Bombardment Collection (page 6)

The U. S. naval battery during the bombardment of Vera Cruz o
The U.S. naval battery during the bombardment of Vera Cruz on the 24 and 25 of March 1847. Date c1848

Bombardment of San Juan, Porto sic Rico. U.S. warships under command of Rear Admiral Sampson bombarding San Juan, Porto Rico, May 12 1898

Bombs reveal underground railway in Warsaw, 1939
Following the bombardment and subsequent invasion of Warsaw, photograph revealing the citys underground railway system only a few feet below the surface. Date: 1939

Storming Simonosaki, 1864
The naval brigade and marines storming the Japanese stockade at Simonosaki, September 6th 1864. Date: September 6th 1864

Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt, and WW1 poem
A portrait of Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt (1853-1917), who ruled from 1914-1917, during the British protectorate. On either side of him is a poem by Sidney Low, entitled The Martyrs

Bombardment of Scutari, First Balkan War
Montenegrin gunners loading a siege canon at Muritza during the bombardment of Scutari during the First Balkan War (1912-13). Date: 1912

Weapons on the British Front
A photograph of British howitzers in action during the bombardment of the German lines preceding the beginning of the Battle of the Somme on July 1st 1916

Civilians fleeing Nieuport, Belgium, WW1
Civilians fleeing Nieuport, Belgium, after bombardment during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

World War Two Bomb Damage
A couple survey the damage caused by a bomb dropped on the UK during World War Two. Date: circa 1942

Shell craters at Liege, Belgium, WW1
Three shell craters after bombardment at Liege, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Aircraft preparing to depart for night bombardment, WW1
A British aircraft preparing to depart for a night bombardment during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sudan - The Mahdis Tomb - showing damage
Sudan - The Mahdis Tomb, Omduran - showing damage. Tomb of Muhammad Ahmad, self-declared Mahdi in 1881. In his reform of Islam he replaced the pilgrimage to Mecca with the obligation to serve in

British naval guns firing, Western Front, WW1
British naval guns taking part in a bombardment on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

1916 / Somme Valley Scene
Artillery bombardment in the Somme valley, near Curlu. Date: 6 July 1916

Port Arthur (Dalian) - Japanese bombardment
Port Arthur (Dalian) - a Russian administrative building damaged during the Japanese bombardment in February 1904. Dalian, Liaoning province

Lowestoft - The damage of the bombardment of 1918
Lowestoft - Graphic illustration of the damage caused by bombardment to a private house on the Esplanade from the German Fleet of April 25th 1916

Bomb Explosion
The explosion after a German bomb during World War I

French evacuees WWII
French evacuees after the Paris bombardment leaving for Grenoble at the Gare de Lyon

Rouen, WWII
Rouen in flames during the Fall of France during World War II

Children in damaged Maltese streets - Malta
A group of children play in a street in Malta, under the hanging lines of washing, the damage and rubble attesting to weeks of attacks on the Island

Bombardment of Tripoli
The bombardment of Tripoli during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) -- scene at the Fortress Sultana. The threatened outbreak of the First Balkan War forced Turkey to make peace

Battle of Amiens 1918
A fire in a quarter of Amiens much damaged by the bombardment during the battle on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

Bombardment of Fort Masnaah, Gulf of Oman, 1874
Bombardment of Fort Masnaah, Gulf of Oman, by two vessels of the Royal Navy, H.M.S. Rifleman and H.M.S. Philomel and the Hugh Rose, a vessel from the Bombay Marine service

Night Bombardment
With the French Aviation Service - A Night Bombardment by a Voisin Biplane during World War One

Scarborough after the German east coast bombardment: Kingscliffe camp offices damaged by a shell

The East Coast is So Bracing! by James H. Thorpe
A pastiche of the famous " Skegness is so Bracing" poster by John Hassall, reworked by J.H. Thorpe in the light of the coastal bombardment suffered by Britain in January 1915

Photographed during the fierce German bombardment of the town: A ruined street in Nieuport

A damaged German trench near the French village of Ovillers-
Photograph of a German trench near the French village of Ovillers-la-Boiselle, damaged by Allied artillery bombardment and later captured by the British army

The destroyed wood of Thiepval, France
A view of Thiepval wood, the scene of heavy artillery bombardment by the British army during the First World War

British soldiers building a trench by joining shell craters
A photograph of British soldiers digging a trench by linking craters left by artillery bombardment, September 1916

Revolving gun-turret
A revolving German gun-turret, revealed after constant bombardment of its trench by the French in September 1915. The turret had a quick-firing gun served by three men, who were locked inside

Rheims vandalised
Photograph showing the destruction of Rheims Cathedral following a German bombardment in September 1914

Street Scene during the Bombardment of Sedan; Franco-Prussia
Engraving showing a street scene during the Battle of Sedan; the crucial battle of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870

French recapturing village
Photograph showing French troops recapturing the village of Ville-en-Woeuvre from the Germans, near the French fortress of Verdun in October 1914

Church of Peter & Paul
The church of St Peter and St Paul, badly damaged during the bombardment of the town

The Civil War in America. The interior of Fort Sumter, Charl
The interior of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbour, after a continuous bombardment by the Federal batteries on Morrs Island. Fort Sumter provided the first engagement of the civil War

The Civil War in America. The bombardment of Frederickburg
Army of the Potomac under General Burnside suffering a defeat at Fredericksburg, Virginia, with the loss of 12, 653 men after 14 assaults on the Maryes Heights by the Federal Army

Commune Damage 3
Destruction at the Porte Maillot - collapse of the railway tunnel as a result of the bombardment

Aerial Attack on Venice
The Austrians seek to subdue the independence-loving Venetians by aerial bombardment, using balloons - one of the first instances of aerial warfare

Messina Occupied
Following a naval bombardment, the port of Messina is invested by the royalist forces of Ferdinando II, king of the Two Sicilies

Messina Bombarded
Ferdinando II orders the bombardment of Messina, where an insurrection has taken place, earning him the nickname of King Bomba

Malta Bombed by Italians
The defence of Malta : the islands strategic value makes it the target for intense bombardment by the Italians and Germans, but they fail to dislodge the Allies

Sledge-Mounted Mortar
A sledge-mounted mortar used by Scandinavians

After Bombardment
Nevsky prospect after the bombardment of Leningrad

Fighting on Ice
Scandinavian cavalry charge across the ice, trumpet blowing, after the artillery bombardment has weakened the opposition from the town

Attack on Fort Du Bard
The fortress of BARD stands in the path of the French as they advance through the St Bernard pass into Italy, and it capitulates only after heavy bombardment

Victory at Vigo / 1702
The combined English and Dutch fleets under Sir George Rooke destroy the French and Spanish fleet at Vigo, and capture a number of Spanish treasure galleons

Bombardment of Algeria
The quarter-deck of the " Queen Charlotte", Lord Exmouths flagship, at the bombardment of Algiers

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