Barrage Collection (page 2)

No Answer, by Bairnsfather
No Answer " Whats the matter with your ead Bill - Pelmanism? or caught it on a barrage?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring Old Bill Date: 1918

The Growth of Democracy, by Bairnsfather
The Growth of Democracy Colonel Sir Valtravers Plantagenet gladly accepts a light, during a slight lull in a barrage, from a private in the Benin Rifles

Colonel de Barrage and his armour, Bairnsfather cartoon, WW1
Colonel de Barrage feels convinced that armours the thing under modern conditions. " Did you mend that puncture in his left hind leg, Smith

Horses running the gauntlet of the guns, 1917
Horses pulling ammunition supplies on the Ypres salient have to run through a crump barrage. Date: 1917

A Mesmeric Barrage by Heath Robinson, WW1
War Inventions Not Needed Now! William Heath Robinson imagines America in the field! 4. A mesmeric barrage crumpling up an enemy attack. Date: 1918

British science and ingenuity in war by G. H. Davis
How British science and ingenuity contributed to the defeat of the Germans at sea, on land, and in the air. A few of the many weapons, devices and tactics, both offensive and defensive

Anti-invasion ring of fire by G. H. Davis
Britains wall of flame: the ordeal by fire prepared for German invaders on sea, land, and in the air. Showing the details and layout of an anti-invasion ring of fire: devices for converting beaches

Money and munitions by G. H. Davis
Money and munitions: an illustrated armament catalogue. Pictures showing the various costs of the weapons used during the Second World War, ranging from a battleship at 8, 000

Mines from the Crimean onwards by G. H. Davis
Mines, from the infernal machine used by the Russians during the Crimean War to colossal barrages employed during the Second World War. 1940

Aerial minefields by G. H. Davis
Aerial minefields to baffle raiders: a new form of barrage. Major Muirs idea for a minefield of small bombs supported by free balloons. Date: 1939

German air raiders caught out by G. H. Davis
How German air raiders are caught in the toils of British defence during the Second World War. The effect of the anti-aircraft barrage on raiding bombers

King George VI inspects barrage balloons, 1939
King George VI, on a visit to a balloon unit in October 1939, inspects the wires of a barrage balloon. Date: 1939

Queen Elizabeth inspects barrage balloons, 1939
Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), inspects the fabric used on a barrage balloon as she and the King tour a balloon unit in October 1939. Date: 1939

Assiut Barrage
Assiut or Asyut Barrage on the River Nile in Egypt: general view upstream showing the lock. Date: 1902

Constructing the Assiut Barrage
Foundations and masonry in the process of construction during the building of the Assiut or Asyut Barrage on the River Nile in Egypt, about 350 miles downstream of the original Aswan Dam

Assiut Barrage on the Nile
Constructing the Assiut of Asyut Barrage on the River Nile in Egypt, about 350 miles downstream of the Aswan Dam. The dam was built in order to divert the waters of the Nile into Egypts largest

Japan - Flooding at Karuizawa - 10th August, 1910. Here we can see the attempts to build dams across the roaring torrent. Date: 1910

Greetings from Egypt - Dam on the Nile and Greek Statue
Greetings from Egypt - A Dam on the River Nile and the remains of a Greek Statue. Date: circa 1910s

German Luftwaffe Barrage Balloon - WWII Date: circa 1940

Parris Island, South Carolina. Special United States Marine units in training bedding down a big barrage balloon. Date 1942 May

Duke of Kent as a boy with barrage balloon toy
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born 1935) pictured at the age of five playing with a wartime-theme barrage balloon toy Christmas present. 1940

Austrian battleships after Otranto Barrage, Adriatic, WW1
Austro-Hungarian battleships after the Otranto Barrage (Battle of the Otranto Straits) in the Adriatic, First World War. Here, the damaged SMS Novara limps back, helped by SMS Sankt Georg

Australian infantry opposite Hindenburg Line, France, WW1
Australian infantry attacking beyond their barrage, opposite the Hindenburg Line in north eastern France, during the First World War

Barrage Balloon in Regents Park, London 1939

Austrian battleship SMS Novara, Adriatic, WW1
The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Novara, damaged during the Otranto Barrage (Battle of the Otranto Straits) in the Adriatic, First World War. Date: May 1917

British motor launch, Otranto Barrage, WW1
A British motor launch built in 1915, part of a flotilla which took part in the Otranto Barrage, an allied naval blockade in the Adriatic during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

British drifters in harbour, Taranto, Italy, WW1
British drifters which took part in the Otranto Barrage, an allied naval blockade in the Adriatic during the First World War, seen here at anchor in the harbour at Taranto, Italy

Poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment
Wartime poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment, from aircraft, tanks, ships, guns and shells to barrage balloons and searchlights. 1940s

Howitzer smoke barrage, Salisbury Plain, WW1
A smoke barrage from a 4.5 inch Howitzer, formed by ten shells bursting similtaneously, during the First World War. Probably at the Chemical Warfare School at Porton on Salisbury Plain

German Taube in Air
A German Taube flies through a barrage of French flak at altitude Date: June 1915

WWII adaption: barrage balloon / W H Robinson
Adaption of a barrage balloon for peace time requirements, by helping with swimming lessons. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Man & Sheep stare across the Seine
A Gentleman and a curious sheep (!) inspect the view across the River Seine at Le Manoir-sur-Seine - a wonderfully bizarre card!

The Blitz on London with Churchill and Royal Family
A circular painting depicting different aspects of the Blitz on London, including King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspecting bomb damage, home guard serving tea

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

World War I 1918
British soldiers of the 37th Division following up a barrage at St. Barbe on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

The Nag Hammadi Barrage (Dam) - Egypt
Outlets of the Flushing Culverts in the dock - 22nd July 1928. Photograph from an album commemorating the opening of the Nag Hammadi Barrage (dam) in 1930

A Pair of Barrage Balloons
A Pair of RAF Barrage Balloons at Cardington, Bedfordshire

Proposal for a Thames Barrage, Gravesend, 1905
Illustration showing a barrage of barrier and locks across the River Thames at Gravesend proposed by James Casey in 1905. The object of this proposal was to protect London against serious flooding

Daylight Air Raids
Heinkel III bombers take part in daylight raids on London, bombing the docks though barrage balloons prevented low-altitude attacks

GUNBOATS
The Communards navy - gunboats moored at the Barrage de la Monnaie

Howden Reservoir
The huge, impressive barrage of Howden Reservoir, north north Derbyshire, built in 1912 to supply water to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield

Barrage Balloons Down
German Messerschmitt 109s destroy barrage balloons defending London

Russian Barrage Balloons
Raising barrage balloons, to protect Moscow from visiting Germans

1916 / Artillery Barrage
An artillery barrage over the front

Barrage Balloon for Xmas
Who says that the war spoiled the British Christmas? Here, an innovative table decoration features a barrage balloon with presents attached as sand-bags

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