Title

Some Spoils of the Battle-field', (1919).

Caption

'Some Spoils of the Battle-field', (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: 'The first use of flame-projectors (flammenwerfer) by the Germans was experienced by our [British] troops at the battle of Hooge. Some of these barbarous instruments fell into our hands and some were also captured by the French. Two of these are seen in the illustration....' The first use of a flamethrower in a concerted action was on 30 July 1915 against British trenches at Hooge near Ypres in Belgium. From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. V, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]

Date

1919

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F14_437

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,7Mb (3,0Mb) / 18,1in x 13,0in / 5441 x 3897 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph Germany German country equipment weapon weapons gun guns war location century first world war concept machine gun B&W artillery captured MONOCHROME metaphor warfare World War I WWI heavy artillery black & white black and white B W weaponry World War One 1910s 20th century The Print Collector 1st World War flamethrower spoils of war WW1 photograph Unknown flame projector Knight Caxton Publishing Company William Stanley Macbean Knight William Stanley Macbean W. Stanley Macbean Knight W Stanley Macbean Knight W. Stanley Macbean W Stanley Macbean W. S. M. W. S. M. Knight Caxton Pulishing Company Lim