Let's start it!
I've seen this painting before, and it always strikes me as odd. There is a large russian attack in front and yet only one person appears to care or be firing at it, no one is manning the MG, and there's some guy who apparently sees, and is shooting at, Russians behind them but no one seems to notice or care either. The NCO is telling a pull my finger joke to the bored guy next to him, and the guy on the far left is staring at a beetle crawling over the straw. It's a very confusing painting.