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(2) Page 4 - Why have you ceased fire?
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DescriptionThis cartoon, drawn by W. Smithson Broadhead, depicts three soldiers lying in grass while a fourth sits up and holds his head. A rather dapper looking officer with a cane stands over them in the foreground. They appear to be advancing on a farm cottage. The text reads: 'Officer (to Corporal in charge of musketry squad): "WHY HAVE YOU CEASED FIRE, CORPORAL?" / Corporal (tired but inspired): "WE'VE USED UP ALL THE IMAGINARY AMMUNITION, SIR." / Officer: "WELL, CARRY ON - IMAGINARY MULES HAVE BROUGHT UP MORE IMAGINARY AMMUNITION".'
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Summer, 1918
DescriptionThis special summer edition was a selection of some of the best poems, stories and sketches submitted. A note at the back of the magazine informed readers that many of those chosen for inclusion had been written 'in the trenches and dug-outs, whilst the Hun shells are screaming overhead'.
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DescriptionA humorous weekly magazine issued free to the troops in the First World War; contained short stories, poems, cartoons, paintings and drawings, with contributions from men on active service. Distributed by the War Office, the Admiralty and the Red Cross, and subsidised through donations and sales to the general public.
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Blighty and Sea Pie
DescriptionEditions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families.