Attacks Collection (page 5)

Rattle Snake / Nest Attack
A rattle snake (or pit-viper) climbs a tree and attacks a nest, much to the distress of the two adult birds whose eggs are in the nest. Date: circa 1850

Battle of Wimpfen 1622
BATTLE OF WIMPFEN The Imperial Army under Tilly attacks the Palatinate forces and, despite a brilliant cavalry charge by the latter, the victory goes to Tilly Date: 6 May 1622

Savage Schoolgirl 1908
A savage schoolgirl attacks a girl smaller than herself. Date: 1908

British Sub in Section
A British submarine in section showing how it attacks, drawing near to the enemy ship with only the periscope showing Date: 1914

Treasure Isle / Black Dog
The Captain attacks Black Dog. Date: First published: 1883

Lion springing to attack an Impala

Met Police officer, Victorian period
A Metropolitan Police officer, PC Vincent, in the mid-Victorian period, posing for his photograph in a studio. He is wearing the original Peelers swallowtail jacket

Lieutenant Rex Warneford - WWI Ace Hero
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald ( Rex ) Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Warneford attacks Zeppelin at Ghent
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Children in damaged Maltese streets - Malta
A group of children play in a street in Malta, under the hanging lines of washing, the damage and rubble attesting to weeks of attacks on the Island

Rubber anti-gas suit 1918
Private Sloan wearing a rubber anti-gas suit as a protection against gas attacks at Croix de Claremont on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

Stanley in Africa: the vanguard attacked
The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition was much harassed by the frequent attacks of the forest dwarfs armed with poison arrows, which wounded several members of the expedition

Dog Attacks Poultry
Towser gets friendly with the cocks and hens, and tears out their feathers

Gunshots in a Tavern
Customers in a tavern in Fourmies, France, duck for cover as gun shots are fired inside the building

Home Guard training against bombers
Training for the Home Guard at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London. Riflemen being trained to meet dive-bombing attacks by practising rapid fire against a diving model that represents a 50

Church Service on the Western Front, 1916
Illustration showing a group of British soldiers holding a church service on a Sunday, somewhere on the Western Front in France, 1916

The Glorious Stand of the Royal West Kents in Trones Wood
An illustration of a small group of the Royal West Kent regiment repelling German attacks in Trones Wood, France. The soldiers are reported to have been separated from their main force during a night

Russian Reprisals
The Russians carry out savage reprisals for the insurgents attacks : the village of Mologoszcza is left smouldering by Russians seeking revenge

Daylight Air Raids
Heinkel III bombers take part in daylight raids on London, bombing the docks though barrage balloons prevented low-altitude attacks

Matelieff Attack Malacca
Matelieff attacks the Portuguese settlement at Malacca

Anti-aircraft machine-gun
An anti-aeroplane machine-gun, part of the Parisian defences against air attacks

Whale Attacks Liner
Sixty whales attack a German liner Prinz Sigismund in the Atlantic, but it escapes them

Alexander Citadel Attack
Alexander the Great attacks the citadel on the Indus

Portraits of Mme Caillaux, M. Joseph Caillaux and M. Gaston
Mme Caillaux, wife of the French Minister of Financeb Joseph Caillaux who shot Gaston Calmette, Managing Editor of the Figaro

Gardes Nationaux, after holding off the attacks of the government forces : this citizens militia supported the Commune but were not altogether in agreement

French Attack Rome
The French army under Oudinot attacks Rome via the Porta Pancrazia

Cartoon - Gas Protection
Every Cloud is Silver Lined The silver lining here is the new gas protection equipment used by British troops to combat the deadly gas attacks from German lines

Attacking Paris 1871
The German 5th Jaeger- Battalion attacks Mont- Valerien, on the outskirts of Paris

Boy & Sandbags 1940S
A boy holds his gas mask case outside St. Marks church hall, West Wickham, Kent. The sandbags are to soften the blow of any air raid attacks. (Modern photo, taken in 2000)

Perseus and Phineus
Phineus, wanting Andromeda for himself, attacks the guests at Perseuss wedding, so Perseus fetches the Gorgon Medusas head, tells all to look away, and turns Phineus into stone

Eleazar and Elephants
When Antiochus attacks the Israelites, Eleazar is one of the few to display courage, attacking the kings elephant, which falls on top of him and crushes him

Italians at Tobruk
North Africa : in Libya, the British attempt to defend Tobruk against Italian air attacks

Hereward Attacks Normans
Hereward the Wake, legendary Fenland hero, leads an attack against the Normans

Bear Likes Honey
A bear is fond of honey - he attacks a beehive

Revolutionary Propaganda
A leaflet published by the provisional government attacks Kornilovs attempted coup and urges without the people there is no salvation of the motherland

Siege of Tournai
SIEGE OF TOURNAI - Marlborough attacks the town, bravely defended by de Surville : after 56 days it is forced to surrender

Battle of Busaco
At BUSACO, Wellington with 25000 men resists successive attacks by the French under Massena with 65000 - a crucial victory

Battle of Turbigo
French forces at Turbigo are attacked by the Austrians, but after severe fighting MacMahon repels the attacks with considerable loss on both sides

Attacking Quebec
NORTH AMERICAN CAMPAIGN The British force attacks the city of QUEBEC, which the French have to evacuate

Quang Tri - Destroyed
Quang Tri: Three Vietnamese soldiers rest, (one eating rice), among the rubble of their town which has been destroyed by Viet Cong attacks

Vietnam 1970S
Together with Vietnamese soldiers, Hubertus Kanus looks over the town of Quang Tri in Southern Vietnam, which has been destroyed by Viet Cong attacks

Pope Sergius II
POPE SERGIUS II pope during period of Saracen attacks on Rome

Riot after Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania sparks off attacks on German shops in London

Nebuchadnezzar Attacks
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, takes and loots Jerusalem, making captives of its inhabitants and taking them back to Babylon

Amalekites and Ziklag
Taking advantage of Davids absence, the Amalekites loot Ziklag, but he attacks and defeats them

Saul Attacks David
Davids harping fails to soothe Saul who, angry and jealous, hurls a spear at him

Odoacer Attacks Rome
The first Barbarian King of Italy, Odoacer, prepares his army for an attack on Rome

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