1896 Print Caton Woodville Berlin Napoleonic War Cannon Destruction Lange XEGA9 XGL8 waiting for the opportune moment

waiting for the opportune moment to strike

Needlecraft Guild of America

hundred year war

from the Diamond Chain & Mfg

"Portrait of Madame Charles Pomaret"

1896 Print Caton Woodville Berlin Napoleonic War Cannon Destruction Lange XEGA9 XGL8 waiting for the opportune momentThis is an original 1896 black and white halftone print of a Berlin blacksmith slamming a nail into a French cannon's touch hole, rendering it useless to the French garrison's soldiers occupying Berlin since the War of the Fourth Coalition. Earlier that day, Russian forces had entered the city and harassed the garrison there, prompting a small rebellion from the population. An angry mob of German citizens attacked several artillery units stationed on