Defence Collection (page 26)

Travellers defending themselves from wolves
Travellers in a horse-drawn sleigh in 16th century Sweden defend themselves from attacking wolves with gun, crossbow and pike

Defending Paris 1915
A Voisin defending Paris from the air in his aircraft

1848 / Defence of Bologna
The defence of Bologna

Piquart Stands Defence
Lieutenant-colonel Picquart in court defending the innocence of Dreyfus

Defence of Wardour Cast
WARDOUR CASTLE, Wiltshire is heroically defended by Lady Blanche Arundel, but she is eventually forced to surrender. However, the Royalists recapture it later

Battle of Abu Klea
A melee during the battle of Abu Klea

Boer War; Lombarskop
LOMBARDSKOP The destruction of the Boer Long Tom gun on Wagon Hill, the key to the defence of Ladysmith

Vallum on Hadrians Wall
The fosse ditch of the vallum system at Limestone Bank. The vallum lay behind the main stucture of Hadrians wall, and acted as a people-control structure, not as a defence

Poster; Defence of Ussr
for the Defence of the Ussr

Wwi / German Defence
German infantry defend their trench against an enemy attack

1916 / Verdun / Fort Vaux
Major Raynal and his batallion lead the heroic French defence of Fort Vaux. It falls to the Germans in June but is retaken by the French in November 1916

Anti-Atomic Radar
Giant Radar Installations for Defence against Atomic Attack

Dug-Out Captured Wwi
One of the formidable German dug-outs captured by the British in Bickendorf, Germany Date: circa 1918

Martello Tower
Spithead Fort is one of the Martello Towers built in 1804 as a defence against the anticipated French invasion of England. They are retained as coastal defences

Lille Gate at Ypres
14th century ramparts and Lille Gate through which British troops entered during the defence of Ypres

Castle & White Cliffs
Dover Castle & environs with a key marking out various new roads, two churches, signal house & Guildford Battery which is linked to the castle by a passage through the rock

Bewick / Tenrec
(Tenrec ecaudatus) There are 25 species of tenrec, living in Africa and Madagascar : they are hedgehog-like insectivores and use their spiny hairs as a defence

Wife Taught to Shoot
A landowners wife is instructed how to defend herself should she be attacked by terrorists

Dufour at Mainz
French General G J Dufour leads the defence of Mainz

Defence of Le Havre
Le Havre is being bombarded by the English, when PIERRE BASTE, commander of a small gunboat, attacks the attackers. When his vessel is sunk he takes another

Stanislaw Mokronowski
STANISLAW MOKRONOWSKI Polish general during the wars against Russia: depicted in 1794 when he was in charge of the defence of Warsaw. Date: 1761 - 1821

Five Steam Warships
Removed from the effective list: The last cruise of the coast-defence monitors (left to right) Hydra, Glatton, Cyclops, Gorgon and Hecate

Crimea Malakoff Taken
The French take the Malakoff, the most important of the Russian defence works : its capture leads to the fall of the city and final defeat for the Russians

WILLIAMS (1800 - 1883)
SIR WILLIAM FENWICK WILLIAMS Military hero (Crimea, defence of Kars) and colonial administrator

Julius Caesars first attempt to invade Britain

Russian travellers defending themselves against wolves
Russian travellers in a troika defending themselves against a pack of wolves

Wolves attack a village in Romania
In Romania, hungry wolves invade a village and attack the inhabitants

Lion defends itself against human attackers
A lion defends itself against its human attackers

Spanish attack on Gibraltar 1704
The British beat off a Spanish attack on Gibraltar in 1704

Cannon balls stored, Dalhousie barracks, Calcutta
Cannon balls stored at Dalhousie barracks in Calcutta, India

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