Special Sale Pack of 7 Prints - 6 World War One Military Prints FREE!
DPK0853. Special Sale Pack of 7 Prints - 6 World War One Military Prints FREE!
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM1555. Battle of Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917 by David Pentland. At 0620 hours covered by a brief barrage from 1000 guns, the tanks of C and F Battalions in MkIV tanks advanced alongside the men of the British 12th Division against the impregnable German Hindenburg line at Cambrai. Supported in the air by 4 RFC squadron flying ground attack missions, the general offensive had broken through 3 trench lines and penetrated 5 miles on a 6 mile front by lunchtime. Although these gains were not exploited and later retaken by a German counter offensive, Cambrai showed the full potential of the tank on the battlefield. Signed limited edition of 200 giclee art prints. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM215. Gallipoli by Charles Dixon. Although a very brown picture, it shows the Lancashire Fusiliers coming of the beaches during the Gallipoli Campaign. Open edition print. Image size 23 inches x 14 inches (59cm x 36cm)
Item #3 - Click to view individual item DHM243. Breaking the Hindenburg Line by J.P. Beadle. The Hindenburg Line known also as the Siegfried Line was a vast system of German defences in northeastern France between Lens and past Verdun. Built over the winter of 1916 and 1917, the high command in Germany believed the Hindenburg line was was impregnable. But in 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai it was temporarily broken by the British and Newfoundland troops. Included in these forces were tank units, and the line was successfully breached a number of times during the hundred day offensive by the Allied forces in September 1918. Shown in this painting are the wounded being taken back behind lines by medical personnel as the reinforcements and supplies move forward. Open edition print. Image size 11.5 inches x 6 inches (29cm x 15cm)
Item #4 - Click to view individual item DHM440B. Backs to the Wall by Robert Gibb. The painting was inspired by Sir Douglas Haig's famous Special Order of the Day at the time of the Great German Offensive of April 1918.
…There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end…
This painting was Robert Gibb's final battle scene painted after the War and towards the end of his life. He died in Edinburgh in 1932. With our Backs to the Wall has become a saying in familiar use to many people even to this day when faced with a monumental task against overwhelming odds. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
Item #5 - Click to view individual item VAR490. Here They Come by William Barnes Wollen. Coldstream Guards, France 1914. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
Item #6 - Click to view individual item DHM443B. Battle of Gheluvelt, 31st October 1914 by J.P. Beadle. The 2nd Battalion Worcester Regiment and South Wales Borderers arriving in the grounds of the Chateau at Gheluvelt after their historic counter attack on 31st October 1914. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm)
Item #7 - Click to view individual item VAR0161. Charge of the First Life Guards at the battle of Klein Zillebeke November 6th 1914 by Harry Payne. Lower price due to lower quality of print compared to our usual high standard. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
Website Price: £ 135.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £308.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £173
All prices are displayed in British Pounds Sterling
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