Guns Collection (#34)

British Motor-Launch in the North Sea, Second World War, 194
Photograph showing the deck of a Royal Navy motor-launch (M.L.) on patrol in the North Sea, 1942. This photograph clearly shows the three gun turrets on the rear of the launch

Admiral Nimitz on board HMS King George V, Second World Wa
Photograph showing Admiral Chester Nimitz, the US Pacific Commander, addressing the crew of HMS King George V, whilst standing under the guns of the Royal Navy battleship, June 1945

Church Service on the Western Front, 1916
Illustration showing a group of British soldiers holding a church service on a Sunday, somewhere on the Western Front in France, 1916

Captured Nebelwerfers in Tunisia; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing Allied soldiers inspecting captured German Nebelwerfer guns in Tunisia, North Africa, 1943. The Nebelwerfer was a six-barrelled mortar on a mobile carriage

German Weapons; First World War, 1916
Photograph showing a variety of captured German weapons, displayed in a yard behind the French lines, 1916. The weapons shown include machine-guns, rifles, artillery pieces and flame-throwers

British Tanks crossing a Bailey Bridge, Holland; Second Worl
Photograph showing British tanks and self-propelled guns crossing a Bailey bridge, Holland, 1944. This bridge had been built by British engineers over a canal during Operation Market Garden

HMS Argonaut steaming at high speed; Second World War, 194
Aerial photograph showing the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Argonaut steaming at high speed during the Second World War, 1945. HMS Argonaut was a Dido class cruiser of 5450 tons, mounting ten 5.25-inch guns

British 17-Pounder Anti-Tank Gun; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing two views of the British 17-pounder anti-tank gun; one side view and a view showing two guns in action against German Tanks

Lance-Sergeant John D. Baskeyfield VC (1922-44)
Photographic portrait of Lance-Sergeant John Baskeyfield of the South Staffordshire Regiment, First Airborne Division, pictured c.1943

French soldiers taking cover from artillery fire inside a ca
A photograph of two French soldiers taking shelter from artillery fire inside a captured German ammunition depot. The Illustrated London News reported that the men were in the process of removing

A gondola, part of the wreckage of a German zeppelin which took part in a bombing raid on London on the night of 23rd September 1916

Eugenie at Toulon
When Eugenie visits Toulon, she is greeted by salvoes of welcoming guns from the warships congregated in the harbour

Elizabethan Warship, 1588
Illustration of an Elizabeth warship, circa 1588, from the Illustrated London News, 2nd March 1929. This image depicts a typical warship of 500 tons, mounting 28 guns

Wild West. An Artist in the Far West. Clearing out a saloon
Cowboys drunk and fighting outside a saloon, shooting hand guns

Anti-aircraft battery
A typical battery of special anti-aircraft guns defending Paris against zeppelins and aeroplanes

A zeppelin raider
A photograph showing a German Zeppelin air-ship over London on October 13th 1915, with shells from anti-aircraft guns bursting upon it

Royal Naval Air Service at the Lord Mayors Show
A Royal Naval Air Service in the Lord Mayors show parading with searchlight and one of their anti-aircraft guns

Belgian soldiers retreat
Belgian soldiers in August 1914, retreating to Antwerp, accompanied by dogs pulling machine guns. As the Germans pushed their invasion through Belgium, the Belgium army was forced to retreat

Enemy guns at the Lord Mayors Show
Enemy guns captured at Loos paraded through the streets of London at the Lord Mayors Show in 1915

Cody / Penny Dreadful / 1910
Colonel WILLIAM FREDERICK CODY alias Buffalo Bill Confrontation with Wapahoka the White Queen and her Amazon followers - " could he bring himself to shoot these girls?"

