August Collection (page 86)

Napoleons Birthplace
The Bonaparte family home at Ajaccio where Napoleon was born

Costume August 1867
Lastest Paris fashion of 1867

Relics / Thorn Crown
Louis IX, king of France, brings back Jesus crown of thorns from the Holy Land, and bears it in procession to Notre Dame, Paris

Battle of Yatay
PARAGUAY-URUGUAY WAR The Paraguayan general Duarte is defeated by the allied (Brazilian/Uruguayan/Argentinian) forces under Flores, at the battle of YATAY

Uk / Civil War / Standard
RAISING THE ROYAL STANDARD - Charles I raises the standard at Nottingham

King Edward I Crowned
EDWARD I crowned in Westminster Abbey

Machen Book
The cover of Arthur Machens The Bowmen, and other Legends of the War, which he believed was responsible for the legend of the Angels of Mons

Bowmen of Mons / Pearce
The Bowmen of Mons come to the aid of the British and cause havoc among their enemies

Strindberg / Ill Tidende
JOHAN AUGUST STRINDBERG Swedish playwright and novelist, best known for his play Miss Julie (1888)

Birmingham Rams U15 1914
HMS Birmingham, commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, ramming the German submarine U15

Womens Rights / Release
Suffragettes celebrate the release of Edith New and Mary Leigh from Holloway

Don Sea Serpent
This impressive creature was seen by several aboard the Royal Mail steamer Don in the Atlantic, and sketched by a witness

Boston Sea Serpent
The sea-serpent seen at Gloucester Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, on several occasions

Costume August 1869
Lastest Paris fashion of 1869

Dover Bombed 1940
Dive-bombing Dover : highly imaginative Italian depiction showing German Stukas attacking the harbour

Battle of the Nile 1798
Nelson defeats the French fleet commanded by Brueys : the scene on the deck of the French ship Tonnant

Scenes from an earthquake in Peru, South America, showing the destruction of the towns of Arica and Arequipa

Ottoman Wars / Szigetvar
Miklos Zrinyi heroically defends the town of Szigetvar against the invading Turks of Suleiman I

Gladstones illness, Downing Street, 1880
The scene at 10 Downing Street, Central London, as anxious enquirers wait for news of the condition of Prime Minister William Gladstone, recovering from a lung infection

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