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(art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-15
Near the Coastimage: a view of two artillery emplacements in an arid landscape near a coastline. Both emplacements are dug into the earth and concealed with camoflage netting. The outline of a few soldiers are visible, as are silhouettes of belll tents near the sea in...
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(art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-07-11
The Long Patrol: Drifting Sandimage: a view of an Imperial Camel Corps patrol in the desert, seen from the perspective of the artist's position on the back of a camel. The camel's head and neck is in the immediate foreground. Further in front are several soldiers mounted on camels,...
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(art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-07-11
The Long Patrol: The Wadiimage: an Imperial Camel Corps patrol have halted in a wadi, a dried out riverbed, in the desert. A group of soldiers sit and stand on the right, immediately behind several saddles that have been removed from the backs of the camels, who are lined up at...
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(art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-12-18
Nebi Samwil. A British Battery In Action : the ancient Mizpah, stormed by the 234th Brigade. A field battery is engaging the Turkish batteries, which are shelling Mizpah.image: in the foreground a team of Royal Artillery gunners load and fire a field gun, which sits within a position covered with camouflaged netting. Another gun and gun team is visible to the right. In the distance, a cloud of earth near the peak of a...
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(art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-10-29
Shells Bursting at Dawn on the Trenches round Ali-el-Muntar, on the Outskirts of Gazaimage: a British Artillery officer looks through a telescope mounted on a tripod towards the clouds of smoke on the horizon showing where shells have fallen. He sits on an earthen ledge before an area of tall grass, beyond which the landscape is largely...
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(art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-09-19
Cavalry in the Coastal Sectorimage: two large columns of Australian cavalry stream down the gentle slope of a hill. The column to the right is preceded by a soldier on a motorcycle and horse drawn carts, while the front of the left column is shrouded in a cloud of dust. An...
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(art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-10-30
An Inspection of the Scottish Rifle Brigade : on the 30th October, 1917, men who were to participate in the attack on Gaza that night were inspected by the Divisional Generalimage: a mass of Scottish infantrymen are assembled in two parallel lines for inspection on a beach. Non-commissioned officers and subalterns stand in front of the two lines, while a few more senior officers on horseback stand at attention to the left....
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(art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-10-01
Kuneitra : Australians setting out from Kuneitra. On the left is Mount Hermon.image: troops of the Australian Light Horse begin to move out along a road that runs across a flat valley. In the foreground is a narrow river, with Mount Hermon in the distance on the left.
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(art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-09-23
On the Plain of Esdraelon: Night : with the 14th Australian Light Horseimage: in the foreground three troopers of the Australian Light Horse sleep on the ground wrapped in blankets, surrounded by their equipment. Behind them is a line of sleeping soldiers, with grazing horses immediately behind them. A sentry stands guard...
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(art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-09-21
Nablous : Australian cavalry entering the ancient Shechem, the capital of Samariaimage: a column of Australian cavalry gallops along a road in a valley floor into the small town of Shechem. The rear of the column is in the foreground, with the front of it just entering the town, whose buildings are visible in the distance. The valley...