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Amazing Stories scifi magazine cover, The Mad Robot
THE MAD ROBOT by William P McGivern. A brave man fires a ray-gun at an advancing metal robot with large claws and a brain encassed in a glass-domed head Date: 1944

Mad Metal Robot
THE MAD ROBOT by William P McGivern. A brave man fires a ray-gun at an advancing metal robot with large claws and a brain encassed in a glass-domed head Date: 1944

The Zulu Wars. Zulu method of advancing to the attack
Large war party of Zulus with shields and spears held in front of them, including one with a rifle, running into battle

Battle of Lansdowne
BATTLE OF LANSDOWNE The Royalists under Hopton, advancing on Bath, are halted by the Parliament army under Waller : the Royalists win the day, though with heavy Date: 5 July 1645

The Somme 1916
A still from the film The Battle of the Somme, made by Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell, showing British soldiers advancing

Officer, 1st Royal Regiment of Dragoons
An officer of the First or Royal Regiment of Dragoons in uniform. He is mounted and carrying a sword. The plate is entitled Advancing to the Charge

WW2 - British infantryman in desert fatigues
Photograph of a British infantryman in desert fatigues advancing with fixed-bayonet and a shell bursting in background, El Alamein, 1942

Bathers and Bathing Machines at Scheveningen, The Hague, The Netherlands. Note the Bathing Machine owner about to strap his horse to one of the Bathing machines to pull it further inland away

An action at Bucquoy, Western Front 1918
The Great Battle on the Western Front: open warfare - an action at Bucquoy, a village on the Arras-Albert road. Stand by British infantry at Bucquoy

Two Soviet Heavy Tanks Josef Stalin (IS) II
This model of tank was introduced in spring 1944. The conflict depictedis likely to have been taken in Belarus or Poland in late autumn 1944

British Tank attacking German positions; First World War, 19
Illustration showing a British tank, probably a Mark V Male, leading an attack on German positions, somewhere on the Western Front, 1916

Soldiers Marching
SOLDIERS MARCHING British troops advancing cross-country : some of them have their wives and even children with them, to say nothing of their luggage !

Negus Flees / Ethiopia
The negus flees before the advancing Italians

British troops advancing at Bernafay Wood - WW1
British troops advancing at Bernafay Wood during the First World War

WW1 British Infantry advancing with gas masks Date: circa 1916

British Infantry advancing wearing gas helmets during WW1 Date: circa 1916

The Secret Of Romserstrand
A front cover illustration for a WW2 children's story book, The Secret Of Romserstrand, written by Erroll Collins. The image shows some German tanks advancing out of the water

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
A battle-damaged Fieseler Fi 156 Storch of the Luftwaffe, repatriated by advancing German forces. Date: 1940

Amiot 143 bomber
An Amiot 143 bomber, captured almost intact by advancing German forces in France. Date: 1940

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Ho Chi Minh's Campaign
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Ho Chi Minh takes every step and every advance alongside his troops, even if he is not physically by their side'. Date: circa mid-1970s

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Advance to Victory! Date: circa mid-1970s

WW2 - 1st day cover - Onward! Onward! Victory or Death!
WW2 - 1st day cover - Onward! Onward! All hearts resolved in Victory or Death! Date: circa 1943

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

Battle of Pente Pigadia, 1912
The Battle of Pente Pigadia - fought during the First Balkan War between the Ottomans and the Kingdom of Greece. Ottoman Commander Esat Pasha, having set up his headquarters at Pente Pigadia

Prince Henry and Waldemar of Prussia
Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889-1945) with his father, Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Prussia (1862-1929) at Balmoral in the 1890s. Waldemar was the eldest son of Henry and Princess Irene of Hesse

Mutineers advancing on Delhi, 10 May 1857, Indian Mutiny Date: 1857

World War II - men US 9th Army, Neuss, Germany
Vintage World War II photograph - men of the 83rd Division, US 9th Army, advancing through Neuss, Germany

Canadian Highland Light Infantry Memorial, Buron
Early on the morning of 7 June the Highlanders and the Sherbrooke Fusiliers were advancing towards Buron when they came under fire from machine guns and anti-tank weapons

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

German troops on Western Front, France, WW1
German troops on the Western Front, France, during the First World War. 1914-1918

British troops, Battle of Flanders, WW1
British troops advancing over ground churned up by shell fire, Battle of Flanders, First World War. 1914-1918

American airborne troops advancing through an orchard to the town of St. Sauveur Le Viconte, Normandy, June 1944. This photograph was taken shortly after D-Day, 6th June

Russian troops abandon their guns and retreat before the advancing Germans Date: 1916

The Flight (La Fuite) by Pierre Paulus - a Belgium family flee the advancing terror of the German army and the atrocities which ensued. Date: circa 1914

Ww2 Germans in France
The German army penetrates French defences. Date: June 1940

The storming of the trenches round Loos by Fortunino Matania
The Storming of the Trenches round Loos: British Soldiers Rushing the German Positions, September 25 1915. " Faster, Boys! Give Them Hell

WWI - Patriotic German soldiers bearing their Flag
Four German soldiers proudly advance into battle bearing the national flag. The caption translates (loosely!) as: Living for the banner - No faltering will lead to glory

German soldiers surrender at Thiepval, 1916
Victors and vanquished: British infantry advancing on Thiepval, Somme region, in September 1916 allow surrendering Germans to pass through their ranks unregarded

WW1 - French tanks (Renault FT-17) advancing, Oise, France
WW1 - A team of French tanks (Renault FT-17), are seen here advancing in order through a village in the department of Oise, Northern France. Date: 1918

WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers advance in snow
WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers shovel through the winter snow to aid the passage of an advancing artillery regiment

Communist demonstration in Vienna, Austria
The security forces try to prevent a group of communist demonstrators advancing in the direction of Kolingasse and Horlgasse in the Schottenkreuzung area, Vienna, Austria. Date: 15 June 1919

Lieutenant-General Ioannis Pitsikas, Greek army officer
Lieutenant-General Ioannis Pitsikas (1881-1975), Greek army officer, seen here in Albania while advancing against the army of Fascist Italy during the Greco-Italian War of 1940-1941

Battle of Cambrai 1917
British soldiers of the 51st Division crossing a German communication trench moving forward to the attack near Ribecourt during the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front in France during World War I

Prince Mircea of Romania (1913-1916), youngest child of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, pictured in 1915. Mircea died of typhoid in 1916

WW2 - Allied forces firing a 4. 5 inch gun near Tarhuna
Photograph of Allied forces firing a 4. 5 inch gun near Tarhuna, during the time when the Eighth Army was advancing on Tripoli, Feb 1943

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