2-710-746 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Transport Difficulties at the Front', (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: 'In the chalky soil of France, no less than in the mud of Flanders, the difficulty of supplying the troops with food and ammunition was tremendous. An ammunition wagon is here shown negotiating a derelict trench on its way to the firing line.' From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. V, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]