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Our Incessant Bombardments Not Stayed by the Snow
Unknown, 1917, Press cutting, Reproduction
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Our Incessant Bombardments Not Stayed by the Snow
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Title
Our Incessant Bombardments Not Stayed by the Snow
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From the Illustrated London News published February 3rd, 1917, page 121. Official photograph. Full title: Our incessant bombardments not stayed by the snow: A British heavy howitzer with its shell supply on the western front.
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Unknown
Date
1917
Size
39.6 x 26.7 cm
Type
Press cutting
;
Reproduction
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Reference Library
The howitzer was developed by the French Army in 1785 out of a need for a high angle of fire. The 5-inch, 60-pounder howitzer was designed and manufactured by the British and widely used during the First World War.
Read more from the Handbook of Artillery, courtesy of the
California Digital Library
.
You can search the entire 1914-19 archives of
the Illustrated London News
online.
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ILN During WWI: Modernising Warfare
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