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

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

some of which are children playing with marbles and a hoop

the Conservative Leader of the Conservative Party

wearing plumes on his head and loose dress with a dog at his feet

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).