My Visit to the Italian Front by Bruce Bairnsfather

(Left picture): A Visit to the Alpini:
"The chauffeur says a car fell over here last week"
"Oh!"
Autobiographical cartoon from Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander documenting his experiences during a trip to the Italian Front in 1918. The picture on the right, showing a precarious mountain journey is entitled, On the Way Up - Unless you like riding, don't go and see the Alpini - the mule's ears tickle so."

Alpini Bairnsfather Mules

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