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Zulu War Rorkes DriftRORKEs DRIFT Defending the hospital against the Zulu attack
Zulu War Rorkes DriftRORKEs DRIFT Lieutenant-Colonel Russell and his men arrive at the garrison to find that Bromhead, Chard and their men have held out against a massive Zulu attack the previous day
Zulu War Rorkes DriftRORKEs DRIFT Chard and Bromhead with their men, the morning after the Zulu attack had been withstood
Continental drift mapsReconstruction of the map of the world for three periods according to the Displacement Theory. Figs 1-2 from The Origin of Continents and Oceans (1924) by Alfred Wegener
Zulu War Rorkes DriftRORKEs DRIFT Soldiers and natives fighting
Continental DriftThe world 200 million years ago in Upper Triassic times, showing the single continent of Pangaea and the universal ocean, Panthalassa
Continental drift diagramsA) The continents 175 million years ago. B) The continents 50 million years ago. Figs 65 & 67 from The Age of the Earth. See also < a href= http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/results.asp
Jrm Chard / Woodbury PhotoJOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT CHARD Military, notably at Rorkes Drift
Zulu War Rorkes DriftRORKEs DRIFT Melvill and Coghill try to cut through Zulu lines
Continental Drift5 diagrams illustrating the positions of the continents 380 mya, 200 mya, 135 mya, 50 mya and the present
Zulu War Rorkes DriftRORKEs DRIFT Chard and Bromhead with their men, the morning after the Zulu attack
Winter sunrise over isolated cottage with Barn OwlThe weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. A landing barn owl has been added to the border framing the scene
The Long, Long DriftIllustration by Raymond Sheppard to an article entitled: The Long, Long Drift by John Prebble, relating to the The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17
The Zulu war. Rorkes Drift, near the scene of the recent coFrom a sketch by Major North Crealock, 95th Regiment, Assistant Military Secretary. Panoramic scene of the undulating country on the Zululand/ Natal border
ABU SIMBEL / EGYPTThe Temples of Abu Simbel viewed from the Nile. Date: 1848
Poster for The Upper Austrian Tourist Board - Ski Scene Date: circa 1937
Swedish Train in SnowA Swedish train stuck in the snow Date: 1919
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 2Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 1Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Three steam engines clearing a snow drift in Scotland and a man fixing the telephone wires, probably 1930s
A Rotary Snowplow at work - Kansas, USAA Rotary Snowplow at work clearing heavy drifts - Kansas, USA Date: circa 1920s
The Zulu war. The entrenched position at Rorke's DriftThe scene as reinforcements arrive at Rorke's Drift, successfully defended by the British from 3, 000 Zulus. Extended caption
The Defenders of Rorke's Drift at daybreak, 23rd January 187Dead Zulus piled up against sandbanks and fortifications, British officers with rifles and bayonets standing above them, perpetrating the myth that Rorke's Drift was an important victory
Zulu War, the naval brigade landed from HMS ActiveThe Zulu War - the naval brigade landed from HMS Active. A sketch at the Lower Tugela Drift
Photograph of Drift Bridge PH, Epsom, Surrey. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details
Herring, oarfish and drift-net fishingHerring, Clupea harengus 132, oarfish, Regalecus species 133, and North Sea fishermen using drift nets to catch herring from boats
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 5Alfred Gee pushes a coal truck to the entrance of his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 4Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 3Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Purse Seinors Catching Salmon, Seattle, Washington, USA. A purse seine is a large wall of netting deployed around an entire area or school of fish
Rorkes Drift, Natal, South Africa, site of a battle on 22-23 January 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War. Date: circa 1905
Potgieters Drift, Spion Kop, Natal Province, South AfricaPotgieters Drift on the Tugela River, Spion Kop, Natal Province, South Africa, scene of the Battle of Spion Kop on 23-24 January 1900 during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Date: circa 1904
