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Cyclist scouts travelling along a road, France, during World War I

  • incredible face said:
    The Gas Pipe Cavalry !

Led horse lagging behind

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  • cam alim said:
    Jump horse jump
  • carod60 said:
    Wowww
  • Equina27 said:
    ohhh... not a happy moment for all involved!
  • oakleaf25 said:
    ouch! I read a diary reprint of a cavalryman who spoke of the regimental horseshows..but he didn't mention anything like this..looks painful to all concerned as others have said..the led horse looks pulled off balance, the rider is being swivelled round, probably pulling his own horse off balance a little..not the easiest of races to compete in.

British gun going to its position, Battle of Flanders, Ypres, Belgium, 1914

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  • SASH155 said:
    Apparently this was a 7.5in (190mm) Mk. III naval gun used on a static siege mount to shell Nieuport in Belgium. 14 of them were salvaged from the pre-dreadnaught battleship Swiftsure when it was decommissioned in 1917, with some going to coastal defense in Britain and a few for siege work in Belgium along the coast there. However, I must confess that this gun looks larger than 7.5 inch, perhaps a 9.2 inch or even a 12 inch spare barrel for a rail road gun.
  • Harry said:
    Not so much a tractor, something that hardly existed at the time, more a steam-powered traction engine.
  • phrawggmak said:
    that gun isn't big enough. they should go back to base and try harder.
  • Max Schmitt said:
    It's only the barrel.
  • incredible face said:
    It Appears to be a Foster Daimler tractor, a 105hp petrol engine driving through a reverse cone clutch and gearbox, with 2 forward speeds and one reverse, , the same sleeve valve engine went on to power the early tanks www.alamy.com/soldiers-with-a-daimler-foster-tractor-ww1-...