Battling with hand grenades

Depiction from a scene of the Battle of Ypres, German soldiers throw hand grenades from trenches. Includes two diagrams illustrating the external and internal composition of a hand grenade.

Publication date: 1915-05-02

Size: 6.3 x 22.9 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Ypres (Belgium)

Subject(s):

• World War, 1914-1918--Equipment & supplies--German
• World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns & battles--Belgium--Ypres
• World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare--Belgium--Ypres
• Grenades--1910-1920

Genre(s):

• Diagrams
• Illustrations

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (May 2, 1915), Rotogravure Section, p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Deutscher Überseedienst (Berlin, Germany)