Firing Collection (page 7)

HMS Marlborough - A Torpedo breaking surface before its run
HMS Marlborough - A Torpedo breaking surface before starting its run. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

British Fleet - 4th Battle Squadron - Firing a 13. 5 salvo
Photograph from the deck of the HMS Marlborough of one of the other Iron-Duke Class Battleships of the British Mediterranean Fleet (one of the HMS Emperor of India)

The Second soviet Occupation (1944-1991). Large areas of Latvia become military bases and firing ranges. Occupation Museum. Riga. Latvia. Europe

Musketeer of the Infantry of Louis XIV with his musket. 18th
France. Army of the 18th century. Musketeer of the Infantry of Louis XIV with his musket. Colored engraving

Musketeer of the Infantry of Louis XIV blowing the fuse of t
France. Army of the 18th century. Musketeer of the Infantry of Louis XIV blowing the fuse of the musket. Colored engraving

Musketeer of the Infantry of Louis XIV filling the musket s
France. Army of the 18th century. Musketeer of the Infantry of Louis XIV filling the muskets bowl with black powder. Colored engraving

The ruler of Hornos island is surprised by the firing of a c
Tierra del Fuego. The ruler of the natives of the Hornos island, along with the Dutch Willem Cornelisz Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, is surprised by the firing of a cannon. Engraving, 1807

111-ton gun at Woolwich
Firing the 111-ton gun at Woolwich (the largest gun in existence). Constructed at the Elswick Works of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co

Cartoon, John Bull and Disraeli
Cartoon, A Dangerous Performance. Benjamin Disraeli fires a Foreign Policy cannon ball at John Bull. 1880

German Cannon Firing 16C
German cannon - firing Date: 16th century

Lewis Gun Trenches Ww1
Lewis gun in the British trenches during the First World War Date: 1914-17

Johann Valerius (2)
JOHANN VALERIUS German born without arms, but who taught himself to do amazing things such as firing a musket with his feet Date: 1667 - 1705+

Zodiac / Sagittarius / Maxim
illustrated as an archer firing an arrow at a target held by a frog (!) Date: 1887

Cowboys Show Off / Reming
Cowboys on horseback show off by firing their guns into the air Date: 1888

Johann Valerius
JOHANN VALERIUS German born without arms, but who taught himself to do amazing things such as firing a musket with his feet Date: 1667 - 1705+

Firing at the apple-tree in Devonshire
On the Twelfth Eve in Devonshire, it was custom for the farmer to leave his warm fireside accompanied by a band of rustics with guns and blunderbusses, goto the orchard

Posada, The Temptation of Saint Anthony -- a satirical cartoon. Date: circa 1900s

Sailor firing machine gun at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City, USA Date: 1901

Cartoon, Six thousand years later, WW1
Cartoon, Six thousand years later, showing a prehistoric caveman seeing an airship in the sky as a development of the club in his hand. Date: 1916

HMS Monarch firing her broadside, August 1914
The Orion-class British battleship, H.M.S. " Monarch", firing her broadside of 13.5 inch guns. She served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in World War I

Naval rifle range, Weihaiwei island, China
Naval rifle range, Weihaiwei (Weihai) island, China, when it was a British colony. Date: circa 1910

Men of the Australian Navy in Great War Deeds, WW1
Men of the Australian Navy, on board the HMAS Sydney, cheering and crying as the defeated and sinking German cruiser Emden turned to run ashore

WW1 - Firing a mortar
WW1 - Three soldiers positioned in a dug-out trench, aiming and firing a mortar at its target. Date: circa 1915

WW1 - The repulse of a Zeppelin raid in Poland
WW1 - The army on the ground are seen positioned by a slope running down a railway track. Soldiers on foot and on horses, aim their rifles attack the enemy above

WW1 - French and German aerial combat, 1916
WW1 - In aerial combat over Champagne district in France, a German biplane fires at and brings down a French aviator. The damaged aircraft leaves a trail of black smoke as it falls nose-down from

WW1 - British and German aircraft in action, 1917
WW1 - The illustration captures a birdseye view of a vast landscape where British aeroplanes are in action, attacking German infantry

