Fails Collection

They say cleanliness is next to Godliness - but I say its next to impossible. A young child fails to clean their grimy knees no matter how hard they scrub! Date: 1933

LAMBTON WORM
The Lambton heir kills the loathsome worm, but is cursed because he fails to kill the first living thing he then meets - his own father!

Boer War; Colenso
BATTLE OF COLENSO Buller fails to dislodge the Boers from their positions and has to retire, abandoning ten guns

Bristol Brabazon
Designed to fly non-stop London-NY, the Bristol 167 is the largest civil aircraft in the air - wingspan 70m, length 54m. It fails for economic not technical reasons

Communist Orator 1931
A Communist orator harangues the crowd at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London : despite the vigour of her oratory, she fails to win many converts

Transport / Flight / Airship
SANTOS-DUMONT successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize Date: July 1901

G Jefferson fails at pole vault, 1932 Olympics
A falling American pole-vaulter grips the cross bar as he makes his descent at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, failing to make a height of 13 feet 9 inches. Date: 1932

Rebellion in Crete
The Cretans have another go at getting rid of their Turkish rulers : Turkish forces advance against the insurgents at Fort Paleocastro : this attempt fails like the others

Regulus Leaves Carthage
Roman ambassador Atilius Regulus sails from Carthage with a diplomatic delegation, hoping to negotiate peace with Rome; he promises to return if he fails

James IIs plan to escape England to France is thwarted
James II and VII (1633-1701) - King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII discovered trying to escape England

General Dragomirov kisses the Russian flag as an assurance of victory over the Japanese, but unfortunately the magic fails to work... Date: 1904

British forces bombard the French garrison at Flushing, on the island of Walcheren. Flushing is taken, but the Walcheren Expedition fails. Date: August 1809

VISION / CROSS / ANGELS
The vision of the cross covered with angels: Beamd on that cross; & pattern fails me now. (Canto XIV, lines 96-97) Date: First published: 1307-21?

FULTON (1765 - 1815)
ROBERT FULTON American inventor; in Paris 1797-1806 he invents a submarine but fails to interest Napoleon Date: 1765 - 1815

King Cnut the Great fails to halt the incoming tide
Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler

Caricature of Frank Hall -- Sometimes forward, sometimes coy, yet he never fails to please. 1880

1868 / DIZZYs MATHS
Dizzys Arithmetic Disraelis Tory party fails to make electoral gains in 1865. Palmerston looks on - he was taken ill before taking office and died in October. Date: 1865

N-T Marion-Dufresne
NICOLAS-THOMAS MARION-DUFRESNE French navigator, fails to understand or be understood by Australian natives when they offer him a burning stick, 1771 Date: 1729 - 1772

Deslon & Franklin
DESLON fails to magnetise Franklin in demonstration before the official commission, Paris Date: 1784

Three men on a bench in the countryside, possibly in the Peak District. Formal clothing fails to hide the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of the photograph. Date: circa 1908

Jean Cambolas
JEAN CAMBOLAS French churchman of the presbytery of Tholosatis - but research fails to reveal where that may be... Date: 1599 - 1668

A MISS 1933
Despite being dressed to the nines, the golfer fails to make contact with the ball Date: 1933

Assassination attempt on Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia
Assassination attempt by Sergeant Maximilian Joseph Sefeloge on Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, in Potsdam, Germany. 1850

The Two Sisters

Mme Lenormand Fails
Mme Lenormand sees the futures of her clients, but fails to foresee that she will be arrested at Brussels on a charge of smuggling Date: circa 1820

EAGLE AIRSHIP
Designed by comte de Lennox, the Eagle is intended to fly from London to Paris in 6 hours : but it is too heavy, fails to get airborne, and will be destroyed in Paris

Dreyfus / Zola Loses Case
Emile Zola loses the libel case brought against him by the French army, fails to secure Dreyfus rehabilitation and is sentenced to imprisonment

Dieppe Raid Fails
OPERATION JUBILEE - The Allies make a disastrous raid on Dieppe which achieves nothing except to show how difficult the invasion of Europe is certain to be

Elijahs Sacrifice
The prophet Elijah challenges the priests of Baal : each prepares a sacrifice, but Baal fails to ignite his sacrifice, whereas God miraculously sets Elijahs sacrifice alight

Saul Attacks David
Davids harping fails to soothe Saul who, angry and jealous, hurls a spear at him

Joshua Takes Ai
Joshua at first fails to take the city of Ai due to Achans sin, but when he has been punished, the Israelites are victorious

Russians in Finland
Finland : A banner imprinted with Stalins image fails to protect the Russians from the Finns

A Paris Concierge 1860
A Paris concierge looks daggers at a resident who fails to wipe his boots before ascending her stairs

Santos Dumont at Paris
Brazilian aviator Santos- Dumont successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, Paris, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize

ADERs AVION III - 2
Ader demonstrates his steam- powered Avion III (or Eole III) at Sathory, France; though he later claims a 300m flight, the truth is it fails to leave the ground

Bute Drink 1772 (Bobbin)
One man falls unconscious after a drinking session, his companion fails to rouse him with another glass; a satire on supporters on Lord Bute

Hope Temple Photo
HOPE TEMPLE This Irish musician fails to get a mention in any of our reference books. Does she play the harp, compose jigs, sing folksongs ? Who knows ?

Saracens Attack Constan
SARACENS ATTACK CONSTANTINOPLE An early attempt to seize the city fails : the city will not be taken by the Moslems until seven centuries later

Siege of Rhodes 304 Bc
SIEGE OF RHODES Demetrius Poliorcetes of Macedon fails to take Rhodes, despite these floating towers and galleries, and a settlement is negotiated

Battle of the Crater
Burnside blasts an immense breach - the crater - in Petersburgs defences, but fails to follow through and what should have been a great victory turns into defeat

Lady and Scarecrow
A lady chats up a scarecrow who fails to admire the creation Molyneux she is wearing

Licensing Bill Fails
The lions of Great Britain (symbolising the majority of the population) chase away the Licensing Bill, which sought to close a third of the countrys licensed premises

Napoleon at Boulogne 3
Napoleon makes a second attempt at a coup d etat, at Boulogne this time : again he fails to attract support : he is arrested and imprisoned at Ham

Napoleon at Boulogne 2
Napoleon makes a second attempt at a coup d etat, at Boulogne this time : again he fails to attract support : he is arrested and imprisoned at Ham

Napoleon III Strasbourg
Napoleon attempts a coup against Louis-Philippe at Strasbourg, counting on popular support for the Napoleonic idea, which alas fails to materialise

Gorilla on the Attack
In the Congo, near Kitabi, farmer Pako sees his wife snatched by a gorilla, fails to save her but it treats her kindly till she escapes after two days

Paris / Eiffel Tower 1901
SANTOS-DUMONT successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize

Submarines / American
ROBERT FULTON, American inventor, demonstrates his Nautilus to the French but fails to interest Napoleon

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