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Petard Mortar on a Churchill AVRE Tank; Second World War, 19
Photograph showing the Petard mortar on a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank equipped with a Petard mortar

Parliament troops come upon a village fired by Prince Ruperts men during the English Civil War. From British History in Periods, published 1904

View Dardanelles ships water left shot fired
View of the Dardanelles, a few ships on the water, on the left a shot is fired from a fort, fortress, rocky coast, Dardanelles, Antoine van der Steen, 1770 - 1780, canvas, oil paint (paint)

States yacht Various boats series B series title
States yacht Various boats series B (series title), Sailing ship with several figures. A cannon shot is fired from the boat

R. A. F activities T signal flare light fired officer
R.A.F. activities. A T signal and a flare light signal being fired by officer of armoured car, Ramleh Aerodrome. 1934, Israel, Ramlah

Traditional Christmas Dinner In Ireland; Ireland

Memorial to CSM Stan Hollis VC Green Howards
Stan Hollis was the only man to win the VC on D-Day. He landed here with D Company of the 6th Battalion. Thinking that the original hut was a German pill box he fired the entire drum of his Lewis gun

German postcard, U-Boat and sailing ship, WW1
German propaganda postcard, depicting a German U-Boat which has fired on an enemy sailing ship and set it on fire during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Firing a large field gun
A group of soldiers firing a large field gun. There are several shells waiting to be fired in the right foreground

Battle of Broodseinde
Silhouette of an anti aircraft gun (13 pounder 9 cwt) mounted on a motor lorry being fired by soldiers at the Battle of Broodseinde on 4th October 1917 during World War I

Royal Engineer adjusting a Flying Dustbin charge; Second W
Photograph showing a soldier of the Royal Engineers preparing a Flying Dustbin explosive charge, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers)

A mortar firing partridges, showing the barrel in cross-section. A large bomb was placed in the centre chamber and a number of smaller ones like hand grenades in the surrounding chambers

Launcher, Blacker Bombard
4 in spigot Blacker Bombard with dummy projectile and fired cartridge. Probably a prototype

HMS Marlborough - A Torpedo breaking surface before its run
HMS Marlborough - A Torpedo breaking surface before starting its run. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

Bottles and bowls. Fired clay. C. 2150-2050 BC. From Sedment
Bottles and bowls in fired clay. First Intermediate Period. C. 2150-2050 BC. From a tomb of burial area from Sedment, Egypt. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Large storage containers of fired clay were used for burials
Mediterranean Area. Large storage containers of fired clay were used for burials in Crete and other Greek islands. Imagens divine beings protected the dead person. 600 B.C. Ny Carlsberg Gyptotek

Rockets Fired from Boats
Congreve rockets being fired from men-of-war boats, to attack enemy coastlines, the purpose for which William Congreve originally developed his rocket in 1804 Date: 1827

Congreve / Earthworks
The rockets developed by William Congreve in 1804 are here shown fired from earthworks in bombardments Date: 1827

Fiesler F-103 or V 1 -Over 9, 500 of these flying bombs were launched against London starting in mid June 1944, with nearly 2, 500 more fired against Antwerp

German Zeppelin over Antwerp 1914
A German Zeppelin airship over Antwerp, illuminated at night. The diagram shows how it dropped and fired its bombs on the Belgian city. Date: 1914

Victorious British advance at Loos
Part of one British battalion, with a strong party of bombers in advance, charged across the interveniing space between the British and the first-time German trenches. Date: 1915

Enemy aeroplanes attack British steamer by G. H. Davis
Enemy aeroplanes attacking a British steamer. Bombs and bullets from above -- the Avocet attacked by three German planes during the First World War

German military rocket camera, WW1
A German military rocket camera with a Zeiss lens being fired into the air in the early weeks of the First World War. It was designed to map enemy territory to facilitate invasion

Torpedo boat, torpedo, and crew of HMS Adventure, WW1
A torpedo boat, a torpedo being fired and disappearing into the water, and the crew of HMS Adventure with a torpedo on deck, at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