Street Fighting / Wien / Liz
Street fighting in the Jaegerzeile in Vienna

Buffalo (Kronheim) 1869
desperately fleeing from the guns of Native American hunters

Hauling ships guns up Montmartre, Paris; Franco-Prussian Wa
Illustration showing a gun carriage being hauled up the Buttes Montmartre, Paris, with the two famous windmills in the background, 1871. This sketch was sent out of Paris by balloon post

Green-headed Aliens
THE THREE PLANETEERS, by Edmond Hamilton. Two green-headed aliens, fly a spacecraft whilst under fire from groups of humans with ray-guns

Fort Fisher, Cape Fear; American Civil War, 1864
Engraving showing the British steamer Hansa running the blockade, under the guns of Fort Fisher at the entrance to the Cape Fear River

The Civil war in America: The lazy stand made by the Federal
Battle scene showing both sides, cannons and guns blazing. At the second Battle of Bull Run, 75, 000 Federals under General John Pope were defeated by 55

The Battle of Ulundi. Inside the square
Scene of battle from the British position, inside the square repulsing the Zulus. British casualities were light, but the Zulus were decimated by the use of Gatling guns and the Martini-Henry

Big guns mounted on board a Monitor naval ship
The big guns mounted on board a British navy Monitor ship

Saving Guns at Maiwand
BATTLE OF MAIWAND Saving the guns : though the British force was defeated by the Afghans, they were able to retreat to Kandahar in relatively good order

The Lower Deck of HMS Foudroyant
Photograph of the lower deck of HMS Foudroyant ; the 2nd Rate ship, built in 1798, that served as Lord Nelsons Flagship in the Mediterranean, 1799-1800. Mess tables can be seen set up between the guns

Lark Deafened
The deafened lark : These German guns make such a din, I ve been driven ill with trying to compete!

After the Battle
After the battle in the North Sea - despite the destruction, the guns of the German navy continue to protect the Fatherland

Model of HMS Queen of 1839
Engraving of a model of HMS Queen, displayed in the Naval Gallery of the South Kensington Museum, 1865. HMS Queen, launched in 1839, was a three-decker first-rate with 110 guns

Guns of Montmartre
The guns of Montmartre : Thiers orders government troops to make sure of them, but the Communards get there first and capture them

Battle Scene 1854
Warships are frequently used against shore targets as their guns generally outclass any thing available on land : during the Crimea War H.M.S. Bulldog bombards Bomarsund

Emperor in Italy
Guns salute Ferdinand I, emperor of Austria, as he steams into Capodistria, in the course of a visit to his Italian possessions

Mr. Lairds ship-building yard, Liverpool
Engraving of Mr. Lairds ship-building yard in Liverpool. Iron ship-building on an extensive scale originated from this prolific ship-yard

Arab Riding Display
Arab riders display their horsemanship

French at Venice
The French under Louis XII defeat the Venetians at Agnadella (Rivolta). The guns stand idle as the foot- soldiers and cavalry separately collide

Danish-Prussian War Guns
Prussians bring up guns for the battle of the Sonderburg windmills, during their taking of the Insel Alsen Date: 29 June 1864

Morgans Quebec Trek
General Morgans expedition to Quebec

Sudan Wars / An Attack
British soldiers with guns and bayonets repel a charge by native Sudanese forces bearing far less advanced weaponry

British Dogs Pull Guns
During World War One the British army copies the Belgians, and uses dogs to haul machine guns. These two muzzled dogs don t seem too happy about the idea

French Dogs and Supplies
During World War One the French army uses dogs to haul supplies to troops in the front line

Unrest in Madrid
Men with guns are a familiar sight in the streets and markets of Madrid while the country awaits the outcome of the political upheaval

Aurora Cruiser
A blank shot fired from the guns of the cruiser Aurora is the signal for the storming of the Winter Palace, and the overthrow of Kerenskys provisional govt

Armoured Train at Samara
CIVIL WAR Heavily armed troops on board a red army armoured train at Samara

Red Guards Petrograd
The Red Guard spend much of the time driving round the streets of Petrograd waving their guns for the benefit of photographers

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