H D Girdwood.Second-line of Gurkhas coming up under shell-fire to consolidate trench taken by first-line. A handwritten note under this caption reads: 鈥楢 definite 鈥榝ake': it is a photograph of practice manoeuvres. Dr Girdwood was expressly forbidden to describe it as a real scene of action. [signed] M.C. Seton'. 1915. The photographs appear in a variety of sizes; shapes and colours including shades of blue; green and brown. They record scenes of military life as experienced by the Indian and British armies in France during the First World War. The battle scenes are not real but staged from maneouvres.22 April 1921.From: 鈥業ndia Office Official Record of the Great War'.Photo 21/ (48)London; British Library.