Defends Collection

Lawyer / Mlle Miropolski
WOMAN DEFENDS WOMAN: THE LEGAL FEMINIST Lady Lawyer, Mlle. Miropolsky pleading the case of a client in the Paris Law Courts. Date: 1908

Siege of Malta 1565
Jean de la Valette defends the island against the Turks

Cartoon Re Finland War
Finland defends itself valiantly against the Soviet invasion

Luther and Cajetan
At Augsburg, he defends his theology before Cardinal Cajetan, but refuses to retract his views : he leaves Augsburg

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EVENTS/AUSTRALIA
11-year old Harry Hawson defends his father's cattle station against marauding aborigines in New South Wales, but dies of a spear-wound Date: 1840

Sir Sydney Smith defends the Acre against Napoleon Bonaparte. Date: 1799

1798 SCOTS V FRENCH
Heroic conduct of the Highland Sentinel : Scots soldier defends Castlebar Gaol against French allies of Irish rebels 27 August 1798

ROYALIST DEFENDS HERSELF
A shopkeeper of Saint-Mithier defends her royalist sympathies when her shop is invaded by Republicans, by holding a pistol over a barrel of gunpowder. Date: 1794

SPANIARDS SINK REVENGE
Sir Richard Grenville in the Revenge fights the Spanish, but Revenge is sunk. He defends his ship of 150 for 15 hours against 15 ships of 5000 men (1 of 2) Date: 1591

LUTHER AT DIET OF WORMS
At the Diet of Worms, Luther defends his opinions before the emperor and an assembly of notables from church and state; proscribed, he goes into protective hiding Date: 13- 17 April 1521

1798 SCOTS V FRENCH / B / W
Heroic conduct of the Highland Sentinel: Scots soldier defends Castlebar Gaol against French allies of Irish rebels Date: 27 August 1798

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

Clive Defends Arcot / 1751
Clive defends Arcot against Chandra Sahib. Date: 25th November 1751

Council of Anagni
At the Council of ANAGNI, Thomas Aquinas defends the monastic orders against an attack by Guillaume de Saint Amour, in the presence of pope Alexander IV Date: 1256

WW1 - German anti-Aircraft defences
WW1 - German anti-aircraft defences attacking two aircrafts from the ground in Berlin. Four Germans man the large gunned artillery vehicle

Marie Antoinette Trial
The queen defends herself before the revolutionary tribunal. Date: October 1793

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

Down with the foreigners! Burn their books!. Piece of popular literature that defends xenophobia and war against the foreign people, published in 1891 in Chang Cha, Hou Nan province. Engraving

Death in Stratosphere
DEATH IN THE STRATOSPHERE (Henry J Kostkos) Explorers encounter alarming wildlife up there : the heroine, dressed for golf, defends her spacecraft Date: 1937

Bayard at Garigliano
BAYARD AT GARIGLIANO During contest between France and Aragon for the kingdom of Naples, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, defends the bridge of Garigliano Date: 1501

Winston Churchill defends the government at the Oxford Union
Mr. Winston Churchill as under-secretary of State for the colonies, replying to F.E Smith(M.P for Walton) during a debate at the Oxford Union on March 1st 1907

A batsman exhibitis four different shots
A combination action photograph of a batsman, in full cricket kit, plays four different shots, from the classic forward defensive shot (left) through to a cover drive (right)

Raimbaut De Moreuil
Since clerics may not fight, Raimbaut de Moreuil defends the cause of the abbe de Saint-Denis in single combat with Guyon de Losenne

Fighting at Glanow
Count Aleksander Krukowiecki defends his castle at Glanow against a force of Russians

Lawrence Defends Lucknow

The Civil War in America; some of Wilsons boys in wooden
From a sketch by an ILN special artist. Headquarters in the camp of the 2nd New York regiment. Colonel Wilson defends Staten Island from the Confederate threat

Garibaldi at Rome
Garibaldi defends Rome against the first French attack

Louis at Assemblee
Before the Assemblee Nationale, Louis defends his policies and actions, drawing attention to his successes : he is applauded and loyal resolutions are voiced

Spanish Sink Revenge
Sir Richard Grenville in the Revenge fights the Spanish, but Revenge is sunk. He defends his ship of 150 for 15 hours against 15 ships of 5000 men (1 of 2)

Clan Mac Millan
Clan MAC MILLAN - a barefoot and barechested warrior defends himself against a pair of Cromwells ironsides - for his clan supported the Stuarts

Puritan Defends his Home
Puritan settler defends his home from the natives

Mars, Soldiers Pillage
Mars, the God of war passes over as soldiers steal cattle burn homes and attempt to kidnap woman. Her husband defends her and children with spade

Fighting on the Volga
A Volga river Flotilla defends river-borne supply vessels

Joshua at Gibeon
Joshua commands the sun & moon to stand still while he defends the city of Gibeon (allied with the Israelites) against the five kings of the Amorites

Servant Snowballed
A servant boy, whose hat has already been knocked off, defends himself against his attackers

Bayard fighting in Italy
Bayard, fighting in Italy, defends the bridge of Garigliano against a Spanish force

Jeanne De Montfort
Jeanne de Montfort, dame de Bretagne, an ally of the English, defends her chateau against the French

1893 / Home Rule / Lustige
Gladstone, depicted as a kangaroo, defends Irish Home Rule (the joey in his pouch) against Lord Salisbury

Maisonneuve at Montreal
MONTREAL Maisonneuve defends Ville Marie (Montreal) against the Iroquois

Luther at Diet of Worms
At the Diet of Worms, Luther defends his opinions before the emperor and an assembly of notables from church and state; proscribed, he goes into protective hiding

Events / Africa / Boer War
Baden-Powell defends Mafeking

Luther and Karl V
MARTIN LUTHER defends his views at the Diet of Worms, before the (Catholic) emperor Karl V. Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders, Gott helfe mir

Impertinent Office Boy
Truthful office boy, when discouraged from whistling while he works, defends himself by owning up to having only been whistling - not working

Orang-Utan and Natives
An orang-utan defends itself against two hostile predators

Arthur Defends Wales
Arthur defends his Welsh homeland against its enemies

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

Baron Deux-Ponts
When Prussians threaten cavalry captain Baron de Deux- Ponts, he defends himself from the window of his lodgings

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