Image: QF 4.7-inch gun Colenso

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Description: Photograph showing British QF 4.7 inch gun on the improvised wooden field carriage designed by Captain Percy Scott. In action at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa, 15 December 1899. Ropes connect the carriage to a stake in front of the gun to limit recoil.
Title: QF 4.7 inch gun Colenso
Credit: "Navy and Army Illustrated". Published in Jeans' Naval Brigades in the South African War 1899-1900.
Author: photographer not identified
Permission: This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. This is because it is one of the following: It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was published prior to 1973; or It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1973.HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply) More information. See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.
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