Sphere cover - artillery negotiating shell craters, Matania
British artillery in difficulty among shell craters in August 1918. Shell craters were created by explosions, could easily subside and filled with water in wet weather. The craters caused serious problems for artillery pursuing the Germans across the shell-devastated battlefields
Picture No
14099947
Media ID
45693516
Size
3400px x 5605px
(2.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Fortunino Matania on the front cover of The Sphere, 28 September 1918
Date
1918
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