Field Gun Collection

British 18-pounder field guns in action on the Western Front, 1914-18 (b / w photo)
700999 British 18-pounder field guns in action on the Western Front, 1914-18 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures; English, out of copyright

A Chinese field gun, 1860 (engraving)
1579521 A Chinese field gun, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of a Chinese field gun used during the war in China. Dated 1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

British & captured gun, 10 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. British & captured gun, 10 Jun 1917
British & captured gun, 10 Jun 1917. British soldiers with a captured German field gun (7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.) near Wytschaete, Belgium, during the Battle of Messines during World War I, on June 10, 1917.

Field gun drawn by oxen, Serbia, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Field gun drawn by oxen, Serbia, between c1915 and c1920.

German field gun in action, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German field gun in action, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers firing field gun during World War I.

Austrian 15 cm. gun in action, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrian 15 cm. gun in action, between c1910 and c1915. An Austrian army gun, probably during World War I.

Les Evenements de Grece; Piece d'artillerie de campagne en position sur la colline des Muses...1917 Creator
Les Evenements de Grece; Piece d'artillerie de campagne en position sur la colline des Muses: au second plan, l'Acropole, 1917

Notre entrée a Metz; Les troupes francaises defilent, 19 novembre 1918, sur l'esplanade de... 1918 Creator: Unknown
Notre entree a Metz; Les troupes francaises defilent, 19 novembre 1918, sur l'esplanade de Metz, au pied de la statue du marechal Ney, devant Petain qui la veille

Les Heures Triomphales: La premiere fete, le 20 octobre 1918; sur la place de l'Hotel-de... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Les Heures Triomphales: La premiere fete, le 20 octobre 1918; sur la place de l'Hotel-de-Ville: autour d'un pylone, des trophees pris a l'ennemi, 1918

Les Heures Triomphales: La premiere fete, le 20 octobre 1918; les statues de Strasbourg... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Les Heures Triomphales: La premiere fete, le 20 octobre 1918; les statues de Strasbourg et de Lille, le 20 octobre, au milieu des trophees, 1918

'Coucher de Soleil dans la Plaine de L'Yser: Piece de 75 Allant Prendre Position, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

'Notre Artillerie de Campagne; Le 75 en action, 1914. Creator: Georges Bertin Scott
'Notre Artillerie de Campagne; Le 75 en action, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

'Victoires sur le Front Oriental; L'artillerie serbe passe la Save, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Victoires sur le Front Oriental; L'artillerie serbe passe la Save, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Egyptian Artilleryman, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Egyptian Artilleryman, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

'Military Manoeuvres at Aldershot: A Sham Fight; A Field Battery at Work; A Safe Position, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'Military Manoeuvres at Aldershot: A Sham Fight; A Field Battery at Work; A Safe Position, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

World War 1: Zouve regiment lying in wait with mitrailleuse
3786993 World War 1: Zouve regiment lying in wait with mitrailleuse; (add.info.: World War 1: Zouve regiment lying in wait with mitrailleuse (French mounted rapid-firing weapon of rifle calibre)

World War I: French artillery defending Namur, Belgium
3786936 World War I: French artillery defending Namur, Belgium; (add.info.: World War I: French artillery defending Namur, Belgium. French postcard.); Lebrecht History

The Battle of Colenso - The Last Desperate Attempt to Save the Guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, 1900. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. II", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C

Battle of Philippi, West Virginia, American Civil War, 3 June, 1861. Union troops under the command of Colonel Ebenezer Dumont, supported by Colonels Benjamin Franklin Kelley and Frederick W Lander

A Battery of 75s In Action, 1927 (litho)
1123851 A Battery of 75s In Action, 1927 (litho) by Jonas, Lucien Hector (1880-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artillery in France during the First World War.); The Stapleton Collection

Big Bertha, German Krupp gun that bombarded Paris from a distance of over 60
778992 Big Bertha, German Krupp gun that bombarded Paris from a distance of over 60 miles, 1918 (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century)

King Alfonso XIII of Spain inspecting an artillery piece at the French Army camp at Chalons (colour litho)
3097499 King Alfonso XIII of Spain inspecting an artillery piece at the French Army camp at Chalons (colour litho) by French School

Going out to the attack on Spion Kop on January 24th (litho)
STC363469 Going out to the attack on Spion Kop on January 24th (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Russian troops during the Russo-Japanese war, 1904 (b / w photo)
833366 Russian troops during the Russo-Japanese war, 1904 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Calmann & King Ltd; Russian, out of copyright

British artillery 9. 2 calibre Howitzer for heavy bombardment, 1914-18 (b / w photo)
701006 British artillery 9.2 calibre Howitzer for heavy bombardment, 1914-18 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures; English, out of copyright

Limber Up! (engraving)
729576 Limber Up! (engraving) by Overend, William Heysham (1851-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Limber Up! - Bluejackets at Field Gun at the Royal Naval Exhibition)

Enlist To-Day Recruitment Poster, 1914-18 (colour litho)
747125 Enlist To-Day Recruitment Poster, 1914-18 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener)

Exhibition of Competitive Sports, 1918 (colour litho)
747101 Exhibition of Competitive Sports, 1918 (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo eBarbara Singer; German, out of copyright

The giant German Paris gun of WWI called Big Bertha (litho)
778971 The giant German Paris gun of WWI called Big Bertha (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Postcard photograph of a gun crew loading a 13 pounder field gun, Royal Horse Artillery
2914703 Postcard photograph of a gun crew loading a 13 pounder field gun, Royal Horse Artillery, Egypt, 1915 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); National Army Museum

