Skip to content
Home
Favourites
0
Advanced search
Shopping cart
0
Register
Log in
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
The image library for the collections of Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
Subject matches "Guns" or its children
Back to search results
The Dog in War: A French Listening-Post at Night
Unknown, 1917, Press cutting, Reproduction
Item
of 76
The Dog in War: A French Listening-Post at Night
The Dog in War: A French Listening-Post at Night
Add to favourites
Share
Item record
About this image
Related
Location
Category
Library Item
Item no
32710
Title
The Dog in War: A French Listening-Post at Night
Description
From the Illustrated London News published February 3rd, 1917, page 144. Drawn by H. W. Koekkoek. Full title: A canine scout at a point D'ecoute: An airedale terrier on night duty with a French soldier listening for the enemy.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1917
Size
39.6 x 26.7 cm
Type
Press cutting
;
Reproduction
Location
Reference Library
It is estimated that roughly 20,000 dogs aided combat efforts during the First World War. Their contributions included carrying aid to wounded soldiers, sniffing out enemy fighters, pulling heavy artillery, and sending and receiving messages across enemy lines. Dogs became so vital that they were donated by families and rescued as strays to aid in the war effort.
Watch dogs were trained to stand silently atop trenches alongside their handler's gun barrels, notifying their masters of approaching soldiers either by a low growl, perked ears, or an expectant demeanour. One Dundee Evening Telegraph report from 1916 noted: "A watchdog never barks".
Read more about war training for dogs with free access to
The Scotsman Digital Archive
.
You can search the entire 1914-19 archives of
the Illustrated London News
online.
Exhibitions with this item
ILN During WWI: Animals and War
Other views of this item
Related images
Related subjects
Animals
>
Mammals
>
Dogs
Events
>
Wars
>
Wars
Events
>
Wars
>
World wars
Landscape
>
Land
>
Battlefields
Military
>
Arms and armament
>
Guns
People
>
Military activities
>
Soldiers
Places
>
Europe
>
France
Plants
>
Trees
>
Trees
More like this
The image library for the collections of Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries The image library for the collections of Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries