Saturday 8 August 2009

The War Illustrated

9th June 1917 - Volume 6 Number 147


26th May 1917 - Volume 6 Number 145

The War Illustrated was a British war magazine published in London by William Berry (later Viscount Camrose and owner of The Daily Telegraph). It was first released on 22 August 1914, eighteen days after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, and regular issues continued throughout World War I. The magazine was discontinued after the 8 February 1919 issue, but returned 16 September 1939 following the start of World War II. It was extremely popular: at its peak at the end of WWI, The War Illustrated had a circulation of 750,000


A few of the issues had stories of The Battle of Arras -
http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Arras/Arras_02.htm
6th May 1917
10th May 1917
26th May 1917
9th June 1917

There was also an issue that had an article on the Ronville Caves at Arras -
http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Arras/Arras_01.htm
30th November 1918



I have found on ebay 2 of these original papers, they are 26th May 1917 and 9th June 1917, I made a bid and WON!, should be getting them next week, but for now the above pictures show the front covers.

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