Action Collection (page 8)

Winter night on the French front at Verdun 1917
A dramatic scene of 32nd Regiment of infantry amongst the action and destruction in the trenches in Verdun, France

Woman with body of soldier on battlefield
A woman with the body of a soldier on a battlefield

Oswald Boelcke, German aviator, WW1
Oswald Boelcke (1891-1916), German flying ace of the First World War. He is considered to be the father of the German fighter air force, and was the first to formalise rules of air fighting

American Usa America Attack Men Army Soldiers
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French soldiers, Battle of Verdun, France, WW1
French soldiers in action during the Battle of Verdun, north-eastern France, First World War. Date: 1916

Dead soldiers on a battlefield, WW1
Dead soldiers with their faces covered up, lying on a battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Scottish miners demonstration
Scottish miners, their wives and children on a demonstration during the 1984-85 miners strike Date: 1984

Doncaster Miners Gala 1986
Part of the parade at the 99th Doncaster Miners Gala, organised by the Yorkshire branch of the National Union of Mineworkers. The Barnsley Miners Wives Action Group march with their banner

Yorkshire miners protest
A group of Yorkshire mineworkers protest against pit closures, the import of foreign oil, and levels of pay. Date: February 1966

The New Top-Flat Rescue Apparatus in Action
Apparatus for rescuing people from high buildings that have been damaged from heavy bombing. Date: 1941

Bertrand Russell with others on a CND campaign
Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, 1872-1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist and social critic

People campaigning on behalf of London teachers
A group of people campaigning on behalf of London teachers. The placards read: "Where have London teachers gone? Gone to the provinces every one

Robin Cook, British Labour politician
Robin Cook (Robert Finlayson Cook, 1946-2005), British Labour politician and MP, photographed in the street wearing a badge with the slogan Save the Pit

Dr. Thomas Barnardo in action
Dr. Barnardo walking past in high spirits, published a week after his death, at the age of 60. Thomas John Barnardo (1845 - 1905) was a classically Victorian figure - evangelical

French Soldiers Cutting Dead Horses Franco Prussian
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The scene at a Nationalist headquarters as a young widow (centre, with child) hears about her husband's death in action, from one of his former comrades, during the Spanish Civil War, 1936

ACTION AT KAZAN
The Red Army in action at Kazan. Date: 1918

The man of today lays aside his frivolous evening dress clothes & dons a uniform - in this case an officer's uniform. Date: 1915

Congreve rocket carriages in transit and in action Date: 1827

BATTLE OF TOULOUSE Carrying the action from the Peninsula into France, Wellington defeats Soult Date: 10 April 1814

SOVIET MARINES & WIRE
Soviet Marines (known as The Black Death) in action, cutting wire Date: 1942 - 1945

Seen from the Box 1906
Two ladies exchange comments while their male escort watches the action through his opera glass. Date: 1906

Torpedo boats of the Royal Navy in action during manoeuvres Date: circa 1901

Louis Francois, Duke de Boufflers, Marshal of France (1644-1711), French soldier who fought in many battles and military campaigns

The Battle of Naseby, Northamptonshire, 14 June 1645, a Parliamentarian victory against the Royalists during the English Civil War (1642-1651). Date: 1645

King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, 1066. Date: 1066

The last charge at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Date: 1815

Battle of Boston Harbour between the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon and the US Navy frigate USS Chesapeake, off the coast of Boston, USA, 1 June 1813, part of the War of 1812

Storming of Badajoz towards the end of the Siege of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, 6 April 1812, by Wellingtons Anglo-Portuguese forces against the French, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814)

Storming of the fortress at Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Spain, 19 January 1812, by Wellingtons Anglo-Portuguese forces against the French, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). Date: 1812

The Defence of the Chateau of Hougoumont, Belgium, Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Date: 1815

Battle of Albuera, Extremadura, Spain, 16 May 1811, fought by the French Empire and the Duchy of Warsaw against the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814)

Battle of Bussaco, Aveiro district, Portugal, 27 September 1810, fought by the British and Portuguese against France, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). Date: 1810

Battle of Corunna (Battle of Elvina), Galicia, Spain, 16 January 1809, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). It was fought by Great Britain and Spain against France. Date: 1809

British Attack on Buenos Aires (Second Battle of Buenos Aires), Argentina, 4-5 July 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Date: 1807

The Battle of Maida, San Pietro di Maida, Calabria, southern Italy, 4 July 1806, part of the War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806)

Lieutenant Edward Nicolls boarding a French privateer cutter, the Albion, off Monte Cristi, Santo Domingo, West Indies, 5 November 1803. Date: 1803

Battle of Cape St Vincent, southern Portugal, 14 February 1797, during the Anglo-Spanish War (1796-1808). The British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeated a larger Spanish fleet under Admiral

The Taking of Fort Louis, Guadeloupe, West Indies, by British forces against the French, 14 February 1759, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763). Date: 1759

Major General Edward Braddocks force attacked during an expedition against the French-occupied Ohio River Valley on 9 July 1755; he died of his wounds a few days later

Second Battle at Custoza - June 24, 1866
Third Italian War of Independence - Battle of Custoza: the 80, 000-man Austrian Imperial army, under Archduke Albert, joined by the Venetian Army decisively defeated a disorganized, demoralized

Captain Rowland Money leading the Blue-Jackets, Battle of New Orleans, 8 January 1815, a belated event in the War of 1812. Date: 1815

Bombardment of Flushing (Vlissingen, Netherlands), August 1809, during the Walcheren Campaign, an unsuccessful British expedition. Date: 1809

King Edward I in action at Berwick, during the First War of Scottish Independence. Date: 1296

King Richard I in action during the Battle of Jaffa, Jerusalem, Third Crusade. Date: 1192

Storming the Taku Forts, August 1860, Second Opium War, China Date: 1860

Comic postcard, Two men discuss woman walking by Date: 20th century

19th century / 1900 vintage photograph - officers of HMS Centurion
19th century/1900 vintage photograph - officers of HMS Centurion, British battleship which was action during the boxer Rebellion in China

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