Question

How can you tell that the artist was trying to make fun of the French troops? What effect would this have on British troops?

Answer 1

He made a cartoon were he imagines the french soldiers as a bunch of tall, skinny, old and big nosed men, he is making fun of the french troops by indirectly saying that they are not men suited to be on the battlefield.

An effect the cartoon would have on the british troops is that they will see the french soldiers as weak and fight them more confident.