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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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