Artist: Fortunino Matania (biography)
Medium: Lithograph print on Paper
Size: 9" x 15" (240mm x 380mm)
Date: 1916

This is a print.

This is the printed cover page from The Sphere dated 21st October 1916 and is taken from Matania's personal archives.

A scene at 3.15am on Tuesday 26th September as British troops entered the town of Combles. There in the smoke blackened dawn they suddenly met with the French "Halte! Qui va la?" " We're British" "Les Anglais! Bon!".

Caption explaining the scene accompanies the picture.