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Cartoon, His final costume, WW1Cartoon, His final costume, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in civilian clothing rather than military uniform -- a black suit and top hat
Cartoon, Enfer-Pacha, WW1Cartoon, Enfer-Pacha (a pun on Enver Pasha -- Enfer meaning Hell). Ismail Enver Pasha (1881-1922), leader of the Ottoman Empire and member of the Central Powers during the First World War. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Their munitions factories, WW1Cartoon, Their munitions factories. An Italian soldier carries a large bowl of shells, made to look like large macaroni. Date: 1916
Cartoon, On the Isonzo, WW1Cartoon, On the Isonzo (a river on the eastern Italian Front). Showing an Italian carabiniere holding the imperial eagle upside down -- it will make a nice starter for his wolfs dinner
Cartoon, Art in 1916, WW1Cartoon, Art in 1916. A sitter comments to her artist that his latest portrait doesn t look at all like her. He replies that the war is to blame! Date: 1916
Cartoon, The right way, WW1Cartoon, The right way. An old soldier chats to other old soldiers in the square of a French town. They are all too old to enlist in the war
Cartoon, Round figures, WW1Cartoon, Round figures. A French gendarme officiously challenges a civilian man about his age. The document says 47, but he is sure the man looks nearer 50. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Let them pass, WW1Cartoon, Let them pass. Two French gendarmes in army uniform decide that these two ladies can be allowed through -- they can t possibly be German, as they are pretty and have delicate little feet
Cartoon, Delivering a letter, WW1Cartoon, showing a French gendarme rather officiously delivering a letter to a colonel, feeling rather self-important to be part of the war effort. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Zimmerwald pacifism, WW1Cartoon, Zimmerwald pacifism. A man representing the Zimmerwald peace movement offers an olive branch to some French soldiers
Cartoon, Russian army on battlefield, WW1Cartoon, Russian army charging across a battlefield. A Russian man tells a French man that they will soon put paid to the German enemy. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Its all about understanding each other, WW1Cartoon, Its all about understanding each other. A haughty young German soldier and a meek old Frenchman stand together in a room, giving little sense of equality or negotiation. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The new Fraulein, WW1Cartoon, The new Fraulein. An elderly French man asks his two granddaughters what they think of the new Fraulein (presumably their governess)
Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, WW1Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, showing the German Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, replacing the German eagle with a duck (canard, an idiom for a hoax or rumour). Date: 1916
Cartoon, A false rumour, WW1Cartoon, A false rumour from the Western Front. Four market women talk about cannibalism among the troops. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The tall story, WW1Cartoon, The tall story. Showing a rumour circulating, from two men at the top of the Eiffel Tower down to two women at the foot of a staircase
La Baionnette cover - French impression of British officerFront cover design for La Baionnette, an issue focusing on the British Tommy. Showing a stereotypical English soldier in khaki uniform, smoking a pipe. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Humour, WW1Cartoon, Humour, showing two fashionable French women chatting with an English soldier. They say it must bother him to kill Germans. He replies no, they ve been used to it for a long time. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Epic song, WW1Cartoon, Epic song. A pretty French woman sits at a table, with four British soldiers hovering nearby. She says its typically the soldier she likes the look of most who doesn t understand French
Cartoon, A shady deal, WW1Cartoon, a German suggests a shady deal involving the import of German goods to France, perhaps for the purposes of spying. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Nostalgia, WW1Cartoon, Nostalgia. A sailor in a trench tells his commander that he is unable to go on the attack this morning because hes suffering from land sickness (presumably the opposite of sea sickness)
Cartoon, Neglected sailor, WW1Cartoon, A neglected sailor asks a group of civilians in a restaurant what is the point of being masters of the sea, if people only give you one sardine to eat? Date: 1916
