Attacked Collection (page 4)

Portonaccio sarcophagus
Roman Art. Italy. Portonaccio sarcophagus. Dated in the 2nd century. Tomb of a Roman general who participated in the German campaigns against Germanic barbarians with the Emperor Marcus Aurelius

Florence Dixie Attacked
Writer, socialite and traveller Lady FLORENCE DIXIE is attacked under mysterious circumstances at her home, The Fishery : a connection with Irish Fenians is suspected. Date: 1883

Baron Christiani
Baron CHRISTIANI Frenchman, descendant of one of Napoleeons generals, who attacked President Loubet at the Auteuil race meeting. Date: circa 1899

Charles Balloon Lands
The unmanned gas-filled balloon flies from the Champ de Mars, Paris, to Gonzesse, where it is attacked by peasants who know a device of the Devil when they see one. Date: 27 August 1783

Charles Balloon Leaves
The unmanned balloon with inflammable Air drawn from Iron by a Vitriolic Acid soars from the Champ de Mars, Paris, to Gonzesse where it will be attacked by peasants. Date: 27 August 1783

Charles Balloon Soars
The unmanned balloon with inflammable Air drawn from Iron by a Vitriolic Acid rises from the Champ de Mars, Paris : landing at Gonzesse it will be attacked by peasants. Date: 27 August 1783

Clergy Attacked by Mob
Clergy who refuse to swear loyalty to the Revolution gather in the church of the Theatines, but a mob breaks in and overturns the altar and other furnishings. Date: circa 1791

Dreyfus Affair / Pantheon
When Zola is honoured in the the Pantheon, Dreyfus is attacked Date: 1908

Reinach Attacked / 1900
Joseph Reinach, a supporter of Dreyfus, is attacked in the street Date: 1900

Ypres, Belgium, Cloth Hall and St. Martins Cathedral WWI
Photograph of the town of Ypres, showing the ruins of the Cloth Hall and St. Martins Cathedral after bombardments. Date: 1 July 1915

Victoria Attacked 1849
Hamilton draws a pistol and fires at Victoria as she drives in a carriage Date: 1849

Attack on Fort Moultrie
FORT MOULTRIE (Charleston harbour, South Carolina) attacked by the British fleet under Sir Peter Parker Date: 28 June 1776

Buffalo & Coyotes - 1
Buffalo assailed by coyotes. Date: circa 1830

Holding up Pay Escort
Holding up the pay escort - the stagecoach is attacked from people hidden on the hillside Date: 1895

Sea Serpent / 1875 Brazil
A sperm whale is attacked by a sea serpent off the coast of Brazil (witnessed by captain and crew of the Pauline ) Date: 13th July 1875

Vikings and Mer-Folk
A Viking crew are attacked by mer-people Date: circa 800

Communists Attacked
When communists demonstrate during a presidential visit to Strasbourg, they are attacked by patriots and compelled to seek police protection Date: February 1928

Indians Attack Coach / Iln
A stage coach travelling at night is attacked by Native Americans Date: 1885

An attack at Peking by Boxer rebels
European legations at Peking are attacked by the rebels during the Boxer Rebellion. Date: 1900

Spider Eats Man 1890S
A rather large spider finds something nice to eat Date: 1890s

WW1 - HMS E13 British submarine - Aground and attacked
WW1 - HMS E13 was a British E class submarine. Due to a compass failure, it ran aground on the Danish Island of Saltholm in the Oresund

Seversky P-35 -forerear of the famed P-47 Thunderbolt only 77 P-35 were built for the US Army Air Corps A handful were slaughtered in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked

Sweeping up flour after attack on German bakery, WW1
Sweeping up the remains of flour emptied in the street by the crowd after an attack on a German bakery in East India Dock Road

Fragment of a woody branch of vine attacked by the vegetative part of a fungus or mycelium. Illustration for La Maladie des Vignes (The disease of the vines)

Disease of the vines. Engraving of 1853
Bunch of grapes partially attacked by the vegetative part of a fungus or mycelium in the first days of July. Illustration for La Maladie des Vignes (The disease of the vines)

