Repel Collection

Battle Balaclava (Gibb)
The Thin Red Line of the 93rd Highlanders repel the Russian cavalry

Battle of Hemmingstedt
When the peasants of Dithmarschen set up an independent republic, they are attacked by the dukes, but repel them at the battle of Hemmingstedt

Strong Cheese repels diner and waiter
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Cheese: " Supply much stronger, but very little demand." This commodities phrasiology is illustrated by a waiter struggling to cope

The Retreat from Mons by W. B. Wollen
With the British regulars during the famous retreat from Mons in the opening weeks of World War I. In the narrow streets of Landrecies, soldiers of the Grenadier

Napoleon and Cossacks at Battle of Brienne
At Brienne, Napoleon is surprised by a band of Cossacks, only narrowly avoiding capture. The Battle of Brienne (fought on January 29th 1814)

Archibald Gilchrist
ARCHIBALD GILCHRIST Edinburgh haberdasher and Volunteer - prepared to repel a French invasion... Date: CIRCA 1794

Spain / Repelled Moor / 1148
Madrilenos repel the Moors Date: 1148

WW2 - Russian Propaganda - Repelling Germans in the Baltic
WW2 - New Years greetings to the Baltic - a Soviet propaganda postcard from 1942 showing a Russian soldier finishing off an Invading German in the Baltic

A Serbian Dragoon regiment in the Battle of Borenitza
A Serbian Dragoon regiment, part of the Allied army based in the Greek port of Salonika, are pictured riding to repel an attack by the Bulgarian army, October 1916

Finns Repel Russians
The Finns repel invading Russians

Spanish Leave for Cuba
SPANISH TROOPS FOR CUBA A Spanish regiment marches through the streets, flags flying, before leaving to repel the Yanquis attacking Cuba Date: May 1898

Venice and Genoa
Naval commander Vettor Pisani is arrested by the Venetian authorities for his failure to repel the attack by the Genoa fleet : but he will be freed and with Zeno save Venice

Sudan Wars / An Attack
British soldiers with guns and bayonets repel a charge by native Sudanese forces bearing far less advanced weaponry

Victory at Caserta
Garibaldis forces repel the Neapolitans at Caserta, near Bologna : Garibaldi will make it his headquarters

Roman Legion Antibes
The Roman Legion at Antibes : at a guess, these are French volunteers traveling to Italy to help the pope repel Garibaldi and his supporters

Defending a Fort
As the enemy approaches, the defenders prepare to repel them with guns and bows : by pulling on ropes, half-cut trees can be felled to fall on the attackers

Neapolitan Exiles
The Piedmontese and French forces repel Pius IXs Swiss mercenaries at the battle of Marignano (also known as Melegnano)

Battle of Colenso
At COLENSO, the Boers are in a strong position to repel Buller when he makes a brave attack on their position, forcing him to retire with heavy losses

Wwi / Marne / 1914 / Lpjournal
The battle of the Marne. French troops repel German forces, urged on by French national symbol, Marianne

Battle of Augsburg 900
The Christians - notably the Bishop of Ratisbon - seek to repel the Hungarian invaders but are defeated at the battle of AUGSBURG

Locusts in Bosnia
When a plague of grasshoppers (orthoptera) or locusts (locusta) devastate Bosnian farmlands, the authorities repel them with asphyxiating gas

Horatius Defends Rome
When Rome is threatened by Lars Porsena and his allies, Horatius Cocles and two companions repel them, defending a crucial bridge across the Tiber

Ww1 / 1914 / Trench / Champagn
Germans repel a French attack on the trenches in Champagne, France

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