Lot 1806
‡JAMES McBEY (1883-1959)
THE MOONLIGHT ATTACK, JELIL
Etching, with plate tone, 1920, signed in ink and numbered XVIII, unframed
22.5 x 39cm.
* This etching shows the Highland troops of the 7th Division concealed among the crops in No Man's Land, close to wired Turkish defences. They lie ready and alert, in preparation for the surprise attack of Jelil before dawn on the morning of September 19th, 1918
