Field of Belleau
National Museum of American History

Field of Belleau

War Department · 1918-08-03

charcoal (overall production method/technique)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

A charcoal and pencil sketch on paper. This landscape shows the view from the village of Belleau looking towards Belleau Wood. Trenches and foxholes constructed by the German soldiers are in the foreground. Stielhandgranate (stick grenades) litter the ground around this abandoned German position.

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