Firing Collection (#13)

German artillery in action on the Eastern Front, 1941

Bombardment of Blagoveshchensk, Russia, Boxer Rebellion, 15 July 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7

Assault on a Hova Fort, Madagascar, 1883-1896. France invaded Madagascar in 1883 in what became known as the first Franco-Hova War (Hova being the name of the islands Merina aristocrats)

An Engagement against the Hovas of Madagascar, 1883-1896
An Engagement against the Hovas of Madagascar. 1883-1896. France invaded Madagascar in 1883 in what became known as the first Franco-Hova War (Hova being the name of the islands Merina aristocrats)

Battle of the Yalu River, Sino-Japanese War, 25 October 1894. The First Sino-Japanese War was fought in 1894-1895 between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan over the control of Korea

German soldiers at the edge of the River Aisne, France, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

View of the Encampment at Jerusalam, 1813. Artist: John Gabriel Stedman
View of the Encampment at Jerusalam, 1813. From Narrative, of a Five Years Expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the West Coast of South Africa, volume II

Russia is a Camp in a State of Siege, 1919. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
Russia is a Camp in a State of Siege, 1919

Napoleons troops defending a telegraph tower, c1815, (c1870). The incident took place shortly before Napoleons defeat at Waterloo by the allies under Wellington, 18 June 1815

Firing a cannon into clouds to prevent a hail storm, 1901. It was claimed that rain fell instead of the anticipated hail which would have damaged the grape vines in the wine producing area of

Boers attacking a British blockhouse (microfort) during the 2nd Boer War 1899-1902
Boers attacking a British blockhouse (microfort) during the 2nd Boer War of 1899-1902

Dark Artillery; or, How to Make the Contrabands Useful, American Civil War, 1861. Contrabands were Negro slaves who had escaped or been brought across Union (northern) lines

Early match caliver, c1590 (c1880)

Examples of various gun firing mechanisms, c1880. Top to bottom: matchlock; wheel lock arquebus; snaphaunce fowling-piece; flint fowling-piece; percussion fowling-piece or scent bottle lock of c1807

Admiral George Anson in the Centurion taking a Spanish galleon off the Philippines, 1743
Admiral Anson in the Centurion taking a Spanish galleon off the Philippines, 1743 (c1895). Admiral George Anson (1697-1762)

English troops under fire in Talbot Street, Anti-English Irish uprising, Dublin, May 1916. English troops under fire behind a barricade of cars, facing a charge by the rebels

Storming of the Bastille by Parisians led by the Grenadier Guards, 14 July 1789 (1804). On the morning of 14 July 1789, a crowd advanced on the Bastille, the state prison in Paris

Passage du Col Teniah, conquest of Algeria, 12th May 1840, France 19C
Passage du Col Teniah, conquest of Algeria, 12th May 1840, France 19th century. Colour Lithograph. Private collection

La Liberte guidant le Peuple, 28th July 1830. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
La Liberte guidant le Peuple, 28th July 1830. Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Painting, oil on canvas 2.6 x 3.25M. Louvre Museum

The last battle of the Communards May 1871, Paris Commune. From print in the Museum of Marx and Engels, Moscow

Serious disorders and rioting in Milan, Italy, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
Serious disorders and rioting in Milan, Italy, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29nd May 1898

The new flag of the Russian navy, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
The new flag of the Russian navy, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd April 1898

Russian officer wounded by the Prussians, Russian border, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Russian officer wounded by the Prussians, Russian border, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th November 1898

Rioting in Mons, Belgium, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Rioting in Mons, Belgium, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 6th June 1893

The Duel between Paul Deroulede and Georges Clemenceau, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Duel between Paul Deroulede and Georges Clemenceau, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 7th January 1893

American War of Independence: Battle of Yorktown, 1781.Two lines of warships firing broadsides. The defeat of the British by the Americans

Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. British troops under Major-General George Colley took Majuba Hill. The Boers counterattacked, taking the British by surprise

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

Sectional view of a typical Boer entrenchment, Boer War, c1900. The 2nd Boer War 1899-1902

Assault on Wagon Hill, 2nd Boer War, 6 January 1900. Wagon Hill, 5km south of Ladysmith, was an important British position during the Siege of Ladysmith which lasted from 1 November 1899 to 28

Napoleon at a Hunt in the Compiegne Forest, 1811. Artist: Carle Vernet
Napoleon at a Hunt in the Compiegne Forest, 1811. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

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