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Lot 1
Fortunino Matania, R.I. (1881-1963)
Keeping off a night attack on the Western Front: A ruse de guerre in the trenches - Firing star pistols and rifles at once
Closed7 October 2014
Price Realised
GBP 3,000
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Specialist note
"During the retirement to a new line of trenches a handful of men were left behind to personate a company as best they could while our men were withdrawing. I saw one of our fellows firing his rifle and also blazing away with a star pistol. The result was that the enemy was successfully bluffed into imagining we were there in force."
This drawing, as was indicated when it was originally published in the accompanying text by the artist, was taken from a sketch drawn by Matania in the front line trenches on one of his several visits to the Western Front.
This drawing, as was indicated when it was originally published in the accompanying text by the artist, was taken from a sketch drawn by Matania in the front line trenches on one of his several visits to the Western Front.