Method of execution by multiple shooters firing rifles simultaneously on command

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Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a firing squad, war, and a sea battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1828?].

A firing squad executing criminal soldiers. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: execution of an arsonist by a British firing squad in Alexandria. Wood engraving after F. Villiers, ca. 1882.

Four soldiers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers executing a robber (dacoit) by firing squad; three Burmese men seated in the foreground, watching the scene. Wood engraving, 1886.

Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: the execution of an Egyptian fighter by a British firing squad in Alexandria. Wood engraving after M. Prior, 1882.

Execution by firing squad of a Ghazi, or Muslim militant, at the Peshawur Gate in Jellalabad during the Afghan War. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after W.H. Overend.

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Firing squads (Execution)

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Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: the execution of an Egyptian fighter by a British firing squad in Alexandria. Wood engraving after M. Prior, 1882.

Four soldiers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers executing a robber (dacoit) by firing squad; three Burmese men seated in the foreground, watching the scene. Wood engraving, 1886.

A firing squad executing criminal soldiers. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a firing squad, war, and a sea battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1828?].

Execution by firing squad of a Ghazi, or Muslim militant, at the Peshawur Gate in Jellalabad during the Afghan War. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after W.H. Overend.