Advance Collection (page 4)

Communications During the British Advance 1916
A shell-stricken tree as a telegraph pole in the Western Front. Date: 1916

British soldiers on field telephones, WW1
British soldiers on field telephones in a concrete dugout, transmitting orders for battery ranges, Western Front, First World War. 1914-1918

WW1 - Dardanelles Campaign - Australians cornering the enemy
WW1 - Dardanelles Campaign - Progress in Gallipoli as the Australian troops advance up hill, yet corner and attack a Turkish detachmment

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Avancemos! (Let's advance!). Poster of the Socialist Party

How to Make it Hard for the Invader!
British Home Front are using a makeshift contraption to pinch a screwdriver making it impossible for the Germans to assemble an air-borne tank. Date: 1940

Map showing the position of Nationalist forces, in the shaded area, as they surrounded the Republican held city of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, October 1936. Date: 1936

A machine-gun section of the Republican army (foreground) covering the advance of an infantry unit, during fighting in the Guadarrama Hills in the early stages of the Spanish Civil War. Date: 1936

Improvised Bridge, near Cordoba; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing an improvised bridge, made of wooden sleepers, at Constantina, near Cordoba, 1936. The bridge had been blown up by Republican troops to try to slow down the Nationalist advance

Officers and signallers have stationed themselves in a loft or attic in the upper storey of a damaged building, whose windows command a view the enermy's postion

Gunners are unable to see the targets at which they are firing, they depend on the information from the aircraft, this is a typical photograph taken during the great Allied advance on the Western

BATTLE OF JEMAPPES (Belgium) Dumouriez leads the French to victory, enabling them to advance into the Netherlands Date: 6 November 1792

EIGHTH CRUSADE Louis IX lands at Carthage, whence he will advance to Tunis where he will die of the plague Date: 1270

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ST GEORGE APPARITION
The apparition of Saint George, mounted on a white steed, encourages the British to advance to Death or Glory Date: 1915

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Charles Martel halts the advance of the Saracen forces at the Battle of Tours. Date: 10th October 732

Advance of the English fleet, Battle of Damme, County of Flanders, 30-31 May 1213, part of the Anglo-French War (1213-1214). Date: 1214

Advance of the Highlanders at the Battle of Prestonpans (or Battle of Gladsmuir), East Lothian, Scotland, 21 September 1745, during the Jacobite Rising. Date: 1745

Comic postcard, Man and seaside landlady Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and boarding house landlady Date: 20th century

Advance of Highlanders, Battle of Amoaful, 31 January 1874, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi)

English Army on the march to Magdala, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Abyssinian War (a rescue mission for the recovery of hostages). British forces took three months to advance across mountainous terrain

Advance of the British Army during the Indian Mutiny - "Commander Daly
Advance of the British Army during the Indian Mutiny - Commander Daly and I drew our swords and rushed up the rocks Date: 1857

Advance of the Highlanders, Battle of the Alma, 20 September 1854, Crimean War Date: 1854

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Mary and her Little Lamb
The Caption is Mary and her little lamb. Even though the war is over rationing would continue. The little dog looking on was unlikely to get any of the meat

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Making a Stir
The war is just over and on the back of the card Mr Churchill says Advance Britannia! Long live the cause of Freedom! God save the King

German breaches of the Hague Convention - laughing gassing the British before an advance in close formation Date: 1915

Advert for Spring show of advance fashions from Maison Ross, London, 1925 Date: 1925

Three advance models from Jean Patou, Paris, 1925 distinquished by Ninepins, pleats and streamers Date: 1925

Vintage photograph WW II - British army soldiers cook meal
Vintage photograph World War II - British army soldiers cook a meeal during the advance between the rivers Ms aand Rhine, Germany

Veldhoven Liberation Memorial and HCR Memorial
The Operation Market Garden plan required that the Guards Armoured Division, which was leading the ground advance north, should advance at maximum speed in order to cross the river bridges as soon as

101st Airborne Division Memorial near Eindhoven
Operation Market Garden involved capturing a sequence of bridges over rivers so that a rapid armoured advance could drive from Belgium through Holland to the German border in September 1944

Music cover, The Guards Quadrille by Bushez. 19th century

The Sphere front cover showing the German advance, Sept 1939
Front cover of the Sphere, showing German soldiers and supplies as they advance into the Polish corridor. 1939

Regt de la Chaudiere Memorial, Beny-sur-Mer, Normandy
Canadian forces had been given clear objectives by Major General R.F.L Keller their Divisional Commander. Lines of advance were called Yew, Elm and Oak and important villages were also named

Canadian Liberators Memorial, Lasson, Normandy
Across the broad sweep of the Canadian advance from Juno Beach, the Maple Leaf is found in many villages as an acknowledgement of the terrible struggle they had against the fanatical SS

Early Portable Camera
An example of a early portable camera. Date: 19th century

HQ General J Lawton Collins Haras la Hubert Normandy
An Advance HQ was set up here by General Eugene Landrum on D Day for V11 Corps. Plaques on the gatepost claim that General Collins established The first Command Post of the American Army in France

The Benin expedition: Captain Campbells brigade bringing up the rear in the advance on the town. On the morning of February 18th the column moved on from the spot where it had encamped the night

WW1 - How Allies reached the North Sea - Battle of the Marne 1914

WW1 - The War in the East - Russias progress - 1914. 1914

WW1 - The War in the West - The Allies Advance - 1914. The Battle of the Aisne. 1914

WW1 - Mons and our Masterly Move - 1914
WW1 - Mons and our Masterly Move - Field Marshall Sir John Frenchs Historical Dispatch explained. A pictorial map showing the famous British Expeditionary Force (BEF)

WW1 - The Enemys Eastern Frontier - 1914
WW1 - The Enemys Eastern Frontier - The Splendid work of Russian Strategy. Pictorial map showing the strategy of Russian Commanders

French elevate their position on the Devils Backbone
The 51st line and a company of the 7th battalion of chasseurs on foot advancing on the Devils Backbone. Date: 1865

The passage of the Parade of Reddade
The passage of the parade of Reddade, by the column of general Martineau. A column of soldiers on foot and horseback march through a path between two rocky inclines. Date: 1864

Parade and Fort of Angostura, near Saltillo
The parade and Fort of Angostura, near Saltillo, on 18th August 1864. The Buena Vista hacienda was the district of general d Ortega

French arrival at Plan-del-Rio
A column of General de Berthiers soldiers cross through a river and over a bridge on horseback, and advance into Plan-del Rio. Date: 1863

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