Kimberley: Long Cecil field gun - 1899 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Kimberley: Long Cecil field gun - 1899 / kimberleyelephant
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| 説明 | ‘Long Cecil’, the field gun made and used during the siege of Kimberley.At the beginning of the siege, the artillery defence of Kimberley consisted only of 7 prs and 2.5 in RMLs. An American engineer with De Beers, Mr George Labram, (seen here in the dark suit in the centre) therefore suggested that he should attempt to make a gun of a calibre better able to deal with the Boer guns.This gun was designed and constructed by engineers who had no previous experience of ordnance manufacture, without special plant or arrangements, and on designs adapted from descriptions found in a stray copy of an engineering journal.Its construction, from the day that designs were fashioned, took 24 days and, on the next day, it was in action against the enemy. During the first few days, it occasionally broke down, but the defects were soon remedied and it remained in action until the end of the siege.'Long Cecil' fired 225 shells against the Boers at an average range of 5,000 yds. Its activity forced the Boers to send for a 'Long Tom'. Ironically, Mr Labram was killed by one of the first shells that this 'Long Tom' fired into Kimberley.The actual gun is mounted on the stylobate of the Honoured Dead Memorial in Kimberley, surrounded by shells from the Boer ‘Long Tom'. It can still be seen today.www.flickr.com/photos/richardlewisjones/506213235/See also:www.flickr.com/photos/richardlewisjones/2288529388/Go here for a picture of the Honoured Dead Memorial in 1904: flickr.com/photos/richardlewisjones/2288337174/ |
| 撮影日 | 2008-02-24 12:43:50 |
| 撮影者 | kimberleyelephant , Kimberley, South Africa |
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