| [I] | General Sir Douglas Haig |
| [II] | Grand’place And Ruins Of The Cloth Hall, Ypres |
| [III] | A Street In Ypres |
| [IV] | Distant View Of Ypres |
| [V] | A Village Church In Flanders |
| [VI] | The Battle Of The Somme |
| [VII] | “Tanks” |
| [VIII] | Ruined German Trenches, Near Contalmaison |
| [IX] | The Night Picket |
| [X] | Dug-outs |
| [XI] | Gordon Highlanders: Officers’ Mess |
| [XII] | Waiting For The Wounded |
| [XIII] | The Happy Warrior |
| [XV] | At A Base Station |
| [XVI] | On A Hospital Ship |
| [XVII] | Disembarked Troops Waiting To March Off |
| [XVIII] | Soldiers’ Billets—moonlight |
| [XIX] | A Gun Hospital |
| [XX] | An Observation Post |
| [THE SOMME BATTLEFIELD] | |
| [XXI] | Amiens Cathedral |
| [XXII] | The Virgin Of Montauban |
| [XXIII] | A Sketch In Albert |
| [XXIV] | Taking The Wounded On Board |
| [XXV] | “Walking Wounded” Sleeping On Deck |
| [XXVI] | (a and b) |
| “Walking Wounded” On A Hospital Ship | |
| “Walking Wounded” On A Hospital Ship | |
| [XXVII] | (a and b) |
| A Main Approach To The British Front | |
| “Road Liable To Be Shelled” | |
| [XXVIII] | Trouble On The Road |
| [XXIX] | British Troops On The March To The Somme |
| [XXX] | A Sketch At Contalmaison |
| [XXXI] | On The Somme: Sausage Balloons |
| [XXXII] | A Wrecked Aeroplane Near Albert |
| [XXXIII] | A Mess Of The Royal Flying Corps |
| [XXXIV] | Watching Our Artillery Fire On Trones Wood From Montauban |
| [XXXV] | (a and b) |
| In The Regained Territory | |
| [XXXVI] | A V.a.d. Rest Station |
| [XXXVII] | A Gateway At Arras |
| [XXXVIII] | Outside Arras, Near The German Lines |
| [XXXIX] | Watching German Prisoners |
| [XL] | On The Somme: “Mud” |
| [TRENCH SCENERY] | |
| [XLI] | Cassel |
| [XLII] | A Line Of Tanks |
| [XLIII] | A Kitchen In The Field |
| [XLIV] | The Gun Pit: Hardening The Steel |
| [XLV] | The Gun Pit: A Gun Jacket Entering The Oil Tank |
| [XLVI] | The Gun Pit: The Great Clutches Of The Crane |
| [XLVII] | Mounting A Great Gun |
| [XLVIII] | “The Hall Of The Million Shells” |
| [XLIX] | The Ruined Tower Of Bécordel-bécourt |
| [L] | Embarking The Wounded |
| [LI] | (a and b) |
| Mont St. Eloi | |
| Ruins Of Mametz | |
| [LII] | Ruined Trenches In Mametz Wood |
| [LIII] | “Thawing Out” |
| [LIV] | Disembarking |
| [LV] | Sleeping Wounded From The Somme |
| [LVI] | Distant Amiens |
| [LVII] | Scottish Soldiers In A French Barn |
| [LVIII] | Welsh Soldiers |
| [LIX] | A British Red Cross Depot At Boulogne |
| [LX] | Indian Cavalry |
| [THE UPPER HAND] | |
| [LXI] | Mounting A Great Gun |
| [LXII] | Erecting Aeroplanes |
| [LXIII] | An Aeroplane On The Stocks |
| [LXIV] | The Giant Slotters |
| [LXV] | Night Work On The Breech Of A Great Gun |
| [LXVI] | The Howitzer Shop |
| [LXVII] | The Night Shift Working On A Big Gun |
| [LXVIII] | Some Great Guns |
| [LXIX] | Moving Heavy Gun Tubes |
| [LXX] | A Coring Machine At Work On A Big Gun Tube |
| [LXXI] | Ruins Near Arras |
| [LXXII] | On The Somme: In The Old No Man’s Land |
| [LXXIII] | (a and b) |
| A Road Near The Front | |
| A Train Of Lorries | |
| [LXXIV] | On The Somme. R.f.c. Men Building Their Winter Hut |
| [LXXV] | Maricourt: The Ruins Of The Village |
| [LXXVI] | On The Somme, Near Mametz |
| [LXXVII] | A Market Place. Transport Resting |
| [LXXVIII] | (a and b) |
| The “Blighty Boat” And A Hospital Ship | |
| Scottish Troops On A Troopship | |
| [LXXIX] | Troops Returning From The Ancre |
| [LXXX] | A Hospital Ship At A Base |
| [THE BRITISH NAVY AND THE WESTERN FRONT] | |
| [LXXXI] | “Oiling”: A Battleship Taking In Oil Fuel At Sea |
| [LXXXII] | On A Battle-cruiser (H.m.s. “Lion”) |
| [LXXXIII] | H.m.s. “Lion” In Dry Dock |
| [LXXXIV] | On A Battleship: Lowering A Boat From The Main Derrick |
| [LXXXV] | Approaching A Battleship At Night |
| [LXXXVI] | A Line Of Destroyers |
| [LXXXVII] | On A Battleship: A Gun Turret |
| [LXXXVIII] | On A Battleship In The Forth |
| [XXXIX] | (a and b) |
| A Fleet Seascape | |
| The Crew At A Small Gun On A Battleship | |
| [XC] | The Fo’c’sle Of A Battleship |
| [XCI] | On A Battleship: The After Deck |
| [XCII] | Inside The Turret |
| [XCIII] | A Boiler Room On A Battleship |
| [XCIV] | (a and b) |
| Practice Firing: Big Guns On A Battleship | |
| On A Battleship: Sunset After A Wet Day | |
| [XCV] | On A Battleship: Airing Blankets |
| [XCVI] | Captain Cyril Fuller |
| [XCVII] | The Fleet’s Post Office |
| [XCVIII] | In The Submerged Torpedo Flat Of A Battleship |
| [XCIX] | Sailors On A Battleship Making Munitions For The Army |
| [C] | The Cinema On A Battleship |
THE WESTERN FRONT
DRAWINGS BY
MUIRHEAD BONE
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
GENERAL SIR DOUGLAS HAIG
G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E., A.D.C.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE WAR OFFICE
FROM THE OFFICES OF “COUNTRY LIFE,” LTD.,
20, TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON
MCMXVII
I have been asked to write a foreword to Mr. Muirhead Bone’s drawings. This I am glad to do, as they illustrate admirably the daily life of the troops under my command.