A rat at a German cannon's mouth

Title (Dublin Core): A rat at a German cannon's mouth
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Artillery (and shells); en Trivialization (other)
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): A Rat at a Cannon's Mouth
extracted text (Extract Text): IF a cat may look at a king, ap-
parently a rat may—and in our
picture does—look at a cannon.
This particular rat is
stepping down gently from
one of the recoil cylinders
to have a peep at the bar-
rel of a powerful mortar
which once did its part
to make the world unsafe
for the Allies. When this
picture was taken it was
on its way to help boost
the Victory Loan in a
‘Western city.

When the rat looks into
the barrel he will probably
not notice that it is rifled—
which is rather unusual
for mortars. The mortar
is one of a collection of
captured German guns
brought over on a transport
as visible evidence.
Contributor (Dublin Core): Underwood & Underwood (Image copyright)
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): Interwar period
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1919-07
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 95, n. 1, 1919
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 34
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
References (Dublin Core): Allies of the First World War
Archived by (Dublin Core): Davide Donà; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): Weimar Republic