Keywords: British infantry skirmish 1914.jpg British infantry from the 4th Battalion the King's Liverpool Regiment lying in scrapes prepare to face a German attack 1915 Photo published in The War Illustrated 12 June 1915 Caption reads COLD STEEL BRITISH ABOUT TO CHARGE A wonderfully vivid photograph of Germans assaulting British trenches The oncoming enemy is seen in the left-hand corner while our soldiers with bayonets fixed and every nerve strained to the limit of human endurance anxiously await the inspiring command Charge from their officer standing in the centre The moment is tense the most thrilling in human strife In a flash our Tommies will be up and at 'em PD-old World War I forces of Britain The King's Regiment Bayonets |