81/5001 World War I Lot of ±180 press photographs

81/5001 World War I Lot of ±180 press photographs

= Interesting collection, incl. official press photographs showing i.a. General Smuts inspecting his troops, H.M. the King inspecting war booty, soldiers digging and restoring trenches, ruins of towns taken by the English (i.a. Athie, Boisleux au Mont, Courcelles, Peronne, Tilloy, Ypres), scenes of the front from the Aisne and Marne, burial scenes, crashed zeppelins, scenes aboard allied ships and in general the incredible devastation of the towns and villages on the Western front. Also including a series of photographs showing "What the daughters of Britain are doing" (mostly of women at work in munition and arms factories). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.