The Ypres Salient at Night Art.IWMART1145, Paul Nash

The ypres salient at night image: a night scene showing three soldiers on the fire step of a trench surprised by a brilliant star shell lighting up the view over the battlefield. On the left there is a flooded shell-hole, beyond which stand three other soldiers, overlooked by a woodland of tree stumps. Date: 1918 (First World War).