through the collection of works shown here we are enabled to obtain an insight into the character and spirit of modern warfare in its varied aspects. The Editor desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to Mr. Alfred Yockney, of the Ministry of Information, and Major Charles Ffoulkes, F.S.A., of the Imperial War Museum, for the valuable assistance they have rendered him in the preparation of this volume ; and to thank the various artists and owners who have kindly lent their works for reproduction.
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" PARACHUTING'— DESTRUCTION OF A KITE BALLOON' BY CORPL WILLIAM T. WOOD, R.A.F. (R.W.S.)
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"CRASHED" (FOKKER ",• DE HAVILLAND 2) BY CORPL. WILLIAM T. WOOD, R.A.F. (R.W.S.)
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