A Canadian soldier stands sentry in a trench, watching No Man's Land for signs of enemy movement. For exhausted soldiers, the two-hour nighttime shifts felt much longer, especially with the ever-present threat of enemy raids.
Canadian Sentry, Moonlight, Neuville-Vitasse
Painted by Lieutenant Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
CWM 19710261-0058
Canada and the First World War
