Cannon Collection (page 5)

Presidio at Monterey, California, USA
Presidio (soldiers quarters) at Monterey, California, USA. Date: 1922

Soldiers Memorial Fountain, Poughkeepsie, NY State, USA
Soldiers Memorial Fountain, Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1915

Flagstaff and salute guns, Fort Monroe, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Old St Pauls Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, showing a cannon ball embedded in the wall, which was fired by the Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore

Oglethorpe Fails in Attack on St. Augustine
Part of the War of Jenkins Ear between Great Britain and Spain, James Oglethorpe led a band of English soldiers, militia, and Chickasaw and Creek Nation soldiers

De Soto Attacks the Alabama Fort
Hernando De Soto attacks a fortified town in Alabama in 1540. Various artillery fires towards the towns defences, as cavalry from various positions around the town ride forward. Date: 1540

Lima as seen from the Hill of San Cristobal
After the Chilean army occupied Lima, during the War of the Pacific in 1881. On top of the hill of San Cristobal, a soldier stands holding the Chilean flag

Widening of Cannon Street Bridge, London 1926
Cannon Street Station was being widened in order to allow the construction of two new lines of railway track and new system of electrical signalling Date: 1926

The Lance under fire at the port of Tampico
The ship the Lance under fire by Mexican artillery in the port of Tampico. A ship leans heavily as artillery from the shore bombard it

The French Army approaches Puebla
The french army stops before reaching Puebla. A line of French soldiers stop before an incline to rest, out of sight from the city in the distance. Date: 1863

Battle at Rio de Janeiro harbour
Rene Duguay Trouin captured the port city of Rio de Janeiro on 21 September 1711 (which had previously been considered impregnable) during the War of the Spanish Succession

Spanish attack Aztec fleet on Lake Texcoco
Part of the seige of Tenochtitlan by Cortes and the Tlaxcala army, the Spanish ships are vastly outmatching the Aztec war canoes, both in size and the technology

Spaniards in Peru
A group of Spanish soldiers and a monk meet with a group of indigenous Peruvian people. The monk holds a book, and is talking to the head of the group of Peruvians. Date: circa 1590s

Japanese Marine Field Artillery Corps bombarding Chinese
Japanese Marine Field Artillery Corps bombarding the Chinese. 1933

Santarem during 1846 civil war
The valley and heights of Santarem, on the River Tagus in Portugal, the refuse of Portuguese insurgents during the civil war of 1846. Date: 1846

Children with tree on a German Christmas postcard
Children with tree and presents on a German Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

French Revolution, 13th Vendemiaire, 5 October 1795
French Revolution - 13th Vendemiaire, 5 October 1795, a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris, and a success for General Napoleon Bonaparte. 1795

Chimney Sweep, Beg Your Pardon, Sir

Nepean Point and Parliament Library, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nepean Point, with the Parliament Library in the distance on the right, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. From this point royal salutes are fired, hence the line of cannons. Date: circa 1910

Anglo-French fleet entering the Sea of Marmora
The Anglo-French fleet entering the Sea of Marmora, Crimean War. 1854

John Wesleys Foundery Chapel, Moorfields, London
John Wesleys Foundery (or Foundry) Chapel in Moorfields, London, a former brass cannon foundry used as a chapel from 1739 until 1778

Royal Navy coastal gun, Devils Gap Battery, Gibraltar
Royal Navy coastal gun, 6" Mark VII, Devils Gap Battery, overlooking the harbour at Gibraltar, installed 1902-1903. Date: circa 1908

Postcard booklet, memorial at Gonzales, Texas, USA
Postcard booklet, Independence memorial at Gonzales, Texas, USA. The city is called the Lexington of Texas as it was the site of the first skirmish of the Texas Revolution in 1835. Date: 1942

The Tune we Dance to - Pacifism - Society of Friends
" The Money Goes Round and Around... And it comes out here!" Pay your income tax and it ends up being fired from a gun. Pacifist postcard published by the Society of Friends (Quakers)

Soldier with a crossbow and one of the first cannons
The Wars of the Roses. A Soldier with a crossbow and one of the first cannons ever used. 15th century

Gerard Hall, Basing Lane, London

North American TB-25H-5-NA Mitchell 43-4516 43-4516 (msn 98-21517). Formerly armed with 4x 0.5 in machine-guns and a 75mm cannon in the nose, this TB-25H was used for training. Date: circa 1946

Communard forces reinforcing their position at Montmartre, digging trenches and placing cannon. Leftwing National Guard soldiers supported the Commune and helped to hold Montmartre

The stage magician, Monsieur Philippe, performs a magic trick involving a cannon at the Strand Theatre, London Date: 1845

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN At the battle of LODI, Napoleon personally aims a cannon Date: 10 May 1796

Salute the Rooshians? Aye, aye, Sir : a British sailor prepares to fire a cannon Date: 1854

Napoleon crosses the St Bernard pass into Italy : his cannon are carried on sledges, dragged across the snow Date: 1796

J. P. Jones and Crew Date: 1948
J.P. Jones and Crew Date: 1948

Molly Pitcher

Cannon Row chimney sweep
A humorous colour illustration picturing a chimney sweep and a man of high class colliding on a street corner. Date: circa 1900

Interior of the Gun-Boat La Commune; Paris Commune 1871
The interior of the Communard gun-boat La Commune, shown equipped with cannon, during the Paris Commune of 1871. The second siege of Paris in 1871 was caused by civil war

Hundred Years War, siege of town
Siege of a town. Date: circa 1380s

Hundred Years War, storming a fort
Siege of a castle, in the Hundred Years War. Date: circa 1380s

FRENCH MOROCCO CANNON
French teach Moroccans to use a quick-firing cannon Date: 1911

GOVERNMENT ARTILLERY
Government artillery in the village of Issy during the Paris Commune Date: May 1871

COMMUNE / WOMAN DIRECTING
A woman takes charge of the guns during the defence of the Commune in the Place Taranne Date: 1871

FR. REV. / GRAPESHOT / 5 OCT
Napoleons Whiff of Grapeshot - defeat of the Sections Date: 5 October 1795

MAN SHOT FROM GUN
A human shell is seemingly shot from a cannon. In truth, he is propelled by a spring, and the explosion occurs a fraction of a second later... Date: 1884

THE ROYAL ARTILLERY
Royal Artillery Date: 1889

European knights mount an unsuccessful siege 1390
European knights mount an unsuccessful siege on a city near Tunis, Africa. Defeated, they soon return home

Cannon Street Station 1866
The terminus of the South Eastern Railway at Cannon Street Station. Date: 1866

Building Cannon Street Station, London 1866
Boatmen on the Thames can see that work on the Cannon Street Station terminus of the South Eastern Railway is nearly completed. Date: 1866

Chinese Emperor Wu Wang creates loud explosions
Chinese Emperor Yeou Wang (Zhou Dynasty) alarms his enemies with loud explosions. Date: circa 781 - 771 BC

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