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War In 15MM:
In my reading about the legation siege during the Boxer Rebellion I have not been able to learn where the "International Gun" was located within the British legation.  If you know, please let me know what was the specific location of the famed "International Gun" ...which wall (north, south, east or west) or gate? 
If it was positioned along a wall, what type of platform did it have to fire over the wall or was if firing through a gap in a wall?
I will appreciate any help you can provide.
Richard

FifteensAway:
https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/bl-n033

Best answer I think you're going to get.

War In 15MM:
FifteensAway, thanks.  I've seen the picture before by without the location description.  Are you going to place it in front of the main gate behind a barricade or are you going to place it inside the British legation compound facing the main gate?  Richard

FifteensAway:
https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/na05-04

This photo clearly shows the gun behind a wall.

Though well to remember I will be running a game 'based' on history and a magazine article but then adapted to a much larger game size in numbers and area so my 'research' points in a different direction than a diorama.

Of course, the first image I linked to in this thread shows what is clearly the British gate in the background so the gun was used outside the gate - or at least photographed there.

As with all things Boxer Rebellion, in my experience, accurate information is hard to come by.

Keith T:
I think it was moved around and was not in one fixed position, as the crew appear to be a mix of American and British they may have shared it?

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