The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This work shows a team of six horses, three mounted and three led, struggling through thick mud pulling a heavy 18 pounder gun on the limber. Six other soldiers on foot are helping to haul the gun, all moving away from the viewer. Power has captured the dash, the urgency, the immediacy of guns being moved to give fire support on the battlefield.
The Australian artillery was engaged in the Third Battle of Ypres (31 July–10 November 1917) from the earliest days of the campaign. Many Australian artillery batteries served in the line weeks before their infantry counterparts joined the battle in September.
This drawing shows a horse team from the 1st Australian Division Artillery, consisting of six horses (three ridden, three led), pulling a half limber wagon and 18-pounder field gun through the mud at
A 1st Australian Division Artillery battery moves into position through the mud, with mules and horses pulling an 18-pounder gun and half limber wagon. Two soldiers on foot are wearing cape groundshe
Features the 1st Australian Division Artillery during the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front. 18-pounder guns are pictured being brought forward by teams of six horses, other guns already in p
Depicts a team of horses with the Australian 1st Division Artillery pulling 18 pounder guns up a hill on a road near Harbonnieres on the Western Front and soldiers on horseback riding into action. Po
A column of Australian infantrymen and artillery wagons crowd a road leading into a battlefield on the Western Front. The battle is clearly already in action, with a tank moving into position as explo
Two soldiers in full uniform, one lying on his stomach, the other seated, overlooking the battlefield. This work is listed as '487 Studies on the field of battle' in a list of sketches by official art