Title

The Effect of British Shell Fire', (1919).

Caption

'The Effect of British Shell Fire', (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: "Our artillery destroyed a convoy of [German] motor transports on the road". The above photograph is of the wreckage cleared from the road afterwards, and gives a vivid impression of the deadly accuracy of our guns, both sides of the road being strewn with wreckage.' From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. III, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]

Date

1919

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F15_133

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,1Mb (3,5Mb) / 19,1in x 12,9in / 5716 x 3858 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph transport transportation Germany road people male vehicles man men destruction German country guy lane avenue damage truck trucks war location century lorry soldiers soldier wreckage first world war concept B&W MONOCHROME road Transport World War I WWI black & white black and white B W World War One 1910s 20th century shelling The Print Collector 1st World War WW1 street photograph Unknown 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