Baling out of a stricken aeroplane by G. H. DavisThe gentle art of baling out: escape technique. How airmen dive and drift to safety through space. The use of the parachute during the Second World War: methods of escape from stricken aeroplanes
St. Johns - Newfoundland - Houses Snowed in on Merry Meeting Road Date: circa 1930
Train snowed in, Wales in the winter of 1947A train and locomotive brought to a standstill by snow drifts on the line between Merthyr and Abergavenny following the renewed blizzards of early March during one of the coldest recorded winters in
Snow blocked road in Kent, 1963A snow plough bulldozes its way through deep snow on Westerham Hill in Kent on a road that had been impassable for days during the very cold conditions of the winter of 1963
The Zulu war. The defence of Rorkes Drift, January 22nd 187The scene of the action, where 3, 000 zulus attacked the tiny fort and hospital at Rorkes Drift. 140 British soldiers kept the Zulus at bay
Zulu wars. Queen Victoria decorating officers engaged in theQueen Victoria decorating Lieutenant John Rouse Merriott Chard with the Victoria Cross for bravery. Chard was one of the officers who successfully defended Rorkes Drift from an army of Zulu warriors
Jrm Chard / BassanoJOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT CHARD Military, notably at Rorkes Drift
Jrm Chard / Hawke CdvJOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT CHARD Military, notably at Rorkes Drift
Beach driftwood. circa 1950
A night train stopped by a snow drift in Northern England or Scotland, This portion of the country has been laid under snow to the depth of, in some places, ten or twelve feet. 1858
Wilderness, Western Cape Province, South AfricaKaaimans (Keerom) River Drift, Wilderness, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1908
Drift over Molopo River, Mafeking, South AfricaDrift over the Molopo River at Mafeking (Mahikeng, Mafikeng), NW Province, South Africa, where a Boer attack took place in May 1900 towards the end of the Siege of Mafeking during the Second Boer
Clearing a snowdrift close to Traverse City, Michigan, USASnow Plough of the TCL&M ( Toledo (Port), Clinton, Lakeside and Marblehead Railroad), Michigan, USA near Traverse City. Date: circa 1908
Approach to a Japanese Shinto Shrine in the snow. Date: circa 1910s
Train Stopped by SnowA night train stopped by snow - workers clear the drift by the lights from the locomotive. Date: 1854
South Africa / River DriftSouth African scenery: a river drift or ford Date: 1905
Illustration, A Song of the English, LionsIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Mule-team crossing driftBlack and white lantern Slide of Mule-team crossing Drift - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection. Slide number 45 Mule-team crossing drift Date: circa 1890s
Car in a snowdrift near Crediton, DevonA car driving through the middle of a snowdrift near Crediton, Devon. The road has been cut through by a bulldozer. Date: 1963
Drifting derelict warship, Richelieu, by G. H. DavisThe drifting of the derelict French warship, Richelieu. While being towed from Toulon to Rotterdam, the ship broke loose from her tugs at Brest
Snow on a mountainside - Dolotimes. ItalyImmense drift of snow on a mountainside in the Dolotimes, Italy Date: circa 1930s
Barges on the River Thames, 1845Engraving showing a number of barges on the River Thames, on the day of the Lord Mayor of Londons Show, 1845. The Stationers Companys barge may be seen at left, being rowed
Saint Pierre and Miquelon - After a heavy snowfallHouses on Saint Pierre and Miquelon (a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near Canada) pictured after a heavy snowfall Date
Snowplough clearing the Grande Rue at Morez, FranceSnowplough (snowplow) clearing the Grande Rue at Morez, France - a commune of the Jura department in Franche-Comte in eastern France. Date: circa 1910s
Pakistan - NWFP - Murree, Holy Trinity Church, Mall RoadPakistan - NWFP - Murree - Holy Trinity Church located at Mall Road (built in 1857) in Winter Date: circa 1910s
Airspeed AS10 Oxford I L4539Airspeed AS10 Oxford I, L4539, was fitted experimentally with McLaren drift correcting undercarriage
Entada sp. sea beansSea beans or drift seeds from vines and trees along tropical coasts and rainforests which drift along with ocean currents and wash up on beaches
