'The Somme Front, 1916 - heavy Howitzer position', 1916

Etching by Lieutenant James McBey (1883-1959), Army Printing and Stationery Service, 1916.

A scene from the Western Front during World War One (1914-1918). Gun emplacements housing howitzers in a barren landscape of mud, shell holes and shattered trees.

After producing sketches on the Western Front James McBey became the official war artist of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.