Moonlight attack, Jelil
Drawing for "Moonlight attack"
Description:
Highland troops of the 7th Division are lying concealed among the withered barley in No-man's-Land, on the maritime plain near Jelil, close to the wired Turkish redoubts seen on the ridge to the right. They are waiting in moonlight for the bombardment (see nest plate, "Zero") to open before dawn.
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Drawing for the etching titled, "The moonlight attack, Jelil" (Hardie and Carter: H. 200).
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Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