Celebrating the arrival of Princess Margaret Rose
Scenes celebrating the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Yorks second child, Princess Margaret Rose, born on 21st August 1930

Cartoon, Krupps New Man-Throwing Howitzer, WW1
Cartoon, Surprises in Store for England, 1. Krupps New Man-Throwing Howitzer. An imaginary scene showing German soldiers standing inside shell casings, ready to be fired at the enemy

Brazza Photo
PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA French sailor and traveler in Africa who, it is said, never fired a gun or shed a drop of native blood. Photo 1882. Date: 1852 - 1905

The Portuguese Attack on the British at Beira, East Africa: One Minute after The
THE PORTUGUESE ATTACK ON THE BRITISH AT BEIRA, EAST AFRICA: One minute after the Tamega fired the first shot; the Limpopo full of armed men has been run up alongside the Agnes

The Civil War in Chile: Insurgent War Ships being Fired at from the Valparaiso Forts

An employer sacks one of his employees, from Crimes and Punishments, special
BAL366894 An employer sacks one of his employees, from Crimes and Punishments, special edition of L Assiette au Beurre, 1st March 1902 (colour litho) by Vallotton

DEFENCE OF FORT SUMTER, It is a Third System masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War

the great idol of Baal fired and destroyed with hammers, in the background the temple burning, print maker: Philips Galle, Dating 1569

Tower of Babel, print maker: Jan Luyken, Willem Goeree, 1690

Flight of Dumouriez, 1793, Joannes Bemme, Dirk Langendijk, 1793 - 1795

View of the port of Civitavecchia, Italy, Jacob de Later, 1696 - 1709

THE RIOTING IN CANTON, 1883: 1. Chinese Camp and Tents. 2. Offices of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, Fired by the Mob. 3. Fire Brigade Extinguishing the Fire. 4. Europeans Escaping by Boats. 5

The Recent Rioting at Canton, China, 1883: 2
THE RECENT RIOTING AT CANTON, CHINA, 1883: 2. The First House in the Foreign Settlement Fired by the Chinese Mob. 3. Viceroys Soldiers Encamped Round Shamien, the Foreign Settlement

ANTI-FEDERALIST FIRINGS. Federalist list, 1801, appended to the New Haven remonstrance, of men allegedly removed from office by President Thomas Jefferson on account of their political opinions

Thessaloniki - French Destroyer illuminates Zeppelin LZ85
Night Combat over the Bay of Thessaloniki, Greece - A French Destroyer illuminates the German military Zeppelin airship LZ85 and takes a few pot shots in the general direction

WW1 - British soldiers land fish killed by shell Dardanelles
WW1 - Two British soldiers landing a fish killed by an Asiatic Annie shell fired from Turkish Fort Gunners during the Dardanelles Campaign

RAFVR at Gatwick, instruction with the camera gun and Vickers gun. Each pupil fired a course of 180 rounds with the latter on a 25 yards silhouette target of aircraft

Picture No. 10741332
Battersea Power Station, an unused coal-fired power station on the south bank of the River Thames, Battersea Date:

Picture No. 10875100
Battersea Power Station, an unused coal-fired power station on the south bank of the River Thames, Battersea Date:

Moulds for making fire tubes. These were fired from cannon, either at enemy forces or for setting fire to wooden gates. From De la pirotechnia by Vannoccio Biringuccio (Venice, 1540). Woodcut

Fire tubes being fired at enemy cavalry from cannon. From De la pirotechnia by Vannoccio Biringuccio (Venice, 1540). Woodcut

Boyers photographic studio, a wooden framework with gauze-like material stretched over it. This produced an evenly diffused light when the magnesium flash on the top right of the framework was fired

Building of Tower of Babel. Bible: Genesis 2. Bricks fired in on-site kilns, in foreground masons are working blocks of stone. Copperplate engraving of 1716

American privateer General Armstrong in Port Fayal, Azores, 26 Sept. 1814, firing on 4 boats of British Marines from the Carnation. Attack repelled

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