Fight Collection (page 25)

1914 Pat-Riots, 1915 Patriots
Cartoon showing how Ireland was on the verge of civil war in 1914, but how joining up to fight instead during World War One transformed them into good and obedient British patriots! Date: 1915

Fight between a Maori and three Europeans, 1842
Engraving showing a brawl between a New Zealand Maori, supposedly wearing war paint, and several European men dressed in top hats, 1842

After a fight in Champagne: Bodies of fallen German soldiers strewn over a battlefield after action

The Shell and Kernel of a Knut
The discarded civilian clothes of a " knut" as he marches off to fight for a higher cause during World War One

Half-Time by Studdy
The Kaiser fans down the beleagured monster of Prussian militarism as the Allies enjoy a comfortable Christmas dinner in the opening months of World War One

Going to the Attack
Going to the attack A depiction of leucocytes and phagocytes as the Army of the Interior, armed with bows and arrows, on their way to fight off infection

A fight between an armoured car and a German cavalry patrol

Winter Scenes, Britain, c. 1897
Series of sketches of winter scenes in Britain, c.1897. The centre image shows two women skating on a pond. The surrounding images show various street scenes

The Carpentier-Beckett Fight, 1919
Photograph showing Georges Carpentier (white shorts) punching Joe Beckett during their fight for the Heavyweight Championship of Europe, 4th December 1919

Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns, 1908
Photographs showing Jack Johnson (1878-1946)(left) and Tommy Burns (1881-1955), the heavyweight boxers who fought for the World Championship in Sydney, Australia, in 1908

General Robertson speaking at Dalderby; First World War, 191
Photograph showing General Sir William Robertson (centre, facing left) making a speech at Dalderby, Lincolnshire, October 1916

Head-butting fight in Venezuela, 1874
Engraving showing a head-butting fight between two young men in Venezuela, as a group of local people watch on, 1874

Battle of Ostrolenka
Led by Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki, Polish forces fight valiantly at Ostrolenko, but are eventually defeated by the Russians and forced to retreat to Warsaw. Date: 26 May 1831

Fighting in Lisboa
Republicans fight royalists in the streets of Lisboa : a republican barricade in Praca dos Restauradores

War with Turkey
Serbian troops march out of Belgrade to fight the Turks

Alva in Brussels
Margaret of Parma abdicates as governor of the Netherlands : at Brussels her place is taken by the duke of Alva, who will fight resistance with relentless ferocity

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

Trains Sabotaged
In protest against the forced enlistment of Poles to help Russia fight the Japanese, patriots sabotage the railways on which they will have to travel

War with Russia - 2
Bolshevik Russia attempts to seize the new republic of Poland, but the Poles fight for their independence with patriotic fervour : Russian prisoners and their captors

War with Russia - 1
When Bolshevik Russia attempts to seize Poland, the Poles fight for their independence with patriotic fervour : Polish cavalry in the streets of Warsaw

Insurrection in Lisboa
While citizens of Lisboa look on with curiosity, government troops entrench themselves to fight off yet another insurrection

Poles Conscripted
Poles are understandably reluctant to help their Russian overlords fight the Japanese : men are forced into railway wagons which will carry them to the front

Japanese Fight Chinese
The Japanese in hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese

Racial /s Africa / Botswana
A fight between warring tribes: cannibals of the Amalemos people fight people of the Bechuanas

Huns Invade Europe / Closs
The Huns invade Europe and gradually fight their way westwards, from about 376 till they are halted at Chalons in 451

Shopping at the Sales, 1930
Illustration showing a riotous scene at a fashionable clothing store as a number of female shoppers fight to acquire their next purchase. The original caption for this image was The Material-istic Age

Franco-Prussian War. Petit Bicetre after the fight
Scene of ruined French houses, abandoned machinery and wagons after the battle at Petit Bicetre between the Prussian and the French armies

American Indians. The threatened rising of American Indians
Group of American Indians in a mixture of traditional and European dress, boy in foreground holding a bow and arrow, on the right the Chief in feathered head dress holding a rifle

Struggle for tickets at a railway station
An illustration of a fight breaking out at a railway ticket office on the first day of Epsom races. Demand for transportation was always high and inevitably resulted in scuffles at the ticket office

Police breaking up a fight in Soho, London, 1911
Illustration showing the aftermath of a street brawl between immigrants in Soho, London. The original caption emphasised that although many of these foreigners were hard working handcraftsmen

Polish V. Russians / 1863
Poles fight against the Russians at Zagosc

Jeanne De Montfort / 1342
JEANNE DE MONTFORT DUCHESSE DE BRETAGNE She helped her husband fight the King of France

Fight in Paris Cafe / 1899
Right-wingers fight left- wingers in a Paris cafe

Fight over Westminster
BATTLE OF BRITAIN An imaginative Italian artists impression of an air dogfight between British and German planes above Parliament Buildings in Westminster

French Fight Moroccans
Conflict with the French and raiders from Morocco on the Algerian-Moroccan border

Senegal French Fight
The French fight the natives at Keneria

Street Fight Prague / 1848
(then Bohemia, with Austria) Street fighting in Prague

British Embark 1793
The British Guards embark to fight the French who have invaded Holland

The Civil war in America. The fight for the rifle-pits in fr
Fort Wagner in South Carolina was the scene of bitter fighting in 1863, as this violent and dramatic engagement shows

American Civil war. The Fight at Balls Bluff, Upper Potomac
Desperate effort made by the 15th Massachusetts regiment to clear the woods by a bayonet charge. From a sketch by our special artist, Frank Vizetelly

Campbells Veg Soup
Advert for Campbells canned condensed vegetable soup showing a trio of healthy young children indulging in a pillow fight

Trovatore - 2
Manrico the troubadour and the Count di Luna confront each other and prepare to fight a duel

The Vultures & Pigeons
THE VULTURES AND THE PIGEONS The vultures fight each other and tear with beak and talon; the pigeons attempt to be peacemakers and succeed, but then are themselves attacked

Fable / the Two Cocks
THE TWO COCKS (Human Version of animal fable): two men fight over a woman; the victors arrogance in his triumph leads finally to his defeat

Children and Kittens
Four children watch two kittens having a mock fight; another kitten does a spot of gymnastics

The Half Hour Before Dinner
Humorous scene showing a family and guests, dressed in evening attire, waiting for Christmas dinner to be served. An old man dozes in an armchair

Naval Combat 1870
Naval fight between the Prussian Kanonenboot Meteor and the French Bouvet off Havana, Cuba - one of the few naval engagements of the war

Indian Boxing 1876
A particularly vicious form of boxing in India, where two men fight wearing spikes on their knuckles; the result is rather bloody

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