Artillery Collection (#18)

Siege of Zaragosa, Spain, Peninsular War, 1808 (c1822-c1870). Artist: William Greatbach
Siege of Zaragosa, Spain, Peninsular War, 1808 (c1822-c1870). Maria Augustin, the Maid of Sarogossa, encouraging fellow her fellow citizens to re-man a battery

Double-barrelled dragonneau cast in 1503. Engraving of an item in the Royal Armoury, Madrid

Convoi d Artillerie Automobile ( Convoy of Motorised Artillery ), World War I, France, 1918. After a watercolour by French war artist Georges Scott (1880-1947). ARTISTs COPYRIGHT MUST ALSO BE CLEARED

To the Victors!, World War I, 1917-1918. British troops man-handling a captured German Field Gun as they remove it from its position

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1870. This was a revolving battery gun and, with ten barrels, had a firing capacity of rounds of 1200 rounds of a minute. From The Graphic. (London, August 20, 1870)

Montigny mitrailleuse, rapid fire gun, 1870. Artist: Joseph Montigny
Montigny mitrailleuse, rapid fire gun, 1870. Various views of the gun, invented by Joseph Montigny, introduced by the French during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871

Early design of a quick firing cannon, 1482. From De re militari (On Military Matters) by Roberto Valturio. (1482). Written in about 1455, the first printed edition was published in Verona in 1472

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1861-1862 (1872). This was a revolving battery gun and, with ten barrels, had a firing capacity of 1200 rounds a minute. From The Great Industries of the United States

Roman soldiers using a war engine firing multiple arrows, 1605. Reconstruction from Poliorceticon sive de Machinis Tormentis Telis by Justus Lipsius. (Antwerp, 1605)

Roman soldiers operating a catapult, c1750. Artist: William Henry Toms
Roman soldiers operating a catapult, c1750. A Roman siege engine used for hurling missiles, such as stones at bottom left, at the enemy

Napoleon helping to defeat counter-revolutionaries in Paris, French Revolution, 1795. Napoleon Bonaparte (on horseback) commanding revolutionary troops in street fighting on 13 Vendemiaire (5 October)

Star Fort defended by a moat coming under siege, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi...historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

Design for an encampment outside a besieged fortress, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi... historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

English troops attacking a French town, Hundred Years War, 1337-1453 (c1830). The English besiegers are armed with early cannon and both longbows and crossbows

The New Works at the Siege of Sebastapol... Crimean War, 1853-1856. Artist: William Simpson
The New Works at the Siege of Sebastapol. Mortar battery on right of Jordans battery, Crimean War 1853-1856. From Illustrations of the War in the East by William Simpson. (London, 1855-1856)

A Quiet Day in the Diamond Battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68-pounder, Crimean War 1855-1856. Artist: William Simpson
A Quiet Day in the Diamond Battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68-pounder, Crimean War 1853-1856. From Illustrations of the War in the East by William Simpson. (London, 1855-1856)

Battle of Alma, Crimean War, 20 September 1854 (c1860). French commanders with advancing infantry. 26, 000 British troops commanded by Lord Raglan and 24

Uniform of a regiment of horse artillery, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of a regiment of horse artillery, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

Uniform of artillerymen, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of artillerymen, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

Uniform of a squadron of horse artillery train of a Swiss regiment, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of a squadron of horse artillery train of a Swiss regiment, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

Uniform of a regiment of horse artillery train of the royal guard, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of a regiment of horse artillery train of the royal guard, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

Uniform of a regiment of foot artillery of the royal guard, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of a regiment of foot artillery of the royal guard, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

A Hot Day in the Batteries, Crimean War, 1853-1856. Scene from the siege of Sebastopol, October 1854 to September 1855, showing one of the Allies batteries besieging the town

Prussian siege guns at the siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1871. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Prussian guns at the siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, January 1871 (c1880). After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Prussian artillery battery in action, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. The seeds of the Franco-Prussian War were sown by the abdication of Queen Isabella of Spain

Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880), 1880. A block in the Jugdulluk Pass: British troops having difficulties on their way to reinforce General Roberts at Cabul (Kabul). December 1879

Drawings of ship gun carriages.. Left, Traversing Carronade carriage. Carronade, short piece of naval ordnance with large calibre chamber, like a mortar

Ship cannon on gun carriage, Wood engraving, 1884
Ship cannon on gun carriage, showing gun-tackle, blocks and pulleys fixed to sides of gun-carriage and to side of ship, by means of which gun is run up to, or drawn back from porthole

Ship cannon on gun carriage. Woodcut, 1835

Carronade, short piece of naval ordnance with large calibre chamber, like a mortar, 1850
Carronade, short piece of naval ordnance with large calibre chamber, like a mortar. Name said to come from Carron Ironworks, Scotland. Wood engraving, 1850

Troops working in one of the underground artillery towers, Maginot Line, Worls War 2, c1940
Maginot Line, French defensive installation. Troops working in one of the underground artillery towers. Man in foreground is using a time-fuse setter. Early 1940

Tsar Nicholas II reviewing Cossacks, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia from 1894, reviewing Cossacks, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 28 February 1904

Russian artillery battery, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
Russian artillery battery defending Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 27 March 1904

Japanese field battery in action, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. Japanese field battery in action during the attack on Port Arthur, August 1904

Japanese howitzer battery before Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5

Siberian reserve taking up positions, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. Siberian reserve taking up positions with 6-inch guns for the defence of 203 Metre Hill, August 1904

Russian field artillery in the millet field, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5

British artillery going to the attack on Spion Kop, 2nd Boer War, 24 January 1900. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
British artillery going to the attack on Spion Kop, 2nd Boer War, 24 January 1900. The British army of 20, 000 under General Sir Redvers Buller was defeated by 8000 Boers under General Louis Botha

Before Ladysmith, 1899. British horse artillery under attack from the Boers, galloping to take up a new position. During the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902)

The approach to Ladysmith, 2nd Boer War, 18 January 1900. British forces hauling a 4.7 inch naval gun across the Tugela (Thukela) River 20 miles from Ladysmith

Laying siege canon on target, from Le diverse et artificiose machine, 1620
Laying siege canon on target, from Agostino Ramellis Le diverse et artificiose machine, 1620 (first edition 1588). Bottom right is a gunners level

Utriusque cosmi historia, 1517-19. Artist: Robert Fludd
Utriusque cosmi historia, 1517-19. Gunners laying siege to moated and fortified enclosure. Attackers are using earth-filled Gabions to protect their guns and themselves

Arms of Precision, 1878. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Arms of Precision, 1878. The setting is a Sham Fight, Aldershot.The Brigade Major is saying to the Officer of Artillery: If you Fire by the Compass due South, at a range of Two Miles

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