WW1 - French and German aerial battle, 1916
WW1 - French and German aeroplanes in an aerial battle. The French in quick-firing gun action using the built in machine gun at the nose of the battle-plane to attack their enemy

WW1 - Lady aviator air-gunner demonstration in aeroplane
WW1 - An illustration of Mrs A. S. Hitchcock who was part of the Italian Army for expert skill in aeroplane operation. She is seen here giving a demonstration within Italian lines for a number of

WW1 - Aircraft in battle, 1915
WW1 - A depiction of an aerial duel, with the gunner from the aeroplane in the foreground, firing at its enemy from above at a distance. Date: 1915

WW1 - German Taube defies allied anti-aircraft fire
WW1 - As Imperial Germanys first practical military aircraft, the Taube (" Dove" ), was used for virtually all military aircraft applications until the start of World War I in August 1914

WW1 - German aircraft views the English Navy - North Sea
WW1 - A German illustration of a battle in the North Sea showing a German aircraft beating-off the English Navy. Three enemy merchant-vessels are being destroyed

Sopwith 5F Dolphin single-seat fighter
Sopwith 5F1 Dolphin single seat fighter, first flown in mid-1917. It was later used for air support, in particular trench and ground strafing

Boulton Paul Defiant I fresh from final assembly The Defiant carried a heavy 4-gun turret, but no fixed forward firing armament leaving it ready prey to enemy fighters

WW1 - Eastern Front - Dinner for Austrian soldiers delivered
WW1 - Eastern Front - Austrian soldiers crawl to deliver rations to soldiers in shallow trenches whilst under Russian shell-fire. Date: 1915

WW1 - Western Front - Attack on the Hindenburg Line, 1917
WW1 - Western Front - The Hindenbug Line (Siegfriedstellung), was a German defensive position of World War I, built during the winter of 1916 - 1917 on the Western Front, from Arras to Laffaux

WW1 - Trench warfare and ammunition transportation at night
WW1 - Ammuntion is brought by the regimental transport section to the dump during the night for the trenches. Working fatigue parties run carrying the boxes from the dump to the firing trenches

The Three Musketeers - Canadian sharpshooters, WW1
" The Three Musketeers" of Princess Patricias Own (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry) firing from a mound with a fine view of the German first line trenches

Soldiers galloping up to the firing-line in the Dardanelles
Soldiers galloping up the the firing line with ammunition for the guns in the Dardanelles, during the Gallipoli campaign Date: 1915

WW2 greetings card, Shelling a British Convoy from the French Coast, by Charles Pears, official war picture from the National Gallery. Date: circa 1942

India - Big Game Hunting
A coloured lantern slide of a Big Game Hunting party in India. The European hunters are firing from elevated positions in Howdahs mounted on Elephants

From the Balloon Observers Training Manual, WW1 cartoon
" All apparently natural features should be considered in relation to the general nature of the landscape, as the appearance of a hedge or even a solitary tree may be the cause of the discovery

Lead Kindly Light by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" Yes, I know the roads rotten; but I m sure this habit of Sec.-Lieut. Smiths of finding his way back to billets with his private repeating Verey pistol (that his aunt sent him)

Sphere cover - British gunners turning German gun on enemy
A British artillery team with a captured German gun (a 77), using all their strength to turn it upon the fleeing enemy. 1918

Sphere cover - British plane caught by German gun fire
A British aeroplane, caught making a daring raid over enemy lines and flying very low to drop bombs on German entrenched troops, is fired on by a machine gun as well as several rifles

Sea Scouts demonstrating with cannons, Gibraltar

French trench artillery in action by Matania, WW1
French gunners firing mortars and trench guns across " No Mans Land" to the German positions. The French used special artillery for use in the trenches

Soldiers in action on Western Front, WW1
Soldiers in action on the Western Front, firing their guns. Date: 1918

A Misinterpretation by C. Frampton, WW1 cartoon
A potentially disastrous case of Chinese Whispers in a front line trench. A message of Sedn reinforcements - we are about to advance, changes to, Send three and fourpence - we are going to a dance

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