2-710-824 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Off To The Trenches', (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: [British Commander-in-Chief] 'Sir John French reviewing a party of troops going on duty in the trenches. The deep personal interest in all the units of the forces displayed by the Commander inspired the entire army with the utmost confidence in and attachment to him.' 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]