The Illustrated War News, Part 49, July 14, 1915
London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd., 1915. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 48 pages. Wraps. Profusely illustrated (photographs and drawings). Maps. Front cover has some color. Pencil erasure residue on front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ex-library U. S. Army Military History Research Collection. Bookplate inside front cover. The Illustrated War News (first issue Volume 1, August 1914), was a weekly magazine during the First World War, published by the Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. of London, England. Upon the outbreak of the first World War the magazine Illustrated London News began to publish illustrated reports related entirely to the war and entitled it The Illustrated War News. The magazine comprised 48 pages of articles, photographs, diagrams and maps printed in landscape format. From 1916 it was issued as a 40-page publication in portrait format. It was reputed to have the largest number of artist-correspondents reporting on the progress of the war. It ceased publication in 1918. This issue includes information and/or illustrations on: Ian Hamilton, Hunter-Weston, Trekkopjes, German South-West Africa, Khan Copper, Ypres, Herbert Plumer, Archibald Parslow, J. Simont, Trench Warfare, Bersaglieri, Isonzo, Lord Fisher, Remereville, Railway Lines of Communication, Cossack, Frederic de Haenen, Gothland, Dardanelles, 5th Royal Scots, Gallipoli, Respirators, Lewis Gun, Hotchkiss Automatic Machine-rifle, W. B. Robinson, Harfleur, Langonand, Military Training, Cameroon, Marconi, Wireless, Revolver-Cannon, Minewerfek, Michael O'Leary, 2/4 London Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Condition: Good.
Keywords: WW1, Newspapers, Western Front
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