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Moving a gun into position
Moving a gun into position
A team of men struggle to move a gun into position. They are using ropes and sheer brute strength in an attempt to manoeuvre it. As is so clearly illustrated here, moving a piece of heavy artillery across the muddy and uneven terrain of the Front was fraught with difficulties. Big guns were widely used as an offensive weapon by both sides during the war. In particular, Howitzers were favoured …
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Artillery (Troops)
- Field artillery
- Pulling
- Rope
- Rope
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Artillery (Troops)
- Field artillery
- Pulling
- Rope
- Rope
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548402
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:39.017Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:06.832Z