Attacking Collection (page 8)

WW1 - The Campaign in The Dardanelles, 1915
WW1 - Soldiers in action using heavy artilllery and firearms. Shelling one of the forts on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The troops make slow but steady progress towards Constantinpole. Date: 1915

WW1 - Captain Hawker takes on three Germans in the air
WW1 - Captain Lanoe George Hawker VC, DSO (1890-1916), was a British flying ace, with seven credited victories. This illustration captures an occassion on 25th July 1915

WW1 - German aircraft views the English Navy - North Sea
WW1 - A German illustration of a battle in the North Sea showing a German aircraft beating-off the English Navy. Three enemy merchant-vessels are being destroyed

WW1 - North Country troop trench warfare in Polygon Wood
WW1 - Out of their lairs in Polygon Wood, North Country troops bomb Hun machine-gunners. Polygon Wood is a forest located between Ypres and Zonnebeke, Belgium. Date: 1917

North American B-25 Mitchell -shown attacking Japanese destroyer during April 1945

Heinkel He 115 attacking ship

WW1 - Gas attacks near Canadian lines, October 1916
WW1 - Exploding gas shells used by the Germans near the Canadian front line in Guillemont, France, October 1916. Date: 1916

WW1 - German Prussian Guard driven back to their trenches
WW1 - The Canadian 90th Winnipeg Rifles in action after suffering heavily from the Huns gas tactics. Rushing from their trenches

WW1 - Trench Warfare between Epehy and Bellicourt
WW1 - British Soldiers overcoming resisitance and breaking through the German line between Epehy and Bellicourt in France. Date: circa 1917

WW1 - Eastern Front - German Cavalry (Uhlans) attacking a Russian Baggage Convoy at a ford. Date: 1915

hispano-roman coins. Top: aces. Obverse: head of Minerva with helmet. Reverse: Pegasus Empuries. Bottom: Quadrans. Obverse: head of Minerva. Reverse: lion attacking. From the village of Les Soleies

Spain - Bull Fighting - The Bull Attacking the Picador
A black and white slide showing a bull fighting arena with a man on horseback pointing a lance at a charging bull.. Slide number 371 in Box 148 entitled Spain Bull Fighting & Spanish Life

Attack on the town of Novitska in the White Sea, 1854
Attack on the Russian town of Novitska during the Crimean War by the Miranda and Brisk, English ships in the squadron in the White Sea

Suffragette Wild Women at Greyfriars Magnet Library. Suffragettes wreak havoc at Greyfriars School in a screamingly funny complete school story of Harry Wharton & Co

Electric eels shock horses
Some electric eels(Gymnotus Electricus)wreak havoc on a herd of terrified looking horses. A large eel with a particularly mischievous expression reclines in the foreground

The German DIII Albatros diving at a foe, WW1
The German fighter plane, the D III Albatros, which carried a 175 hp Mercedes engine pictured diving at speed towards a British plane below

British fighting triplane in action
The new British fighting triplane in action, a model described by General von Hoppner, Chief of the German Flying Corps as excellent. Date: 1917

Anti-gas nosebag masks for horses, WW1
A mounted British patrol attacking a gas factory where gas was being released on enemy lines; the horses are wearing a type of gas mask in the form of a nosebag. Date: 1917

Cricket Crafty Bowling
A bowler attacking the batsman with some crafty bowling. Date: circa 1890

Germans routed by Highlanders in offensive near Ypres, 1917
Infantry soldiers of the Highland regiments involved in an offensive against a strong German position, consisting of a ruined brick factory heavily armed with machine guns

Indian Cavalry attacking a German column of troops, WW1
Indian Cavalry attacking a German column of troops, by Richard Caton Woodville, RI (1856-1927)

British tanks attacking, Somme, September 1916
British tanks attacking, Somme, France, September 1916, by Louis Dauphin (1885-1926). Date: 1916

