Defending Collection (page 4)

Military / Scenes / Sieges
Soldiers defending at a castle turret during a siege

Explosion at Rome
A mine explodes in the barracks of the French zouaves, defending the pope at Rome : accident or sabotage ?

Defending a Fort
As the enemy approaches, the defenders prepare to repel them with guns and bows : by pulling on ropes, half-cut trees can be felled to fall on the attackers

Defending a Coast
As a hostile fleet approaches the coast, the defences are manned - chiefly crossbows behind protective screens

This Fortress Built by Nature
A symbolic image showing a lone soldier defending the White Cliffs

Barrage Balloons Down
German Messerschmitt 109s destroy barrage balloons defending London

Mary Ann Clarke
MARY ANNE CLARKE, mistress of Frederick duke of York (2nds of G3 and commander-in-chief) is accused of selling his patronage; defending herself brilliantly she is acquitted

Mary Ann Clarke at War
MARY ANNE CLARKE, mistress of Frederick duke of York (2nds of G3 and commander-in-chief) is accused of selling his patronage; defending herself brilliantly she is acquitted

PADEREWSKI PROTECTED
IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI Police Protection for Pianists -Paderewski defended on stage from his over-enthusiastic fans!

Brasidas Drops Shield
The Spartan admiral Brasidas, bombarded by Athenians defending the fortress of Pylos, drops his shield into the sea, an omen to the Greeks, who soon defeat him

Jack Dempsey, Boxer 1921
Jack Dempsey (1895 - 1983) pictured before defending his heavyweight crown against Carpentier on July 2 1921. Dempsey won in front of 90, 000 fans and a live radio audience

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

MS - PSALTER 1284
Page from an English psalter - at the foot of a page a man is defending himself from a wolf

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

Catherine / Aragon / Trial
The trial of the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon which ends in divorce

Battle of Bhurtpoor
Carmichaels troops, defending Bhurtpoor, fire on the advancing Burmese forces

Military Cartoon (Back)
Illustration 2/2 A comical cartoon showing a battle between toy soldiers and what look like elves or pixies who are defending their camp

Military Cartoon (Front)
Illustration 1/2 A comical cartoon showing a battle between toy soldiers and what look like elves or pixies who are defending their castle

Freedom to Distil
A man lies on the ground, drunk, beneath posters defending the right to distil ones own alcoholic spirits

Horatius Defends Rome
When Rome is threatened by Lars Porsena and his allies, Horatius Cocles and two companions repel them, defending a crucial bridge across the Tiber

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

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

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