Gunfire Collection

WW1 - Whales mistaken for submarines
The bodies of hundreds of whales, sharks, and other large fish, mistaken for submarines in the zealous hunt for German raiders, now lie strewn along the Atlantic coast

Damaged searchlight, HMS Dreadnought, British battleship
Damaged searchlight on HMS Dreadnought, British flagship battleship - the searchlight was shattered by the ships own gunfire during a fleet review

Assault on House by Spanish Soldiers
Assault on a house occupied by the staff of General Jordan, one of the leaders of the Cuban forces. A large crowd of men with guns rush toward a thatched building, smoke everywhere from gunfire

Streetfighting in Veracruz
On a street corner a group of men with rifles lay on the floor, as two men on the left stand and face each other, one in a pale uniform, the other in a dark uniform with a military cap on. Date: 1914

Turret Gunner Makes Hit Date: 1943

MINE, NORTH SEA
German warships destroy a mine with gunfire in the North Sea Date: February 1940

Cannon. 1566. Bronze. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Training War Dogs
The animal-loving British train dogs not to fear gunfire, so that they can be used in warfare. Date: 1925

Minerva Armoured Car
A Belgian " Minerva" armoured car, which braved the majority of the gunfire around Antwerp in 1914. They were a high-tech novelty and extensively photographed at the time. Date: 1914

Kabul, Afghanistan, attack on British Embassy 1879
The army and populace of Kabul, Afghanistan, attack the British Embassy and massacre the staff. Date: 1879

French Take San Domingo
The French take San Domingo. Date: 1778

Surprise at dawn on the Western Front
South-east of Ypres, a German trench-building party is surprised by British gunfire. The trench builders had been working under cover of the night mist

German retreat from Paris - first Battle of the Marne
An incident in the Battle of the Morin on 10th September 1914 (part of the larger first Battle of the Marne) : an early-morning surprise when British infantry dislodged the Germans during their

Belgian troops defending Antwerp, WW1
Three scenes showing Belgian troops defending Antwerp in the early days of the First World War. Top: soldiers preparing to fire from a railway engine near Malines

Surface action with guns by G. H. Davis
Inside a British submarine during the Second World War: a surface action with guns. How an underwater boat comes up to attack light surface vessels with gunfire. Date: 1943

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

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