Cartoon, War stories, WW1Cartoon, War stories. A French sailor tells a group of civilians of his exploits. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Guarding Salonika, WW1Cartoon, Guarding Salonika. Two sailors in white uniform on deck, watching the passing shipping. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Two fashionable French women, WW1Cartoon, two fashionable French women with their purchases, one of them reading a newspaper (Le Journal). One of them says that its easy to say Howitzers, Grenades, etc
Cartoon, A great Christmas present, WW1Cartoon, A great Christmas present. A soldier opens a wooden crate marked Very Fragile to find his godmother is inside it. Date: 1916
Cartoon, German women at Christmas, WW1Cartoon, German women at Christmas with a table full of gift items. A woman tells her friend she is lucky her husband is fighting in the war
Cartoon, Two French soldiers, WW1Cartoon, Two rather elderly French soldiers stand in the street, chatting about the possibility of winning the war. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Difficult extraction, WW1Cartoon, Difficult extraction. French soldiers undertake some impromptu dental work for a colleague. Don t worry, old friend, we ll get them! Date: 1916
Cartoon, At the bistro, WW1Cartoon, At the bistro. Two French soldiers chat with the bistro owner about their determination to win the war. Date: 1916
Cartoon, A sensitive man, WW1Cartoon, A sensitive man. A group of French soldiers are sharing a bucket of Pinard (cheap wine or plonk). Do you know that our ancestors the Gauls drank mead from the skulls of their enemies
Cartoon, Sharing a drink, WW1Cartoon, a French soldier and a British soldier share a drink of Pinard (cheap wine or plonk), enjoying a break from fighting. Date: 1916
Cartoon, They don t have any in Germany, WW1Cartoon, They don t have any in Germany. Allied soldiers celebrate with a drink of Pinard (cheap wine or plonk), happy to think that its not available in Germany
Cartoon, Field hair trimmer, WW1Cartoon, A field hair trimmer for cutting the hair of German soldiers. A long queue of hairy men wait their turn. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Explanation, WW1Cartoon, Explanation. Three old age pensioners outside a restaurant discuss earnings and taxation. The plump man says he pays no taxes because he spends all his money on food. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Six thousand years later, WW1Cartoon, Six thousand years later, showing a prehistoric caveman seeing an airship in the sky as a development of the club in his hand. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Elephants in armour, WW1Cartoon, Elephants in armour (Hohenzollern patented system). Showing an elephant in armour, using its trunk to distribute petrol from two barrels which it carries on either side
Cartoon, News from Montauban, WW1Cartoon, News from Montauban. Three young French women read an English communique about heavy firing in the Montauban region
Cartoon, French soldier and girlfriend, WW1Cartoon, a French soldier and his girlfriend in a grassy field. He boasts that he will make the Empress (perhaps he means the wife of Kaiser Wilhelm) buy him a beer when he helps to win the war
Cartoon, Regrets, WW1Cartoon, Regrets. An elderly man is sorry to see that he has a rival for a ladys affections -- he can t win against a young soldier in uniform with a wounded hand. Date: 1916
Cartoon, First feelings, WW1Cartoon, First feelings. A French soldier says that the first time he saw a German soldier he couldn t fire at him because he seemed too old to be shot. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Anxiety, WW1Cartoon, Anxiety. A lady in a yellow dress and bonnet pulls the petals off a flower, wondering whether her soldier loves her or not. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The peace treaty, WW1Cartoon, The peace treaty. An imaginary peace treaty with a sword sticking into a German eagle, and the signature of Rosalie (a nickname for the French bayonet) signed in the eagles blood below
Cartoon, The little English knife, WW1Cartoon, The little English knife. A French soldier in a trench on the Western Front tells his English colleague that he is faithful to his Rosalie (the name for his bayonet)
Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed, WW1Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed. An allegorical female representing the medieval period holds the famous sword named Durandal (or Durendal), from the time of Charlemagne
Cartoon, An easy target, WW1Cartoon, An easy target. A German sailor tells his Commandant that a merchant ship has stopped near them. The Commandant replies that in that case hes not likely to miss it. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Troop transport, WW1Cartoon, Troop transport. An ex-valet, now a soldier, is surprised to find that his former employer, a baron, is his driver. Date: 1916
Cartoon, A question of speed, WW1Cartoon, A question of speed. A group of French soldiers relaxing by the roadside call out rude comments to a driver passing in a covered lorry. Date: 1916