[Procession carrying food]

Depicts the mustachioed protagonist leading two men who are carrying food. The protagonist is carrying his rifle and striding confidently through the trenches. Behind him is a man with no facial hair, who is carrying two 'squad boilers' (official mess equipment for holding food). Following him is the bearded man with the pipe. He is also holding a squad boiler, and has some very round loaves of bread, or sausages on a string draped around his shoulder on a string. All of the soldiers have the numbers '320' written on their collars.

Sketchbook belonging to Paul Prangère. Found on the WWI battlefields in France by Private Charles Edward Goldspink M.M., 17 Infantry Battallion. Depicts life in the trenches during the first two costly battles of Champagne. The first battle took place between 10 December 1914 - 17 March 1915 and 90,000 French were injured. The second battle occurred between 22 September 1915 - 6 October 1915. It probably does not depict the thrid battle of Champagne (16 - 20 April 1917) because Prangere states the date of creation as being 1916. Many of the illustrations are of a jovial and gentle life in dugouts. The second half of the sketchbook portrays the soldier on leave with his wife or girlfriend after being injured. Despite the grim nature of life in the trenches, the artist largely portrays a lyrical existence, with his simple and humourous illustrative style anticipating Hergé's Tintin (which was first published in 1929).