Artillery Collection (page 37)

French artillery WWII
French obusier cannon in action on the front during World War II

Machine gun WWII
Two soldiers moving a machine gun into position during World War II in Finland

The Duke Of Wellington
Circular painting depicting the portrait and scenes from the life of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British General and Statesman known as the Iron Duke. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

French troops practising using a mortar in Algeria
French troops practising firing a mortar in Algeria

D-Day - Naval Artillery support
A converted landing craft fires rockets to support the landing allied troops. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied

Turkish Artillery on the move - possibly during manoeuvres

German artillery, 1936
German artillery on exercise on Cologne, Germany

Duchess of Westminster at Church Army depot
Katherine Caroline Cavendish, Duchess of Westminster (1857-1941), second wife of the 1st Duke of Westminster, opening a Church Army Labour Relief Depot in Artillery Row, Central London

French Front 1916
12 inch gun on railway mounting in action at Maricort, Somme on the French Front in France during World War I in 1916

Arras-Cambrai Campaign 1918
British artillery advancing at dawn near Moeuvre during the Arras-Cambrai campaign on the Western Front in France during World War I in September 1918

British Horse Artillery 1918
British Horse Artillery galloping through Mailly-Maillet on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1918

The riots in the cotton districts
A page from the May 1878 Illustrated London News, detailing the cotton riots in Lancashire, which were the response to a proprosed 10% reduction in workers wages

Signallers 1916
Signallers of the Royal Garrison Artillery use a daytime lamp while sheltering in a shell hole near Fricourt Wood during the battle of the Somme

Mametz 1916
A British 4.5 inch Howitzer, the standard British field artillery unit of World War One, in a captured German gun position

Captured Turkish Guns - 1915
Captured Turkish guns, manufactured by Krupp (77s) in the Old European Castle with piles of ammunition. War in the Dardanelles - 1915. Sed Dul-Bahr

Ruins of Fort at Sed Dul-Bahr
Ruins of the Fort after the Battle at Sed Dul-Bahr

WWI - Dardanelles - Turkish guns
Dardanelles, Turkey. Old Turkish Guns in Sed Dul-Bahr Fort

Crossbowman
A 16th century French crossbowman

Artillery observers 1917
Artillery observers sighting on the Hindenburg Line for Australian battery in Bullecourt at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Boues 1918
6 inch Howitzers in action in the open near Boues on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

Howitzer battery 1917
An 8 inch Mark V Howitzer battery (135th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery) in action near Henin-sur-Cojeul during the Battle of Vimy Ridge on the Western Front in France during World War

Pilkem 1917
6 inch Howitzer gun ready for firing at Pilkem on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1917

Royal Horse Artillery 1918
The Royal Horse Artillery going into action at the gallop on the Western Front in France during World War I in June 1918

Moulain 1918
British 18 pounder gun batteries in action at Moulain on the Western Front in France during World War I in October 1918

Battle of the Canal du Nord 1918
A British 60 pounder gun firing in the barrage at dawn (zero was at 5.20am). Field batteries are moving forward on the right

Battles of the Marne 1918
A French village under heavy German Artillery and Grenade fire at the Battle of the Marne on the Western Front in France during World War I in July 1918

Capture of Grevillers 1918
Soldiers of the New Zealand Division firing a captured 4.2 gun battery capture Grevillers on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

Soldiers toast in 1917
A French and a British Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) sergeant toasting each other at Boesinghe in Belgium on the British front during World War I on 18th August 1917

60 pounder 1915
A 60 pounder gun of the 6th Division Artillery covering the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 19th Brigade, 6th and 27th Divisions in the Bois Grenier Sector on the Western Front in France

J Battery RHA 1914
J battery of the Royal Horse Artillery, 5th Cavalry Brigade on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1914

British artillery 1914
British artillery landing in Boulogne sur Mer by the Louvre Terminus on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1914

Battle of Kemel 1918
Artillery moving forward at the Battle of Kemmel on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I on 29th September 1918

British artillery observation post at Outtersteene Ridge on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I on 18th August 1918

Soldiers in Pilkem
British soldiers with a captured 5.9 gun knocked out by allied artillery in Pilkem, Western Front, Belgium during World War I in 1917

Landing artillery on the Gallipoli Peninsula
A 155-MM. gun being towed ashore on a lighter at Seddul Bahr on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The photograph is of particular interest as showing a method of landing heavy guns

Reserve Officers Training Corps maneuvers
The ROTC(Reserve Officers Training Corps) Army Artillery on maneuvers at Purdue University, America, January 1926. A 1918 Dodge Brothers Command car is leading three Harley Davidson motorcycles

Czech artillery at Zborov
Czech artillery on the Eastern front at Zborov, which is in todays Ukraine

Colombian Artillery - Bogota
Colombian horse-drawn Artillery - Bogota, Colombia

A French Battery in action near Sedd-el-Bahr
This picture shows one of the guns of a French battery in action in the Gallipoli Peninsula. Throughout thr memorable landing opertaions the French troops rendered valuable assistance to the British

French front First World War
Hill 125 near Carency, east of Souchey. General Nudant commanding 82nd Infantry Division and Colonel Jacqueau observing British artillery preparations on the German position on Hill 119 on the French

Anti-airship battery
A sketch of war. One of the first anti-aircraft guns - a French artllery team with a gun on a rotating mounting, specifically used to target airships

French artillery battery 1916
French artillery battery, Costa, on the French front during World War I in 1916

German Howitzer
A German 21cm Howitzer in action on the Romanian Front, as Central Power forces advance towards the Sereth (Siret) River. Romania entered the war in August 1916 on the side of the Allies

Policemen from Monaco alongside cannon
Policemen from Monaco alongside ceremonial cannon. Possibly the original starting gun for the original Monaco Grand Prix!

Black Tower. Island of Rhodes, Greece
Island of Rhodes, Greece. Black Tower and ancient Knights Cannon

Funeral 1914
Funeral of Driver Bennett RFA who was killed during the German air raid on Scarborough, England, during World War I, December 1914

Battle of the Aisne 1918
French artillery observation post near Vendresse during the Battle of the Aisne on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1918

Russian heavy gun position
A Russian heavy gun position near Przemysl, in modern day Poland. Przemysl was one of the focal points of fighting on the Eastern Front during the first two years of the war

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