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The route to better field guns............

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:47 am
by DuncaninFrance
Country: France
System: La Hitte system (French: "Système La Hitte")
Inventors: French general Ducos, Count de La Hitte and Lieutenant-colonel Treuille de Beaulieu
First saw action in: Franco-Austrian War in Italy.

This particular piece is in the museum at Solferino which we visited this month on our holiday in Italy.
This battle would have a long-term effect on the future conduct of military actions. Jean-Henri Dunant, who witnessed the battle in person, was motivated by the horrific suffering of wounded soldiers left on the battlefield to begin a campaign that would eventually result in the Geneva Conventions and the establishment of the International Red Cross.

I will add more to this post as I get time to process the images. ( In total, I have some 1560 images to go through from the holiday, 51 from Pedersoli :shock: )

The information on the images 'stolen' from a friend on another site :cool:

Re: The route to better field guns............

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:18 pm
by Karl/Pa.
Fascinating stuff.