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| Picture No | 10731408 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | Munitions scandal, cartoon, WW1 |
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A cartoon originally published in Reynold's Newspaper and reproduced in the Pictorial Politics column of The Tatler. A soldier in the trenches is being fed ammunition for his maxim gun directly from a munition factory via a tube. The caption reads, 'The Maxim of the Moment - Feed the firing line.' A comment on the urgent need for increased munition production following the munitions scandal of May 1915, where it was revealed that British military failures on the Western Front were due to a lack of shells.
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| Source | Unattributed illustration in The Tatler, 7 July 1915 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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