2-711-009 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Typical Group of the Servian Artillery', (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: 'Despite their rough and uncouth exterior, despite the bloody tragedies that marked their history, the Servian [Serbian] officer is polished in manners, courteous and accomplished, often speaking several languages. He has also the simple piety of the true Slav, and is far removed from the commonly accepted notion that he is one of a nation of cut-throats.' From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. I, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]