Mounted sketches and paintings of Gallipoli, the East Mediterranean and the Western Front (1915-1917) / R.C. Perry.

Original object type: Artefact
Title: Mounted sketches and paintings of Gallipoli, the East Mediterranean and the Western Front (1915-1917) / R.C. Perry.
Description:
"19. Artillery preparation: Authuille Wood, Thiepval." Sketch includes legend: "Thiepval, Authuille Wood, Oct. 1916". On reverse: "19. Thiepval during Somme battle. Enemy barrage. Many thousands of men are concentrated in the trenches faintly indicated. Here the Tanks were first used in action. (Pencil sketch inked in later.)".
Date range: Oct-16