August Collection (page 83)

Max Bruch / Postcard
MAX KARL AUGUST BRUCH German composer

Rudolf Defeats Ottokar
Emperor Rudolf stands victoriously over the corpse of Ottokar II of Bohemia, having defeated him at Marchfeld

Burke & Wills / Melbourne
Robert O Hara Burke and W. J. Wills were the first men to cross Australia from south to north. Leaving Melbourne

French Leave Dusseldorf
French evacuate Dusseldorf

Edward IV Meets Louis XI
Edward IV meets Louis XI on a bridge over the Somme

Art / Regional / German Art
Jovial winter scene on the August-Bridge in Dresden showing crowds enjoying the snow and winter sunshine

Operation Dragoon / 1944
Operation Dragoon, the successful allied invasion of Southern France. Within 30 days it had linked up with the Normandy invasion forces

Webb / Channel / Frad Cdv
MATTHEW WEBB Swimmer of the Channel in August 1875

Gibraltar Workers
Gibraltar : Spanish workers are blindfolded as they go to work, so they won t see things which they might report to the Germans and Italians

F W a Froebel
Friedrich Wilhelm August FROEBEL German educator

Dancing Hippies, 1967
Hippies getting high and dancing together at a rock festival at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire, England, during the original " Summer of Love"

Charles & Robert Unmannd
Charles & Roberts unmanned Globe comes down at Gonesse after flying from Paris

Battle of Worth 1870
Battle of Worth : Bavarians against Spahis in a woodland setting

Cavalry Vionville 2 / 1870
Battle of VIONVILLE-Mars-La- Tour, also known as REZONVILLE; the charge of the French cuirassiers

War Announced, Berlin
The German people, crowding in Berlins Unter den Linden, learn that they are now at war against England, France and Russia

Irene / Dutch / Postcard 48
PRINCESS IRENE OF HOLLAND Dutch Princess at Het Loo, 19 August 1948

Edward Vii / Newcastle 84
EDWARD VII Invitation card to the visit of Edward and Alexandra to Newcastle, 20 August 1884

Viktoria Luise / Germany
PRINCESS VIKTORIA LUISE Daughter of Wilhelm II at the age of 10: she later married Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg

Carl August / Sachsen-Weim
CARL AUGUST von SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH Fought with Prussia against Napoleon; patron of Goethe, Hegel, Herder, Schelling, Schiller and others

A Von Wassermann / Maitres
AUGUST VON WASSERMANN German bacteriologist

A Toscanini / Aug 1917
ARTURO TOSCANINI Italian conductor, known for his dynamic style - seen here with a military band on Monte Santo, a few days after the August 1917 offensive

Ca Sinding / Postcard
CHRISTIAN AUGUST SINDING Norwegian composer

Crecy : English Wait
The English forces await the attack of the French

Thanks after Armada
Queen Elizabeth going to St Pauls cathedral, London, to give thanks after the defeat of the Spanish Armada

Mutiny : Rohtak Taken
Battle of Rohtak : Hodson, commander of Hodsons Horse, takes Rohtak, 60km from Delhi, from a force of mutineers

Atlantic Meeting 1941
Roosevelt and Churchill meet in mid-Atlantic to agree their war aims, embodied in the Atlantic Charter

Stonehenge from S-East
A view of Stonehenge from the South East

Wwi / Belgian Refugee
A Belgian refugee is assisted by a German soldier

THE AMERICA WINS CUP
The America winning the sailing match at Cowes for the Club Cup, open to yachts of all causes and nations

August Ii / Poland / Fursten
AUGUST II THE STRONG King of Poland (1697-1733) and FRIEDRICH AUGUST I Elector of Sachsen (from 1694)

Getting out a Buoy
When the cable breaks in mid- ocean, a buoy is prepared for launching from the Great Eastern to mark the spot

Buoy Marks Broken Cable
When the cable breaks in mid- ocean, a buoy is launched from the Great Eastern to mark the spot

Great Eastern Forge
In the forge housed on the deck of the Great Eastern iron plating is prepared for the capstan

New Recruits / Wwi / Wells
New recruits at Wells. A crowd of men in suits gather to offer their services

Italy / Herculaneum
The uncovered ruins of the town of Herculaneum, buried under the pyroclastic flow from the erupting Mount Vesuvius on 24 August AD79

AMPHION SUNK
The British cruiser Amphion is sunk by a mine in the Thames estuary while attacking the Konigin Luise

The Cable Lost
The broken cable is lost, and all attempts to grapple and retrieve it fail : the Great Eastern will have to return to England, and prepare to try again

Grappling Broken Cable
Crew and engineers cluster in the bows of the Great Eastern as a final attempt is made to grapple the broken cable from the sea-bed

Gt Eastern Paying Out
The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern which meticulously lowers the cable to the sea- bed as the ship proceeds westwards

REVENGE (CIG. CARD)
Warship used by Drake, and later by Grenville at the battle of the Azores in August 1591, when after a gallant fight she surrenders to the Spanish

Imperial Banquet 1658
On the occasion of Leopold Is election to the Imperial throne, Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector, gives a ceremonial banquet in the town hall, Frankfurt-am-Main

Zeppelin Lz-4 Tri. Flight
ZEPPELIN LZ-4 She makes her trial flights over the Bodensee (lake Constance)

Thames / Henley 1952
The Thames at Henley, Oxfordshire

Le Suchet Launched
The French cruiser Le Suchet is launched at Toulon

Royal George Sinks 1782
While this fine warship is refitting at Spithead, near Portsmouth, she keels over and sinks, taking 600 or so men with her

THE AMERICA BOOMING
The America booming out : her victory at Cowes for the Club Cup leads to a series of spectacular events as the worlds finest yachts compete for the Americas Cup

THE AMERICA BUILT
Building the yacht America at New York : on 22 August she will win the sailing match at Cowes for the Club Cup : the race thereafter be known as the Americas Cup race

THE AMERICA YACHT
The American sailing yacht America which will win the sailing match at Cowes for the Club Cup : the race will in future be known as the Americas Cup race

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