Allied heavy artillery in action on top of a cliff at Helles, Gallipoli, WW1. British and French ships were unable to break through Ottoman defences, so a land invasion was begun to destroy these ...
there [were] numerous WW1 and WW2 guns, grenades and artillery tips..." Warwickshire Police confirmed magnet fishers made the find and said the 18-pound British shell was taken back to its Leek ...
Staff were evacuated from the area on Thursday and the bomb squad arrived to remove the live "British WW1 fuse" and blow ... item was a fuse section from an artillery shell, which appeared to ...