Car being towed, France, during World War I. This image shows a car being towed through thick mud. As the car in front tries to pull the other free, a soldier lends a hand by pulling on the tow rope. A group of soldiers standing next to the immovable car add their weight to the struggle. There appears to be a camp directly behind the road they are on. The car in front has the number 'M25446' painted on the bonnet.
Extreme weather conditions, and the floods and mud that ensued, created tremendous problems and hazards for the soldiers at the Front.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE FRONT IN FRANCE. A car in trouble after the thaw.']
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Burgonia 38 months ago | reply
cars Vauxhall ? and ?
choppergirl2 14 months ago | reply
That guy on the rope is having absolutely no impact, and those soldiers standing on the running boards of the trailing car stuck in the mud, would be far better off standing on the back bumper of the towing car.
All the rope guy is doing is putting himself in harms way when the cars do move and he loses his footing and slips and falls and is run under the pulled car. All the guys in the back car are doing is weigh the car down in the mud and making it that much harder to pull out.
How if they were all standing on the back bumper or running boards (safer) of the pulling car, they would give its rear tires more traction and help pull things out.