Royal Flying Corps airmen attack a German monoplane, 1914
British army airmen of the Royal Flying Corps attacking a German monoplane in 1914. The pilot is seated behind the observer in the British biplane; the observer repels attack and fires on the enemy

Victorious British advance at Loos
Part of one British battalion, with a strong party of bombers in advance, charged across the interveniing space between the British and the first-time German trenches. Date: 1915

WW2 poster, Achtung! Achtung! The Lancaster strikes by night, the Fortress strikes by day. Date: 1940s

Breaches of the Hague Convention by Heath Robinson, WW1
VII - Tatchoing the British to their Entanglement. Another dastardly idea from the enemy as the Germans fire bombs filled with Tatcho, a famous hair restoring preparation of the time, which

British armies launched gigantic attacks on Somme 1916
On 16 July 1916, after an intensive bombardment, the British armies launched a series of gigantic attacks on the Somme, which persisted until November

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

Aeroplane in modern warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in modern warfare: how the aeroplanes of the combatant powers have fared. Left: dropping bombs from an aeroplane onto massed troops below

Protecting shipping against submarines by G. H. Davis
Fighting the U-boat with depth charges: the principal method of protecting shipping against submarines. How the Navy is hunting U-boats with depth charges: detecting and attacking submarines

First torpedo air attack by G. H. Davis
The Second World Wars first aircraft torpedo attack: a German destroyer hit. Torpedo-carrying aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm attacks a German destroyer off Trondheim. 11 April 1940

Night attacks on Germany by G. H. Davis
Background to an 800-bomber raid: the vast organisation behind every big night attack on Germany during the Second World War

Battling Bonzo wins in the first round by George Studdy
Battling Bonzo wins in the first round. He tackles a black dog bigger than himself, and takes the credit when the enemy accidentally falls down a manhole

Forager the puppy sniffs at the Irish stew
Caught at last -- Forager the puppy sniffs at the Irish stew, onions and potatoes on a plate. Date: 1912

A thrilling charge, WWI by Cyrus Cuneo
A charge of Highland soldiers with bayonets fixed during an attack, World War I. Date: 1916

The great Sylt raid by G. H. Davis
The great Sylt raid: a bomber attacks in the glare of searchlights, flaming onions and bursting star shells. Attacking Hornum, the seaplane base on the southern end of the German island of Sylt

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

British Mosquito bomber by G. H. Davis
The high speed British Mosquito bomber, constructed almost entirely of wood, was nicknamed The Wooden Wonder. Used for long-range day and night combat, attacking railways

Nursery Rhymes -- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go. A white cat catches Uncle Rat (above), and a white goose catches the Frog (below). Date: early 20th century

Man Attacking Another Man
In this picture a 17th century man holding a rifle or a musket is attacking an older man holding a pistol by grabbing his beard

Siege of Gibraltar - 4
British boats rescue enemy casualties when the attacking French and Spanish fleet is destroyed by the garrison. Date: 13 September 1782

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese charge East Kee-kwan-shan fort
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese charge East Kee-kwan-shan Fort. The surround echoes the melee of battle with a discarded Russian gun and cap amid the smoke Date: 1905

Polar Bear Hunting in Alaska, USA Date: circa 1910s

Canteen van - tea for anti-aircraft gun crew
Raiders overhead! Mugs of tea provided from a canteen car - the greatest boon to anti-aircraft crews, who, month after month stuck by their guns and shot down so many Luftwaffe aircraft

Christmas Greetings from The Australian Airforce. An RAF Hawk is flying in with a large bomb to take out a Japanese submarine, which is spouting curses via its periscope! Date: 1942

En route to Constantinople -WWI
Propaganda postcard from early WWI era, showing British and French navy vessels aproaching (and assaulting) the walls of Constantinople, Turkey. Date: 1915

La Journee du Pas-de-Calais Charity card - WWI
A postcard relating to a charity drive in the Pas de Calais region in France, calling on to the generosity of the public. Repeated several times in about 700 communes in the department during World

A proposal for attacking England in 1803

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