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American Artillery Relieved at Deumx After Days of Hard Fighting
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American Artillery Relieved at Deumx After Days of Hard Fighting

War Department · 1918-07 · charcoal (overall production method/technique)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Charcoal sketch on illustration board. The work depicts the exhausted members of an artillery unit moving away from the line at Deumx, France. A line of soldiers, horses, wagons, and artillery pieces are moving through a forest. Many of the soldiers, whether riding on horses, vehicles, or walking, are slouched and stooped.

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Credit lineAmerican Artillery Relieved at Deumx After Days of Hard Fighting. 1918-07. War Department. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.

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