Artist MAJOR C. F. COMFORT; Title: CANADIAN ARMOUR PASSING THROUGH ORTONA; Property of; Return Address THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF; CANADA, OTTAWA, ONTARIO; Insurance Value $; Ser No 1668 Neg No WA 587 

TITLE FOR PUBLICATION; "CANADIAN ARMOUR PASSING THROUGH ORTONA (underlined); Shermans of a Canadian Armoured Regiment passing through; the PIAZZA PLEBISCITO in ORTONA on their way into action; on the coastal sector. An oil painting by; Maj. C.F. Comfort - November, 1944.; typed on white paper: Ser No 1668 Neg No 578A

CANADIAN ARMOUR PASSING THROUGH ORTONA (underlined); The sketches from which this canvas was painted were made under uncomfortable conditions in ORTONA on; 23 Jan 44. It shows Shermans of the "Calgaries"; 14 C.A.R. passing through the PIAZZA PLEBISCITO in; ORTONA on their way into action on the coastal sector; The demolished houses in this painting illustrate the; German tactics of methodically blowing buildings into; the streets. The barriers thus formed provided covered; approaches to exposed positions. These rubble piles were; at the same time liberally sewn with mines and bobby traps; hindering clearance and embarrassing the passage of even; armoured vehicles; Painted in London, November 1944 - Artist: Maj. C.F. Comfort