Original British Napoleonic Naval Leather Water Bucket for Sponging Cannon Barrels After Firing - circa 1800 Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets On arrival at a chosen

On arrival at a chosen position which possessed great advantages for a successful defence

most of which was in place by the time he relinquished command at the start of 1944

The Royal Marines were the last to leave Gallipoli

attached to the

Original British Napoleonic Naval Leather Water Bucket for Sponging Cannon Barrels After Firing - circa 1800 Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets On arrival at a chosenOriginal Items: One of a Kind. Here we have a most attractive Napoleonic Georgian era British naval leather water bucket for "sponging" out the bores of cannons after firing. This was necessary to make sure that any burning remnants embers were extinguished prior to reloading the cannon for the next round. It features lovely leather with copper rivet construction, measuring 11" inches tall and 9" across the brim. Beautifully painted with a G R on