Attack Collection (page 9)

Arrival of Spanish Volunteers at Havana
Cubas Ten Years War; the arrival of Spanish volunteers, halting to rest at the parade grounds in Havana. Date: 1869

Assault on House by Spanish Soldiers
Assault on a house occupied by the staff of General Jordan, one of the leaders of the Cuban forces. A large crowd of men with guns rush toward a thatched building, smoke everywhere from gunfire

Battle of Estero-Bellaco
The battle of Estero-Bellaco on 2nd May 1866. Battalions of soldiers keep formation as they ride forward to attack. Other soldiers stand their ground, partially obscured by smoke from cannonfire

The Battle of Vuelta de Obligado 1845
The battle of Vuelta de Obligado on 20th November 1845, was a collaborative attack by the French and British to defy the Argentine Confederations decision to block the unregulated sailing

Mexican Guerillas 1847
A crowd of Mexican guerillas charge forwards on horseback and on foot, with swords, lances, and rifles. 1847

Detachments Attack the Red Battery at Acapulco
The detachments Pallas and Cornelie attack the red battery at Acapulco. Boats of soldiers row to shore to attack at Acapulco. Date: 1863

French army marching to Mexico City 1863
The french army march to attack Mexico City, with the Comoscolate aquaduct in the background. 1863

Attack on the Battery of Coconut Trees 1863
An attack on the battery of coconut trees by the Diamond and Galatea detachments. Soldiers overrun a hill surrounded by coconut trees

The French attack upon Fort San Guadalupe at Puebla
The french attack on Fort San Guadalupe at Puebla in 1862. Several soldiers rush up an incline to attack the enemy, with the fort itself in the distance

Attack on the Fresnillo silver mine in Mexico
An attack on the Fresnillo silver mine in mexico by the troops of General Miramon. Several men on horseback lead tied up men towards the centre of the square as other soldiers bring silver bars out

Sir Francis Drake at Panama
The town of Nombre de Dios is taken by Francis Drake. Drake leads his men across a town square to attack the Spanish, who are retaliating with guns and cannons. Date: 1758

Drake attacks Santo Domingo
A naval attack by Francis Drake on the city of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola. Various men lay dead as soldiers overcome a barricade, and opposing soldiers run to fight them off. Date: 1586

Hawkins defeated by the Spanish
Defeat of the British, under Sir John Hawkins, by the Spanish at San Juan de Ulloa. A British ship is on fire, sinking, as men abandon ship and cling to debris. Date: 1568

Spanish attack Aztec fleet on Lake Texcoco
Part of the seige of Tenochtitlan by Cortes and the Tlaxcala army, the Spanish ships are vastly outmatching the Aztec war canoes, both in size and the technology

Attack of a Fortified Village
A battle scene as early Brazilian warriors fight with clubs, bows and arrows, attacking a fortified village. One warrior sounds a horn. Date: circa 1500

WW1 - Hyde Park Corner - converted to mount searchlights
WW1 - Apsley Gate, Hyde Park Corner - converted to mount searchlights to spt attack by German Zeppelins - 16th September, 1914 Date: circa 1914

Punctuality - soldiers synchronise their watches, WW1
Punctuality - soldiers synchronise their watches in France before an attack during the First World War. 1914-1918

Brighton, attack by the French Fleet (when it was known as Brighthelmstone). 1545

Sphere cover - The Dambusters raid on German dams
Front cover of The Sphere with an official Air Ministry photograph taken by reconnaissance aircraft on May 18 following the successful raid of the dambusters on the Ruhr Valley dams

Convoys in Peril, by Claude Muncaster, WW1
Convoys in Peril, by Claude Muncaster, First World War. Showing a British freighter dead in the water after a torpedo attack, with the crew escaping by lifeboats. 1914-1918

Blitz in London - night scene, WW2
Blitz in London - a night scene, with blazing fire, smoke, and firefighters in action with hoses, in silhouette. Date: 1940s

General James Wolfe leading the attack on Quebec
Seven Years War - General James Wolfe leads the British redcoat forces up the steep path to the Heights of Abraham in their daring night attack on Quebec, Canada. 1759

