Attack Collection (page 3)

BATTLE OF DENAIN 1712
BATTLE OF DENAIN The French under Villars attack the allied camp and inflict a serious defeat Date: 24 July 1712

WW2 - Bristol Blenheims raid Kiel - Battle of the Heligoland Bight, September, 1939. Date: 1939

Corporate J. L. Dawson VC
Corporal James Lennox Dawson VC of the Royal Engineers (1891-1967) pictured performing the action for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross in October 1915

Italian unification (1859-1924). Castelfidardo battle. Papal troops were defeated. Engraving. L Illustration (1860). Colored

Future War / Zukunstkrieg
ZUKUNSTKRIEG A German prediction of the next war - their airborne divisions attack an armoured French fortress Date: 1894

British infantry attack a German trench in France
British infantry, with bayonets fixed, charge and attack a German trench on the western Front in France. Date: September 1915

Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, WW2
Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, following a flying bomb explosion, 19 June 1944. Date: 1944

The German as a grenadier 1918
Two distinct kinds of grenades were used by the Germans in World War One, these were namely, those which rely on explosive effect alone, and those which supplement by bursting into fragments

To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea and air
To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea (warships) and air (a fleet of Zeppelins). Postcard sold to raise money for the German air war effort. Date: circa 1916

Second Italian War of Independence. Battle of Solferino (24th June 1859). Attack of the French over Solferino. Litography

The perils of our forefathers

The British attack on rebels in the Sultanate of Brunei
Running from a transport aircraft after arriving at Anduki airfield: Commando troops of the Queens Own Highlanders

Canadian Infantrymen attack, France, 1916
Photograph showing Canadian soldiers running out of their trenches to attack German positions during an Allied offensive on the Somme Front, France, 1916

Derby County vs. Bury F. A. Cup Final, 1903
Illustration of a Derby County defender heading the ball clear, as Bury attack during the F.A. Cup Final, 18th April 1903

Cavalry Bivouac
When French cavalry bivouac for the night, the horses are tethered near their weapons in case of a surprise attack by the enemy

French attack on German positions
A l Attaque. Tous les mondes a la bataille. (Everyone go to it). A French attack on German positions. C. E. Matras (French)

Blenheims and Messerschmitts by G. H. Davis
The fight between Bristol Blenheims and Messerschmitt 110 destroyer planes over the North Sea during the Second World War

WWII - Remember Pearl Harbour
Remember Pearl Harbour First Day Cover illustration depicting the Japanese aerial assault on the American Naval base at Pearl Harbour, a lagoon harbour on the island of Oahu, Hawaii

Street music: organ grinder rejected, 1858
Repelling foreign invasion: paterfamilias tries the cold water cure in a case of organ grinding. Date: 1858

Medieval Shipping
Men-of-war of this type are used by Henry V in his attack on France : the shields mounted on the side of the hull bear the arms of the principal warriors on board. Date: 14th - 15th centuries

Attack on Dacian Village
Roman troops attack a Dacian village, carrying a tree-trunk to batter down its gates (modern Romania) - they were finally defeated by Trajan in 106 Date: 101 - 106

Tournament joust
They rode at full gallop till they met

British troops at Gallipoli WWI
British troops attacking at Gallipoli during World War I

Three Battleships Hit in Pearl Harbour
The photograph shows three ships hit by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the West Virginia, the Tennessee and the Arizona

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

Lockheed Hudsons bombing Aalesund; Second World War, 1941
Illustration showing British Lockheed Hudson bombers of Coastal Command attacking German shipping in the port of Aalesund, Norway, 1941

H. M. S. Iron Duke
Photograph of Iron Duke, flag-ship of Sir George A. Callaghan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleets. The Dreadnought was specially protected against aerial attack

Allied Troops landing in Normandy; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing Allied troops and armour moving up one of the Normandy beaches, shortly after D-Day, 6th June 1944. At the top of the image a barrage balloon can be seen

Pollilur / Mercenaries
Attack by the forces of Hyder Ali and son Tipu Sultan at Pollilur on Bailles under- strength British army. The Indian army included French mercenaries (pictured top)

Cruiser Aurora
The cruiser Aurora, lying at St Petersburg, whose guns gave the signal for the Bolshevik attack on the Winter Palace

Martians Invade New York
Martian raiders using a terrible weapon of concentrated sunlight attack the city of New York

Wolves Attack Livestock
A vicious pack of wolves, unhindered by a dog & two men, who sit talking by a farmhouse, set upon the livestock (cattle, goats & sheep)

Battle of Portland 1653
BATTLE OF PORTLAND (Three-days battle), 1st Anglo-Dutch War. Robert Blake & fleet of the Commonwealth of England attack Dutch under Maarten Tromp who suffered heavy losses

Albemarle and Sassacus
In the North Carolina sounds, Confederate ram Albemarle rules the waves : she survives ramming by the Sassacus but will be sunk by a torpedo attack later in the year

Austrians in Bosnia
Extending the Empire southwards, Austria occupies Bosnia : Uhlans attack the insurgents near Bussovacz

Vikings Sail to England
Vikings crossing the North Sea to attack England, with three vessels lashed together for protection

La Guerre dans Mars (The War on Mars), by Arnould Galopin. The evil Zapatos attack the benevolent Megacephales. From Aventures Fantastiques d un Jeune Parisien

Children with large pudding on a Christmas card
Children attacking a large pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Sir Francis Drake attacking a Spanish treasure ship (actually a Portuguese carrack, the Sao Filipe, containing gold, spices and silk), off the Azores, 8 June 1587

Pregnant nun Sister Jean sitting in her convent cell, her habit open to reveal her breasts. A picture of Saint Martha on the wall. Soeur Jeanne

Judo as self-defence as demonstrated by Phyllis Boutell
Page showing Miss Phyllis Boutell and Mr Charles Cawkell demonstrating how judo, or ju-jitsu, can be an effective form of self-defence if attacked

Suffragettes bomb Westminster Abbey 1914
Suffragettes left a small bomb in Westminster Abbey, London, next to the Coronation Chair, coursing miner damage to the chair and walls with no injuries. 11 June 1914

WW2 - Remember Pearl Harbour - Patriotic envelope Date: circa 1942

Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche

Attack on Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, 1715, during the Jacobite rising known as the Fifteen, an attempt by James Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, to regain the throne. Date: 1715

Defence of Londonderry, during the Siege of Derry, 18 April to 1 August 1689, part of the Williamite War in Ireland (1689-1691)

English attack on Puerto Rico, Battle of San Juan, June 1598, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1598

Sea fight with the Mahrattas (Maratha sailors), who captured the East India Company ship Ranger on 5 (or 8) April 1783, an action which went against the Treaty of Salbai which had ended the First

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