Brest Collection

WW2 poster, activities of 52 (Lowland) Division
Screen-print poster, published circa 1950, showing the activities of the 52nd Lowland Division during the Second World War, with a map of Northern Europe, and unit badges along the top and bottom

Trotsky at Desk
LEON TROTSKY Russian statesman, at Brest- Litovsk 1918

Paris-Brest Race 1901
This year the Paris-Brest race, the senior French cycle race, is won by Maurice Garin

Anastasia Bitsenko going to Brest-Litovsk peace meeting
Anastasia Bitsenko (also spelt Biecenko and Bizenko) in a motor car on the way to the peace negotiations which led to the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on 3rd March 1918 between the Central

Brest-Litovsk buildings burn
Buildings on fire in the city of Brest-Litovsk. The city was captured by German forces in December 1915, and in March 1918 was the scene of the signing of a treaty which ended the war between Russia

Panorama of Brest Victorian period

Attack off Brest, Battle of Camaret, Brittany, France, 18 June 1694, part of the Nine Years War (1688-1697). English and Dutch ships attempted to seize the French port, but failed. Date: 1694

French sailor fom Brest
French sailor from Brest Date: circa 1890

Band Afloat
Brass Band Musicians on a boat on The Nantes Brest Canal waterway France Date: circa 1983

Russo-German Negotiations at Brest-Litovsk 1918
Double page from The Illustrated London News, 12th January 1918, with photographs of the Bolshevist minister in London Maxim Litvinoff, Lenin

TREATY NEGOTIATIONS 1918
Russo-German talks in progress in the session hall at Brest- Litovsk, as the two sides negotiate over armistice terms Date: January 1918

WW1 CARTOON / USSR PEACE
John Bull is furious when Germany and the USSR make peace at Brest-Litovsk Date: January 1918

Brest-Litovsk Treaty
John Bull is put out by Brest- Litovsk - Russias Peace treaty with Germany ending her involvement in World War One. Date: 3 March 1918

Sphere cover - Cessation of fighting on Russian Front, WW1
Front cover of The Sphere with illustration by Fortunino Matania showing the cessation of fighting on the Russian Front with Bolshevik leaders Trotsky

Field Marshal von Mackensen entering Brest Litovsk
Field Marshal August von Mackensen (1849-1945), German army officer, with three others on horseback, entering Brest Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus) during the First World War

Richard von Kuhlmann and Count von Czernin, Brest Litovsk
Richard von Kuhlmann (1873-1948), German Foreign Secretary, signing the peace treaty of Brest Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus)

Bagne De Brest - 3
LE BAGNE DE BREST New arrivals have chains fixed to their legs

The French Naval Academy - Brest, France - The Borda
The French Naval Academy. Originally the academy was based on ships, anchored in the harbour of Brest, France, such as the Borda (previously named Valmy)

Celtic Festival, Brest, Brittany, France
Celtic Pardon Festival, Brest, Brittany, France - September, 1908. Stalls with various things for sale at a Breton Pardon

Paris Brest Race
The Paris to Brest race - first run in 1891 - is still one of the French classics in 1921. Date: 1921

ALEXANDER HOOD 1727-1814
ALEXANDER HOOD High-ranking naval officer who captured three French ships in 1795 and directed Brest blockade between 1797-1800. Date: 1727 - 1814

Signed Treaty Document
The signed document agreeing an armistice between the Central Powers and Bolshevik Russia Date: January 1918

WW1 - Russian-German Negotiations, Brest-Litovks
WW1 - Russian delegates received by delegates of the central powers at Brest-Litovks. Officers from the staff of Field Marshall von Hindenburg meet the delegation of Soviet Russia. Date: 1918

Visit to Madeira - The bay of Biscay - Evening
Black and white lantern slide of the bay of Biscay in the evening - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Drifting derelict warship, Richelieu, by G. H. Davis
The drifting of the derelict French warship, Richelieu. While being towed from Toulon to Rotterdam, the ship broke loose from her tugs at Brest

France Brest
General view of the harbour Date: circa 1770

Trotsky in Warsaw
LEON TROTSKY Russian statesman, at Warsaw 1919 during the peace of Brest-Litovsk - he is nearest camera in foreground. Date: 1879 - 1940

Cycling race Paris-Brest (1891). Starting line
" Cycling race Paris-Brest (1891). Starting line in Paris. Illustration from " Le Petit Journal". Etching. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

The Castle from swing bridge, Brest, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Port Militaire from swing bridge, Brest, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The harbor from the Cours Dajot, Brest, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Place des Portes, Brest, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Cours Dajot, Brest, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Sphere cover 1939 - Borowenski at Brest-Litovsk
The Russian Commander Borowenski meeting the German Army at Brest-Litovsk in the centre of dismembered Poland, to discuss demarcation into German and Russian Poland

Brest, France - La Rue de Paris Date: circa 1910s

Statue of Armand Rousseau - Brest
Statue of Armand Rousseau (1835-1896), French engineer at Brest, France. Date: circa 1910s

American Signal Corps at Brest, France, WW1
Men of the US Signal Corps, 4th Infantry, arriving at Brest, north western France, during the First World War. Date: April 1918

Count von Czernin and Richard von Kuhlmann, Brest Litovsk
Count Ottokar von Czernin (1872-1932), Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister (left) and Richard von Kuhlmann (1873-1948), German Foreign Secretary (right), arriving at Brest Litovsk, Russia (now Brest)

Egypt Wreck - 2
P&O liner, en route to India, collides with French freighter Seine about 40km off Brest, with the loss of 87 persons; the lascar crew behave in a very ungentlemanly manner... Date: May 1922

Egypt Wreck - 3
When this P&O liner, en route to India, collides with French freighter Seine about 40km off Brest, with the loss of 87 persons, some act heroically, others in a cowardly manner... Date: May 1922

Paris-Brest Race 1891
The Paris-Brest race is the senior French cycle race : this year Charles Terront is the winner. Date: 1891

Germans occupy Russian town 1918
Following the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which took Russia out of World War I, German cavalry occupy a Russian town in territories ceded to the German Empire by the terms of the treaty

French mobilisation
This picture, smuggled into London, show Marines on arrival in Brest to board their respective ships. French ships have been massing in Brest, a big naval base

Brest Shipbuilding
A frigate under construction in the shipyards at Brest

M. Mieczkowskiego, photographer to the Imperial court, with
In the camp of the besiegers. M. Mieczkowskiego, photographer to the Imperial Court at work photographing the Russian army manoeuvres before the Czar, at Brest Litewsk, Poland

Communard Prisoners
Communard prisoners on the vessel Marne, in Brest harbour

Egypt Wreck - 7
Though some of the gold and silver sunk off Brest with this P&O liner has been recovered by divers, others continue to search believing there is more to be recovered

Coup: Dissidents
Dissidents are despatched from Brest to French prisons in South America

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