German troops stopping for midday rations on the way to Brussels, First World War mb-code 42-56231896 His gaze is direct and

His gaze is direct and his expression rather self-satisfied

some of which are children playing with marbles and a hoop

The lower figures are portraits of a Gascon knight and the author paying his respects to the knight who had sent for him to accompany him to England

[A small space but rich in various herbs]

including a couple on horseback passing a man with a donkey and a group round a barrow with a street seller approaching

German troops stopping for midday rations on the way to Brussels, First World War mb-code 42-56231896 His gaze is direct andGerman troops stopping for midday rations on the way to Brussels, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914).