Soldiers are posed outside a thatched cottage which appears to be their billet, as one man is shaving at a mirror nailed to the wall. One soldier is cleaning a Lewis gun, an automatic weapon which had a round magazine for forty-seven shells. Another man is filling the magazine. The Lewis gun was adopted as a relatively light version of the machine gun, although at 30lbs it was still quite awkward. Image attributed to John Warwick Brooke. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Scene in a fortified cottage just behind the lines.'] digital.nls.uk/74547568 Image by National Library of Scotland
14. Oktober 2012
Scene in a fortified cottage just behind the lines
Scene in a fortified cottage just behind the lines