Signpost Lane, from British lines to German lines, WW1
Signpost Lane, which ran from the British lines, through the German lines into the village of Neuve Chapelle. This sketch was made from a ditch in No-Man s-Land during a reconnaissance for

WW2 / AFRICAN FRONT 1940
North Africa : British bombers attack French warships in the harbour of Oran, Algeria, to prevent them being used by the Germans Date: 1940

EVENTS / ASIA / CHINA
BOXER REBELLION German sailors attack and destroy the Tsung-li-Yamen, ministry of foreign affairs at Peking Date: July 1900

Victims of an alleged British gas attack are treated by German medics. Date: 1915

SEPECAT Jaguar A-04, the fourth pre-production Jaguar on display at the Air and Space Museum on Le Bourget Airport. Of note are the intake splitter plates which were only fitted to prototypes

Wellingtons force attack the French at CIUDAD RODRIGO, a key fortress on the Portugal- Spain frontier; after fierce fighting, the defences are overcome Date: 15 January 1812

BATTLE OF TORGAU Friedrich der Grosse personally leads his Prussians to attack the Austrian rear; though repulsed, Ziethen later turns defeat into victory Date: 3 November 1760

The attack upon the French camp near Valenciennes Date: 23 May 1793

Masthead of The Sketch, October 1914
Masthead showing British Marine watching a distant German Cavalry Patrol on a Belgian Road. And also four adverts for; Ronuk Sanitary Polish, Shoolbreds bedsteads, bedding, and quilts

Patent Applied For, Heath Robinson WW1 cartoon
The Kitchener Boche-Bayoneter - an airy invention by William Heath Robinson. An uncharacteristically brutal invention suggesting that a trench sized board covered with bayonets be lowered

Hundred Years War, storming a fort
Siege of a castle, in the Hundred Years War. Date: circa 1380s

POLYTECHNIQUE STUDENTS
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris: two men are on the roof, waving a white flag. Date: 27 July 1830

Channel Tunnel in 1803
When Napoleon contemplates an attack on England, a tunnel beneath the Channel is one of his options, though it is unlikely he seriously considers it. Date: 1803

SOCIAL / NATIVE ATTACK
A white family is attacked by native Americans; a woman prepares to defend the house with a rifle Date: circa 1650

NEW MEXICO IN LOCKS
The U.S.S. warship New Mexico in Gatun Locks : both the canal and the ships using it are very vulnerable to attack at this point. Date: circa 1915

BELGIAN FRANC-TIREURS
Belgian franc-tireurs - civilians who attack the invading Germans : in fact, none exist : they are a figment of the German imagination ! Date: 1914

ALEXANDER CITADEL ATTACK
Alexander the Great attacks the citadel on the Indus. Date: 326 BC

JOAN OF ARC AT ORLEANS
Joan of Arc urges the French army to attack the last English fortress at Tourelles and recaptures Orleans. Date: May 1429

CHILIAN REVOLUTION
Revolutionary rebels attack Valparaiso. Date: 1891

Provocative Swimwear
An angry Paris mob attack swimwear models wearing the latest revealing fashions. Date: 1932

FRENCH LANCIERS ROUGES
French Lanciers Rouges attack a position held by Scottish Highlanders Date: circa 1813

EGYPTIAN BASES BOMBED
North Africa : Italian bombers attack a British air base in Egypt Date: 1940

LEON TROTSKY / SIMPLICISSI
LEON TROTSKY or LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN Russian Communist leader, clearly out of favour by 1928, having been expelled from the Party the year before Date: 1879 - 1940

ITALIAN AIR ATTACK
North Africa : Italian aircraft destroy a British armoured column and shoot down the planes which seek to prevent them, including antiquated Gladiator biplanes Date: August 1940

EGYPTIAN ATTACK
Egyptian attack on a fortress

INDIANS ATTACK FAMILY
A white family is attacked by native Americans; a woman prepares to defend the house with a rifle Date: circa 1650

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