German plane attacked by British anti-aircraft gun, WW1
A British scouting biplane, attacked by machine gun fire from a larger German aeroplane over Belgian territory, witnesses the enemy plane spiral to earth in flames after being hit by anti-aircraft

Suffragette Hunting the Suffie. Girl dressed in the colours of the WSPU, purple, white and green, waves a hammer with a small banner reading, Votes we will have

Air Raid over Southend, 1917, WW1
An air raid over Southend-on-Sea in Essex on 12 August 1917 in which 10 men, 13 women and 9 children were killed. The raid was destined for London but intercepted by British planes the German

Scenes on the Eastern front in silhouette, WW1
Silhouettes by a Russian cavalry officer depicting scenes a Cossack food convoy being attacked by Uhlans (ultimately a fruitless exercise). Date: 1915

Cunard Liner Lusitania 1915
The Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed by German submarine off the south coast of Ireland on 7th May 1915, and sank within half an hour, of the 1, 906 persons on board, only 708 were saved

Enemy aeroplanes attack British steamer by G. H. Davis
Enemy aeroplanes attacking a British steamer. Bombs and bullets from above -- the Avocet attacked by three German planes during the First World War

How a Zeppelin climbs when attacked by G. H. Davis
How a Zeppelin climbs when attacked from below by anti-aircraft guns. Date: 1915

Zeppelin raids by G. H. Davis
The Zeppelin raids: some notes on the airships and their weapons. How a Zeppelin goes aloft when attacked -- the working of the elevators and the release of the water ballast. Date: 1915

RAF raid on German navy bases by G. H. Davis
The brilliant RAF raid on the German naval bases: a bomb hits a German battleship amidships. A German battleship attacked at Wilhelmshaven by a formation of British bombers swooping out of

Bomber force panorama by G. H. Davis
1000 bombers: a panorama showing the Allied bomber force which attacked the Rhineland and Western Germany, at the rate of ten bombers per minute

Dramatic air battle off Malaya by G. H. Davis
The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse: phases in the dramatic air battle off Malaya during the Second World War, when British ships were attacked by Japanese planes. Date: 1941

Sunderland seaplane and two Junkers by G. H. Davis
The giant Sunderland flying boat proves its mettle: two Junkers accounted for out of four attackers. When a formation of four Junkers JU88s attacked a Sunderland seaplane off the coast of Norway

Tactics in a torpedo action by G. H. Davis
What happens inside a British submarine when she sights enermy vessels and attacks with torpedoes. 1943

Updike Underhill seized by the Algerines
Fictional Boston native, Updike Underhill is seized by the Algerines while on the African coast nursing sick slaves back to health. Date: 1797

Serbian houses attacked
Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, anti-Serbian rioting breaks out in Sarajevo. Serbian owned houses and hotels are destroyed by angry crowds

Workmens dwellings damaged by the mass German airship raid
On the night of the 31st January 1916, Zeppelins of the German Navy attacked the Midlands causing extensive damage. Air raid sirens were used for the first time to warn the civilian population of

Scarborough shelled by Germans WWI
Photograph of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby where on 16th December 1914, the town was attacked by the Imperial German Navy from the sea with 137 fatalities and 592 casualties. Date: 1914

Rioting at Lyon - 1
When president Carnot is assassinated by Italian anarchist Caserio, there is rioting in the streets of Lyon, where the Italian consulate is attacked. Date: June 1894

English Bastille Satire
An English satire on the Revolution, with a mock Bastile (sic) attacked by a motley assortment of revolutionaries. Date: November 1789

Hartmann Attacked
The Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann - is attacked while on a bombing raid. Date: 1902

Samuel Smith, Purist
SAMUEL SMITH - pure-minded member of Parliament who attacked stage immorality, describing The belle of New York as a glorification of the vulgarest debauchery. Date: 1836 - 1906?

Cia degli Ubaldini - Italian noblewoman, who valiantly defended the lands of her husband Francesco Ordelaffi when attacked by the Papal forces : a notable warrior. circa 1357

Macedonia - Bitola - Damage to Turkish Officers Mess
WW1 - Macedonia - Bitola - Damage to the rather ancient building used as the Turkish Officers Mess after allied bombardment. Date: circa 1918

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