Virgatosphinctes, ammoniteShown here is an Ammonite fossil recovered from over 5000m above sea-level in the Himalaya region
An early snowplough tram in Montreal, Canada. This is the number 8 tram... Date: circa 1910
Bergensbanen Railway - Station at MyrdalA snowplough train clears the tracks at Myrdal Station (Norwegian: Myrdal stasjon), located along the Bergensbanen railway line in Aurland municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Date: circa 1920s
Arctic Bear HunterAn arctic bear hunter, on top of a mound of snow, searching for the body of the bear he has just shot through the skull. 1930s
Skiing by a SnowdriftA blonde skier gingerly negotiates a large snow drift, hoping to avoid an avalanche! Date: 1930s
Lantern / Zulu / Heroes 1879Heroes of Rorkes Drift: Smith-Dorrien, Bromhead, Dartnell and Chard Date: 1879
Gonville BromheadGONVILLE BROMHEAD Military : second-in-command at Rorkes Drift, (Zulu-British war, January 1879) when he won a VC : later in India where he died of typhoid. Date: 1845 - 1892
A Near Thing by William Heath RobinsonHumorous illustration showing two cars laden with trunks and Christmas parcels stuck in the snow while their two drivers pucker up for a kiss underneath some mistletoe
Winter sunrise over isolated cottageThe weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
New design for train snow ploughA new design for a railway snow plough - the unit on a non snow-bound track showing the interior workings
Train Blocked by SnowTrain passengers discover they are stuck in the snow during the storm of Tuesday 18th January 1881
Cars stuck in snow at Pease Pottage, 1963A long line of cars stranded at Pease Pottage Hill on the London to Brighton road in deep snow during the ferocious winter of 1963
Jets to clear snow drifts in Wales in 1947Men engaged in fitting jet units to the rear of a wagon on a snow encrusted stretch of line near Brecon, an ingenious way of clearing the disabling snow drifts preventing trains carrying coal
Bredhurst isolated by snow in 1947An aerial view showing squads of men cutting their way through drifts to the village of Bredhurst which, although only four miles from Chatham in Kent
Experiment with jets to clear away snow in Wales, 1947Jet engines or gas turbines, acting like blow lamps, eat their way through the snow as a truck advances down the railway line in the hills of South Wales
The Dutch Arctic Exploration Ship Willem Barents, 1878Engraving of the schooner Willem Barents in the drift ice, during the Dutch Arctic Expedition of 1878. This expedition, commanded by Lieutenant de Bruyne, explored Jan Mayen Island, Spitzbergen
The Zulu war. Sketches at Rorkes Drift by Lieutenant H C HaGraves of Lieutenant Coghill and Melville who died trying to secure the colours of the 24th Regiment and were awarded posthumous Victoria Crosses
Zulu war sketches by our special artist. Interior of the oldBritish soldiers surveying the damage to the old fort at Rorkes Drift, where 137 British soldiers held out against 3, 000 zulus at the beginning of the Zulu wars
The Zulu war. Portraits of officersPortrait of Mr W A Dunne, Commissariat Department, defender of Rorkes Drift. 137 British soldiers held the fort at Rorkes Drift against a force of over 3, 000 Zulus
The Zulu war. Fort Helpmakaar. Field auction of the effectsIsandlwana was the scene of the British armys most humiliating defeat at the hands of the Zulus, slightly assuaged by the successful defence of Rorkes Drift later the same day, January 22nd 1879
The Zulu war. Graves of the 17 men who fell in the defence o140 British soldiers defended the fort and hospital at Rorkes Drift from 3, 000 zulu warriors on the same day that the British suffered their heaviest defeat of the war at Isandhlwana
The Zulu war. Sketches at Rorkes Drift, by Lieutenant H C HThe Rev. Otto De Witts House, Rorkes Drift
Zulu war sketches by our special artist. Scene in the New FoThe new Fort at Rorkes Drift, a scene of British bravery at the beginning of the Zulu wars
The Zulu war. Alls Well, Sketch in Bromheads Post, NewZulu war sketches by an ILN special artist. Rorkes Drift was the scene of an heroic defence by the British in January 1879
Hunting in the Snow 2 / 2ONE OF THE WRONG SORT Who goes out with hunters because it is the fashion " Confound the snow is not hunting bad enough without this..."
