Wednesday, 21 August 2013

French Field Gun


Restored French field gun at Moltke Battery.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday.
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11 comments:

  1. Joanne Olivieri21 August 2013 at 01:32

    Nice photo and a very cool piece of history.

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  2. Roger Owen Green21 August 2013 at 02:12

    salute!
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  3. Jim21 August 2013 at 03:19

    Dramatic photo.

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  4. Gemma Wiseman aka Pamela Adams21 August 2013 at 08:21

    Wow! That looks as if it could be a mean beast.

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  5. Reader Wil21 August 2013 at 08:42

    That must be an old one... I was once on Guernsey, but didn't see any there.Have a great day!
    Wil, ABCW Team.

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  6. Billy Blue Eyes21 August 2013 at 08:57

    Restored, are they thinking of useing it again then. French! the Germans must have brought it over.

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  7. aspiritofsimplicity21 August 2013 at 10:20

    very interesting. I love visiting old forts like that.

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  8. Noel Morata21 August 2013 at 20:52

    wow that makes a statement, where is this?

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  9. Neabear21 August 2013 at 22:29

    A pretty day that day!

    Linnea

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  10. Ercotravels27 August 2013 at 13:42

    Wonderful shot of the gun..

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  11. Louis la Vache8 September 2013 at 04:11

    «Louis» finds this fascinating, especially given its location on Jersey.

    His maternal ancestors were Normans who fled Normandie for Guernsey during the Huguenot persecutions in the 16th century.

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