Defending Collection (page 2)

Maria de Molina (1265-1321). Wife of Sancho IV of Castille
Maria Alfonso Tellez de Menezes (1265-1321), know as Maria de Molina. Wife of Sancho IV of Castille. Regent for her son Ferdinand IV and her grandson Alfonso XI

William Benn, Puritan
WILLIAM BENN Puritan churchman and theologian, defending the Christian sabbath against the Jewish one. Date: 1600 - 1680

WW1 - Zeppelins raiding over Paris, France, 1915
WW1 - An illustration depicting the terror of zeppelins dominating the sky in an air raid at night over Paris, France. Searchlights beam from the city below, marking the zeppelins

World War I. Invasion of Belgium (1914). Detachment defending Belgian village fo Lombaertayde, NE of Niewpoort

Allies Enter Paris 1814
ALLIES ENTER PARIS Napoleon fails to reach Paris in time to forestall the surrender of the city by the desperately under-manned defending forces Date: 31 March 1814

Rome saved from Gauls by geese
Rome is saved from the Gauls when the alarm is given by the Geese of the Capitol (the Sacred Geese of Juno)

Publius Horatius Cocles defending the Tiber bridge
Publius Horatius Cocles, an army officer of the Roman Republic, together with two companions, Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius

Hungarian wolves attack a wedding party
A pack of hungry Hungarian wolves attack a wedding party at Hidos (Hidas, Hidasch)

North West Frontier Province - Picket of Afghan Infantry at the boundary line between the British and Afghan Territory. Date: circa 1910s

Claudia Vestalis
CLAUDIA VESTALIS Vestal virgin of Rome, credited with defending the consul Appius Claudius Caudex. Date: CIRCA 264 BCE

Gun Emplacement
Allied infantry take out a German gun emplacement defending the beaches Date: 6 June 1944

Gambetta / Stock / Celebs
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, depicted as Horatius, defending the cause of universal suffrage Date: 1838 - 1882

An attack at Peking by Boxer rebels
European legations at Peking are attacked by the rebels during the Boxer Rebellion. Date: 1900

Defence of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
The defence of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, and the heroism of Sergeant Jasper. Date: circa 1813

Zouaves helping British at Battle of Inkerman, Crimean War
The Zouaves advancing to the assistance of the British Date: 5 November 1854

Three British bulldogs on a greetings card
Three British bulldogs standing on a Union Flag on a greetings card -- Defenders of the Empire. Date: early 20th century

Cartoon, Confederated Coalition, or, The Giants storming Heaven, with the Gods alarmed for their everlasting abodes, by James Gillray. Depicting government ministers Hawkesbury, Addington and St

WW1 - British field-artillery shelling a Turkish fort
WW1 - The British field-artillery advancement and shelling of one of the Turkish forts in Dardanelles. The narrow peninsula amongst the ranges of high hill or small mountains make it safe for

WW1 - Night attack by the Turks on the Anzacs at Gallipoli
WW1 - The Battle of Chunuk Bair - Fought between the Ottoman defenders and troops of the British Empire. At the cliff faces at Gaba Tepe, the Turks attack the Australian lines at night

WW1 - Indian maxim section awaiting the enemy, Suez Canal
WW1 - An Indian maxim section helping to defend Egypt against the Turks. The three Indians are positioned on baron land, awaiting their enemy

Canine Devotion in War Time, WW1 dog guarding home
A dog still seeking to defend its former home during the entry of the Germans into Vailly, a small town lying on the Aisne

Hazel Hen / Hazel Grouse - adult male sings defending his breeding territory (Tetrastes bonasia). common in taiga forest near river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve

French soldier fights off German attack, Craonne
An incident on the Western Front north of Craonne depicted by Paul Thiriat on the Front cover of The Graphic. A few French soldiers were working in a boyau or communication trench when they were

Enemy aeroplanes attack British steamer by G. H. Davis
Enemy aeroplanes attacking a British steamer. Bombs and bullets from above -- the Avocet attacked by three German planes during the First World War

French mine crater WWI
View of French soldiers working at the mine face in the tunnel in darkness, and a diagram showing two branches stretching to the right and left where tons of explosive are to be placed. Date: 1916

Guarding the mouth of the Humber by G. H. Davis
The war: naval and military happenings of the week. Guarding the mouth of the Humber -- an incoming trawler in the glare of a destroyers searchlight. Date: 1914

Protecting shipping against submarines by G. H. Davis
Fighting the U-boat with depth charges: the principal method of protecting shipping against submarines. How the Navy is hunting U-boats with depth charges: detecting and attacking submarines

Singapore besieged by Japan, by G. H. Davis
Singapore island besieged by Japan during the Second World War: a relief map from Johore to the beleaguered fortress in the Far East where the defending British forces retreated on 31 January 1942

Defence of British aerodromes by G. H. Davis
The defence of British aerodromes: methods of defence above and under the ground during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Belgian troops defending Antwerp, WW1
Three scenes showing Belgian troops defending Antwerp in the early days of the First World War. Top: soldiers preparing to fire from a railway engine near Malines

Cartoon, One Who Might Have Helped, WW1
Cartoon, One Who Might Have Helped. Showing Lord Kitchener and General Pau, defenders of France at the start of the First World War, sitting at a desk with books and maps

Vladivostok, Russia - Allied Soldiers and Red Cross train
January 1918 - Allied Soldiers shelter behind the wagons of a Russian Red Cross train, Vladivostok. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution

Portrait of Daniel Webster, postcard
Portrait of Daniel Webster. God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. Date: 1908

Men fighting on the streets of London
Randulph defending himself against Philip Frewin and his myrmidons. Date: C18th

John Lambe, Astrologer
JOHN LAMBE alias Dr Lambe, astrologer : depicted defending himself against a mob in the street, who murdered him. Date: ? - 1628

WW2 - Russian Propaganda - Repelling Germans in the Baltic
WW2 - New Years greetings to the Baltic - a Soviet propaganda postcard from 1942 showing a Russian soldier finishing off an Invading German in the Baltic

Striking Arabian Girl - Morocco. Note the primitive-form Hamsa (Fatimas hand) amulet, worn throughout the Middle East and North Africa

London by Night - Searchlights crossing the night sky over the capital. Date: circa 1940s

HMS Montrose at Canakkale - troops in transit
HMS Montrose at Canakkale (Chanak), Turkey - troops in transit - 30th September 1922. The Chanak Crisis, also called Chanak Affair in September 1922 was the threatened attack by Turkish troops

Protecting Russian territory in Manchuria
A young Russian soldier guarding the security of Manchuria. Date: 1904

Air Raids on England - WW2
The Air War that commenced in England last night was continued this evening: Raids are being made on London and its surroundings by enemy bombing aircraft

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Sam shooting an arrow at an archer defending an enchanted castle, from Firdawsis Shahnama (gouache on paper). F12v. Persian art. Safavid period

Le Brun, Charles (1619-1690). Moses Defending

Spain. Second Republic (1936-1939). Poster of Dreta de Catalunya (Right of Catalonia) defending the Catholic school

Crusades. Guillaume de Clermont defending Ptolemais (Acre) in 1291. After an original painting by Dominique Papety (1845). Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona

Garibaldi defending Rome. Litography

Brazil (18th c.). English ships at the Bay of RЯ de Janeiro defending their economic interests, after a painting

Crime Prevention / 1930
" Defending the home" : a rather elegant woman with a gun, prepared for any eventuality.. Date: 1930

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