Pill boxes ANZAC Ridge from J3 A43

Place Europe: Western Front
Accession Number ART93090.024
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 25.5 x 36 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Howie, Laurence
Place made Western Front
Date made 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Sketch of pillbox fortifications, located in France or Belgium. Pillboxes were developed during the First World War to provide a secure place near the trenches to fire on an attacking side and were strong enough to withstand attacks from grenades and small-arms fire. They were used as defences behind the front line, so if the line was breached the attacking side would meet further resistance beyond the line.

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