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1971 Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88
1968 Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal 1966 Hendrik W. Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81 1954 China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy and Amoy 1945 U.S. artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa 1942 Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad 1925 Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officer, dies at 54 1918 Crepy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed 1916 French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun 1914 James Scarlett, born in England, born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, Lord Abinger, politician, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1884 Hendrik W. Tilanus, Dutch artillery officer/politcian, CHU 1939-63 1882 Walter Lucht, German artillery general, WW I/WW II 1870 Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor, grape-shot shells 1863 John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 1816 E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor 1793 Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery |
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