Snipers Collection

Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th Reg
An action during the Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th (Rifle) Regiment acting as snipers, 1810 (c).Watercolour attributed to Denis Dighton

A British Advanced observation post
A ruined house is used as an advanced observation post by British officers. Situated close to German lines, the officers relay information back about the accuracy of artillery fire

Defense in a Church from Guerillas
French soldiers fire from the Church of St. Nicholas, using it as a defensive position against Mexican guerillas. Guerilla lancers on horseback

American paratroop, hunting snipers in St. Mere Eglise, firing a volley into a church tower, used by German soldiers as an observation post

Vietnam - An Giang Province - District of Haiphong
Camp Tonkinese (Vietnamese) Rifles - Vietnam - An Giang Province - District of Haiphong - Kien-An Date: circa 1909

English dum-dum bullets found at Margival, France, WW1
English dum-dum bullets and part of their packaging found in a dugout at Margival, northern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Dummy heads rising above the side of a trench, WW1
Four dummy heads of British soldiers rising above the side of a trench during the First World War, to deceive potential snipers. Date: 1914-1918

Rhine crossing: two Commandos looking out for snipers
Photograph showing the Rhine crossing: two Commandos looking out for snipers among the ruins of Osnabuck, 4 Apr 1945. Armed with a Bren Gun and Thompson sub-machine gun

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

A Visit to the Alpini - 19? by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1
The war was over some time ago, but this man hasn t heard about it yet, and nobody can get up to tell him. His sniping is therefore very annoying to that Austrian village in the valley

Searching for a German sniper in ruined farmhouse
British soldiers searching for a German sniper in the ruins of a farmhouse within the firing line on the Western Front. Date: 1916

The Communication Trench
British soldiers dash past a gap in the sandbag wall of a communication trench, keeping their heads down so as not to attract the attention of snipers. Date: 1915

The Easter Rising, 1916: British troops under fire
The Battle of Dublin : British soldiers opening fire on the Sinn Feiners, who are sniping from houses 200 yards away. Date: 1916

Japanese snipers in an advanced position in southern China during the Sino-Japanese War Date: 1937-1945

Allied soldiers undergoing training as snipers 1916
Candidates undergoing special training as snipers during the First World War. Date: 1916

Senegalese Sharpshooters - Medical Team Date: circa 1910

Senegalese Sharpshooter - WWI era. Date: circa 1916

Two British soldiers shooting from behind a wall, WW1
Two British soldiers shooting from behind a brick wall, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Debris from ruined buildings can be seen across the road from them. Date: 1914-1918

Italian Sharpshooter - World War One era
Italian propaganda postacrd depicting a poised Sharpshooter - World War One era. The caption translates as: For King and Fatherland: this is the ideal of the Sharpshooters Date: circa 1916s

British Troops Advance
British troops, wary of German snipers, move cautiously behind a ruined wall in St. Mauvieu, France. Date: 6 June 1944

Shooting Match between Rival Trenches 1914
An Anglo-German Bisley at the front. A Shooting test between British soldiers in their trench and German troops in the trench opposite

Hit
A photograph taken by a French dragoon showing a fellow soldier struck by a German bullet while on reconnaissance duty in the Forest of Champenoux

Street fighting in the Rue de Rivoli; Paris Commune, 1871
Illustration showing street fighting, in the Rue de Rivoli, between French Government troops and Paris Communards, 1871. Barricades can be seen at each end of the street

The Civil war in America: Jefferson Thompsons guerillas sho
Confederate snipers under Jefferson Thompson making life difficult for the Unionists to advance

Confederate sharpshooters firing at a supply train, American
This lively and vivid sketch shows Confederate snipers attacking a Unionist wagon train, near the Tennessee River, 1863. The wagon train was trying to supply local Union troops

Nationalist soldiers assaulting a house near Irun; Spanish C
Photograph showing Nationalist soldiers assaulting a farmhouse near Irun, northern Spain, 1936. These soldiers were engaged in mopping-up operations

Sniper Post Cartoon
The Competitive Spirit Should be Encouraged - A novel approach to this idea in this cartoon, as British troops turn a Snipers Post into a Try Your Luck shooting alley

Caverns at Inkermann
Excavated church in the caverns at Inkerman (looking West)

Commune / Street Fighting
Fighting at a barricade in the Rue de Rivoli

Commune / Petroleuses 1871
A pair of petroleuses, Parisian women who set fire to buildings in the city to protect the barricades from snipers and cover the Communes retreat

British Advancing
British troops, wary of German snipers, move cautiously behind a ruined wall in St. Mauvieu, France

French in Algeria
A French force passing through the Portes de Fer (Gates of Iron) is ambushed by native snipers on the rocks above

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