Shelling Collection (page 2)

Soissons; Les ruines de Saint-Jean-des-Vignes, a Soissons, 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
Soissons; Les ruines de Saint-Jean-des-Vignes, a Soissons, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Des Hauts-de-Meuse a l'Aisne; L'attaque des tranchees allemandes de Nogent-l'Abbesse, 1914
Des Hauts-de-Meuse a l'Aisne; L'attaque des tranchees allemandes de Nogent-l'Abbesse, devant Reims, la 24 septembre 1914'

Soissons; Le Pont sur L'Aisne, 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
Soissons; Le Pont sur L'Aisne, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

L'Heroique Defense de Troyon, 1914. Creator: Unknown
L'Heroique Defense de Troyon, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

L'Heroique Defense de Troyon, 1914. Creator: Unknown
L'Heroique Defense de Troyon, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

A Perthes-les Hurlus; Une maison et la rue de l'Eglise a Perthes-les Hurlus, 1915. Creator: Unknown
A Perthes-les Hurlus; Une maison et la rue de l'Eglise a Perthes-les Hurlus, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

L'Heroique Defense de Troyon; L'etat de la meme entrée a la fin du bombardement, 1914. Creator: Unknown
L'Heroique Defense de Troyon; L'etat de la meme entree a la fin du bombardement, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

La Bataille des Flandres; Un projectile a eclate dans la boue sans blesser personne, 1914. Creator: Arthur C Michael
La Bataille des Flandres; Un projectile a eclate dans la boue sans blesser personne, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Les Combats Devant Soissons; L'eglise de Crouy, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Les Combats Devant Soissons; L'eglise de Crouy, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Les Combats Devant Soissons; Les ruines de la distillerie de Vauxrot, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Les Combats Devant Soissons; Les ruines de la distillerie de Vauxrot, entre Soissons et Cuffies, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Les Combats Devant Soissons; L'interieur du Palais, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Les Combats Devant Soissons; L'interieur du Palais, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

A Perthes-les Hurlus; Une maison et la rue de l'Eglise a Perthes-les Hurlus, 1915. Creator: Unknown
A Perthes-les Hurlus; Une maison et la rue de l'Eglise a Perthes-les Hurlus, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Les Combats Devant Soissons; La cour du Palais de Justice incendie, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Les Combats Devant Soissons; La cour du Palais de Justice incendie, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Un chef-d'oeuvre de destruction; Une rue de la petite ville d'Albert (Somme), 1914. Creator: Unknown
Un chef-d'oeuvre de destruction; Une rue de la petite ville d'Albert (Somme) bombardee depuis le 23 septembre, avant que la bataille l'eut encore atteinte, 1914

La Vierge Doree D'Albert, 1914. Creator: Unknown
La Vierge Doree D'Albert, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

L'Heroique Defense de Troyon, 1914. Creator: Unknown
L'Heroique Defense de Troyon, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Panorama de Soissons sous le feu de la grosse artillerie allemande, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Devant les Falaises de L'Aisne; Ce panorama de Soissons sous le feu de la grosse artillerie allemande a ete pris du clocher de Saint-Jean-des-Vignes deja mutile, 17 septembre

La baie de Suvla et les Falaises d'Anzac; Les falaises d'Anzac, 1915 (1916). Creator: Norman Wilkinson
La baie de Suvla et les Falaises d'Anzac; Les falaises d'Anzac, point e debarquement des Australiens et des Neo-Zelandais, le 25 avril 1915

La baie de Suvla et les Falaises d'Anzac; Eclatements d'obus turcs de gros calibre, 1915 (1916)
La baie de Suvla et les Falaises d'Anzac; Eclatements d'obus turcs de gros calibre sur les pentes d'Anafarta, dominant la baie de Suvla, 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

On entend le canon, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier
On entend le canon, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916"

Les destructions de monuments a Reims; Premier etage de l'Hotel-Dieu de Reims, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; Premier etage de l'Hotel-Dieu vu de l'arrivee du grand escalier: au fond

Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; L'Hotel-Dieu de Reims, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les destructions de monuments a Venise et a Reims; L'Hotel-Dieu de Reims apres le bombardement et l'incendie du 11 aout: l'escalier Louis XVI a double revolution

La Bataille de Verdun; La hauteur de Douamont vue du fort de la Chaume, 1916. Creator: Francois Flameng
La Bataille de Verdun; La hauteur de Douamont vue du fort de la Chaume, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Verdun; Bombardement de Verdun avec des obus incendiaires (nuit du 25 au 26 mars 1916), 1916. Creator: Francois Flameng
Verdun; Bombardement de Verdun avec des obus incendiaires (nuit du 25 au 26 mars 1916), 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

L'offensive de la Somme: L'attaque du juillet 1916; les premieres lignes allemandes, 1916. Creator: Unknown
L'offensive de la Somme: L'attaque du juillet 1916; le terrain des premieres lignes allemandes (region de Curlu), completement bouleverse par notre artillerie, 1916

The "Valorous" chasing Russian Steamers into Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The "Valorous" chasing Russian Steamers into Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War....the mast-heads of a Russian steamer appeared... another was seen following her

"The Trafalgar" and "Retribution" at the Siege of Sebastopol - from a sketch by Lieutenant... 1854
"The Trafalgar" and "Retribution" at the Siege of Sebastopol - from a sketch by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy ships

