![]() During the war only happy photographs were sent back home so people could witness the nicer sides of warfare. This photograph does not look staged and for this reason it was simpley shot in the moment. This horse is clearly distressed and needed a break from walking however in these conditions and with country’s at war, unfortunately this horse would have been shot. This is a photograph from World War One with a horse which has fallen due to a lack of rest. Horses and mules in WWI carried ammunition, food, water and other supplies to the front lines. The soldiers respected their horses as these were the animals who took them through the war. The respect towards them and care for very important. This photograph is essential as it shows that Britain did care for their horses. Burns were seen on their bodies and this resulted to death in some cases. ![]() Unfortunately, horses only wore them on their faces so this didn’t stop the gas from getting to the rest of their bodies. Gas masks were used to help soldiers horses and other animals breath. This photograph was taken in 1917, when the germans brought into the war Chlorine or mustard gas. Both horses and the soldier have gas masks on. This photograph denotes two horses with a soldier on horse back. German transport driver and horses wearing gas masks on the Western Front. The whole photograph has an upsetting feeling to it knowing these horses were put through these conditions. You can clearly see the horses are both in distress with one being forced to move along and the other stuck in what seems to be mud. This photograph makes the viewer feel empathy towards the horses. Horses at forefront of war effort in World War One. The composition of the photograph is balanced well and there is a sense of symmetry. The horse may be seen as an engine however it is helping out the other horse which is a sign of good will. The whole purpose of this photograph is to show one horse helping another horse. The cross on the car suggests an ambulance. Within this photograph there is one horse, a heavy weight horse, pulling a cart ambulance for another horse which is being what looks like pushed onto the cart.
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