Carrying an artillery piece down a mountain path (chromolitho)
2782666 Carrying an artillery piece down a mountain path (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carrying an artillery piece down a mountain path)

Mont St Jean, the Village of the Battle of Waterloo, South of Brussels
1772195 Mont St Jean, the Village of the Battle of Waterloo, South of Brussels, 1815 (pen & ink on paper) by Hoare, Richard Colt (1758-1838); National Army Museum

British horse artillery on the Western Front in Southern Flanders, World War I (litho)
972820 British horse artillery on the Western Front in Southern Flanders, World War I (litho) by Millar, Addison Thomas (1850-1913); Private Collection; (add.info)

The War in the East, Military Preparations in Japan (litho)
1048067 The War in the East, Military Preparations in Japan (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War in the East, Military Preparations in Japan)

British artillery in the Battle of the Somme, July 1916 (b / w photo)
700998 British artillery in the Battle of the Somme, July 1916 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Battle of Yelnya near Moscow in 1941, 1962 (oil on canvas)
BAL322401 The Battle of Yelnya near Moscow in 1941, 1962 (oil on canvas) by Ananyev, Mikhail Ananievich (b.1928); Borodino, Mozhaysky, Moscow Oblast

Hoisting an artillery piece onto a ridge (chromolitho)
2782671 Hoisting an artillery piece onto a ridge (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hoisting an artillery piece onto a ridge)

Battle of Talavera, 28 July 1809, 1809 (pen & ink with w / c on paper)
1772216 Battle of Talavera, 28 July 1809, 1809 (pen & ink with w/c on paper) by Walker, E. (fl.1809); National Army Museum

British soldiers of the Royal Artillery with a 15 Field Gun (photo)
5999857 British soldiers of the Royal Artillery with a 15 Field Gun (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Barricades on Liteiniy Prospekt, St Petersburg, February 1917 (b / w photo)
833384 Barricades on Liteiniy Prospekt, St Petersburg, February 1917 (b/w photo) by Bulla, Karl Karlovich (1853-1929); Private Collection; Calmann & King Ltd; Russian, out of copyright

Gun shop at the Putilov Plant, St Petersburg, 1915 (b / w photo)
833363 Gun shop at the Putilov Plant, St Petersburg, 1915 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Calmann & King Ltd; Russian, out of copyright

Grenadier of the First West York Militia, engraved by Robert Havell the Elder
STC254996 Grenadier of the First West York Militia, engraved by Robert Havell the Elder, published 1814 by Robinson and Son, Leeds (colour litho) by Walker

Artlillery, 1911 (oil on canvas)
3746324 Artlillery, 1911 (oil on canvas) by La Fresnaye, Roger de (1885-1925); 130.2x159.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

British artillery going into action under fire (colour litho)
968998 British artillery going into action under fire (colour litho) by Millar, Addison Thomas (1850-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: British artillery going into action under fire)

The new French cannon, 1897 (colour litho)
971962 The new French cannon, 1897 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The new French cannon, 1897)

Sham-Fight on Snow-Shoes near Quebec, Canada (engraving)
1061411 Sham-Fight on Snow-Shoes near Quebec, Canada (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sham-Fight on Snow-Shoes near Quebec, Canada)

Canada Illustrated, Notes at Winnipeg (engraving)
1045612 Canada Illustrated, Notes at Winnipeg (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Canada Illustrated, Notes at Winnipeg)

French military manoeuvres in the Alps: soldiers of the Chasseurs Alpins hoisting a field gun at an altitude of 2500
6000536 French military manoeuvres in the Alps: soldiers of the Chasseurs Alpins hoisting a field gun at an altitude of 2500 metres (engraving) by French School

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"Unleashing the Thunder: The Power and Peril of Field Guns" Step back in time to the Western Front during World War I, where British 18-pounder field guns rumbled into action. In this captivating black and white photo, witness the sheer force unleashed by these mighty weapons that played a pivotal role in shaping history. The Battle of Colenso stands as a testament to the last desperate attempt made to save the guns of the 14th. Immerse yourself in this gripping moment as soldiers fought relentlessly against all odds, their determination etched on their faces. Fast forward to 1927, where a battery of 75s takes center stage. This lithograph captures an awe-inspiring display of firepower that showcases both precision and destruction. Feel your heart race as you witness these artillery pieces unleashing their might upon unseen enemies. But not all field guns were created equal - enter Big Bertha, the German Krupp gun that bombarded Paris from over 60 kilometers away. Marvel at its immense size and range while contemplating its devastating impact on those who faced it. Even royalty couldn't resist being captivated by these formidable machines. King Alfonso XIII of Spain inspects an artillery piece at Chalons' French Army camp in this vibrant color lithograph. Imagine standing beside him as he admires the craftsmanship and power behind each cannon. However, tragedy also befell those who operated these war machines. Witnessed through a dramatic lithograph from 1900 titled "The Disaster at Koornspruit, " driverless teams stampede uncontrollably amidst chaos and danger – a stark reminder of how even well-trained forces can face unexpected challenges. On January 24th, Spion Kop became synonymous with bravery and sacrifice during battle. Transport yourself back to that fateful day through another evocative lithograph capturing troops going out for attack – their resolve palpable despite knowing what awaits them.