Bombards Collection

Emden Shells Madras
The German cruiser Emden bombards the oil tanks in the harbour of Madras, India, and causes substantial damage to shipping. But she, too, will be destroyed

Count of Urgell's revolt (1413-1414). Military
Count of Urgell's revolt (1413-1414)

Primitive cannons used at Battle of Crecy, France
Primitive cannons (known as bombards) used by the English army at the Battle of Crecy, France, though bows and arrows were the primary weapon. Date: 1346

Japanese Fleet bombards Vladivostok - 5 March 1904
Russo-Japanese War - the Japanese Naval Fleet bombards Vladivostok - 5 March 1904 Date: 1904

Captain Henry Mowatt bombards Falmouth off Chesapeake Bay during the American War of Independence Date: 1775

Admiral Vernon bombards Cartagena. Date: circa 1741

BOMBARDMENT OF SANTIAGO The Eastern Squadron bombards the Spanish batteries Date: 6 June 1898

WW1 - U-Boats attack, Varna in Bulgaria, 27th October 1915
WW1 - The drawing is from a German paper showing German submarines and Bulgarian war-ships going out against the Russians

Artillery at Tobruk
North Africa : Rommels artillery bombards Tobruk, Libya, recognised as a key element in the strategy of the North African campaign Date: 1941

Bombardment of allied positions
Allied forces and encampments being bombared by Turkish forces from the Asian side of the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli campaign - June 19th 1915

Emden Bombards India
The German cruiser Emden cruises the Indian Ocean doing what damage she can : she shells the Anglo-Persian oil installation near Madras - seen burning here. 22nd September 1914

HMS Ramillies bombarding Turkish positions
Birds eye view (taken from a seaplane) of the British warship HMS Ramillies bombarding Turkish positions in the Gulf of Ismid in early July 1920

Bomarsund Bombarded - 2
HMS Bulldog bombards Bomarsund, a Russian fortress in the Baltic, softening it up before it is taken by a combined French and British force under sir Charles Napier

Bombarding Sebastopol
A mortar battery bombards the besieged city

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

Payta Bombarded
Anson, in the course of his round-the-world voyage, bombards and nearly destroys the town of Payta in northern Peru

Palermo Bombarded
The Neapolitan navy bombards Palermo in a futile attempt to halt the insurrection

Bombards 1555
Bombards firing on a city

Fighting Hail Beaujolais
In the Beaujolais area Guinands mortar bombards clouds which threaten the vineyards, causing them to release the rain before it freezes into hail

Mortar Battery, Crimea
During the siege of Sebastopol, a mortar battery bombards the besieged city Date: 1855

Monitor Bombarding Gaza
British monitor M31 bombards Gaza at dawn

Japan Bombards Shanghai
The Japanese bombard SHANGHAI

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