The "Agamemnon" and "Sanspareil" attacking Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The "Agamemnon" and "Sanspareil" attacking Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy ships....the Agamemnon...opened fire from her large pivot gun on the "Wasp" Fort

H.M.S. "Miranda" destroying the City of Kola, the Capital of Russian Lapland, 1854. Creator: Unknown. H.M.S
H.M.S. "Miranda" destroying the City of Kola, the Capital of Russian Lapland, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy ship attacking

Boat Attack, by H.M.S. "Gorgon" on on of the Aland Isles, 1854. Creator: Unknown. Boat Attack, by H.M.S
Boat Attack, by H.M.S. "Gorgon" on on of the Aland Isles, 1854. Scene from the Crimean War: Royal Navy attacking Russian position in Finland

Burning of the town of Novitska, in the White Sea, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Burning of the town of Novitska, in the White Sea, 1854. Scene from the Crimean War: Royal Navy warships bombard a town in northern Russia

Attack on the town of Novitska, in the White Sea, by the "Miranda" and "Brisk", 1854. Scene from the Crimean War: Royal Navy warships bombard a town in northern Russia

Fort Nottich, Bomarsund - Breach made by an English Three-gun Battery - from a sketch by... 1854. Creator: Unknown
Fort Nottich, Bomarsund - Breach made by an English Three-gun Battery - from a sketch by O.W. Brierly, 1854. Crimean War: view of the Russian-held Notvik Tower and Prasto Tower in Finland

World War 1: French artillery shelling German positions
3787031 World War 1: French artillery shelling German positions; (add.info.: World War 1: French artillery shelling German positions)

Georgia, Tybee Island, shells on beach

The Pipers at Longueval... July 14, 1916, First World War, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Pipers at Longueval: how the Highlanders were led into battle on July 14, 1916, First World War, (c1920). Scots pipers of the 9th (Scottish)

Scarborough lighthouse hit by a German bomb, First World War, December 1914, (c1920)
Scarborough lighthouse hit by a German bomb, Yorkshire, First World War, December 1914, (c1920). The Raid on the East Coast, December 16

A Dug-Out in What Was Once A Sylvan Wood, (1919). Creator: Unknown
A Dug-Out in What Was Once A Sylvan Wood, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: The desolation and havoc wrought on the face of the country by modern guns baffles description

Bombardment of Bingen, Germany, March 1945. Artillery of General Pattons American 3rd Army shelling German positions in the town of Bingen on the Rhine

The cook at Marshall Hall, seated outdoors, shelling peas?, c1890. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
The cook at Marshall Hall, seated outdoors, shelling peas?, c1890. [African American man at army camp in Maryland]

WW1 - View across the Douve Valley shelling Messines - 8th June 1917

YMCA hut after recent shelling during WW1

A YMCA hut in France after recent shelling during WW1

India - Cashmere shelling rice early 1900s

Eruption
An etching showing an explosive eruption, probably from shelling, the background is filled with broken trees from war damage. Date: circa 1918

Star Shells On The Yser
This etching shows the shelling around the River Yser from World War 1, the river flows through Belgium and France. Date: circa 1916

Tell me, brother, is that the star over Bethlehem, from Simplicissimus magazine, 1911 (litho)
CHT415787 Tell me, brother, is that the star over Bethlehem, from Simplicissimus magazine, 1911 (litho) by Schulz, Wilhelm (1865-1952); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

A brilliant counterattack by the valiant Calabrians of the 141st Infantry frees two remaining batteries
2777553 A brilliant counterattack by the valiant Calabrians of the 141st Infantry frees two remaining batteries... (colour litho) by Beltrame

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"Unleashing Hell: The Devastating Power in World War I" As the sun rose on 1 July 1916, the Ulster Division prepared for an attack that would forever change their lives. James Prinsep Beadle's haunting image captures the sheer terror and destruction brought upon them by relentless shelling. In another part of the world, James Clark immortalized the Bombardment of Hartlepools, a chilling reminder of how civilians were not spared from this deadly onslaught. The deafening explosions shattered homes and lives, leaving scars that would never fade. The Battle of Champagne saw countless spent shell casings littering the battlefield like macabre trophies. These remnants bear witness to the immense firepower unleashed by both sides in a desperate struggle for victory. Matania's poignant artwork transports us to Plug Street Wood, where soldiers huddled in trenches beneath a sky ablaze with artillery fire. Periscopes became their lifeline as they cautiously peered above ground, hoping to catch glimpses of enemy movements while avoiding certain death. On H. M. S Curacoa in 1865, sailors experienced firsthand the devastating power of naval shelling. The thunderous roar reverberated through their bones as shells rained down upon them from unseen adversaries. Meanwhile, French troops operated massive railway howitzers capable of obliterating anything in their path. These behemoths symbolize mankind's insatiable desire for more destructive weapons during WWI. Unknown artists captured moments etched into history - First Blood at the Battle of Somme and a Heroic Deed near Compiegne - reminding us that bravery amidst chaos can emerge even when faced with overwhelming shelling. Bruce Bairnsfather's illustration humorously depicts soldiers questioning where one particular shell disappeared to amid constant bombardment. It serves as a grim reminder that war is unpredictable and merciless; no one knows when or where death will strike next. Volley firing, as depicted by G. H.