2-753-019 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'British Heavy Howitzer in Action on the Western Front', 1916. Artillery played a huge role in the First World War, at the start of the war the British bombarded the enemy before sending infantry over the top. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VI. The Spring and Summer Campaign of 1916", edited by J. A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1916]