The War Depicted by Distinguished British Artists

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 to , 65 67 GALLIPOLI . . > 68 to 73 THE SEA to , 74 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 CECIL KING Capt." " Near Moreuil, Somme : January 1917 . . . . 27 Second-Lieut. McBEY " JAMES Fighting across the Jordan "...... 45 " " in . . . . General Allenby 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.)" in . H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth the Narrows, Dardanelles . 71 WILLIAM T. WOOD, R.A.F. (R.W.S.) Corpl." " 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 L. RUSSELL CONWAY Capt." " 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 iii 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 EVERETT JOHN" " 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 ...... 16 " Cemetery " 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 all the London Motor Buses on the Amiens Penny" way 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 CECIL KING Capt." Town Hall, Arras : August 1916 "..... 26 " A Gateway, Arras : Summer, 1916 "..... 29 " Camouflage "...... 79 Lieut. G. W. LAMBERT 60 ""Magdhaba" Camel with War Equipment "...... 61 Capt. E. LANDER " " A Church in the Front Line Cite Calonne, 1916 30 Sir LAVERY (A.R.A., JOHN" R.S.A.)" A Naval Base Twilight 80 " " Mine-Sweepers in Harbour . . . . .81 " " With the Fleet a 82 " Grey Day The Quarter-deck of H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth ... 83 " " A Coast Defence 84 Second-Lieut. McBEY " JAMES" Tel el Jemmi 47 iv Second-Lieut. JAMES McBEY (continued) PAGE " Lake Timsah " " " 48 The of Chabrias ...... " Camp " 49 Rachel's Tomb 50 " " of Omar ...... " Mosque 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 66 " Camp from Moschi " Kilima-Njaro ^ ..... 67 Second-Lieut. PAUL NASH

" " ' A Farm, Wytschaete ...... 31 C. R. W. NEVINSON " " ' Bursting Shell . . . 32 Lights" 33 ""Very Swooping down on a Hostile 'Plane" ..... 86 Sir WILLIAM ORPEN Major" (A.R.A.) " Some Members of the Allied Press with their Press Officers 34 " " Camp Main Street, Combles . . x . . . 35 " " The Girls' CoUege, Peronne 35 " " v Wounded in the Chest . 36 : ' " Frozen Feet . . . 36 " Captured Prisoners by the Roadside ..... 36 G. SPENCER PRYSE, M.C. (R.B.A.) Capt," " 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 R. BORLASE SMART Capt." " (A.R.B.A.) Ruins at Ypres 44 Lieut.-Commander NORMAN WILKINSON, R.N.V.R. R.O.I.) " (R.I., " The Advance over the Salt Lake, Suvla, August 21, 1915 . 70 " " Monitors Yeni Sher Dardanelles . 73 " 14-inch shelling Village," 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

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- THEselves served in His or who have been Majesty's Forces, 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 be considered as the direct and ; they personal impressions of men who have come into close contact with the realities of its its its flood of war, emotions, horrors, and 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 such as the brush of a Meissonier a movement inspired ; landscape painter is perhaps best qualified to render a battlefield ofto-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 rendered in the of this volume and to have him preparation ; thank the various artists and owners who have kindly lent their works for reproduction.

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