This illustration appeared in the New York Sun a hundred years ago today, on October 18, 1914.  It depicts the chateau at Mondement. During the last day of the First Battle of the Marne, September 12, 1914, the chateau changed hands four times before the final German retreat. The sketch was made by British war artist Frederic Villiers, who noted that “every shell hole and bullet mark has been faithfully portrayed.” The final drawing was the work of Dutch artist H.W. Koekkoek, also known as Hermanus Kokkoek the younger.

References

Association Mondement 1914 (French)

Monument national de la Victoire de la Marne at French Wikipedia

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