Fighting Collection (#32)

Suez unrest 1951
British soldiers in action during a period of unrest in Egypt over control of the Suez Canal. The issue would remain a problem over the course of the decade, coming to a head in 1956. Date: 1951

Heinrich V at Rome
When HEINRICH V comes to Rome to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor, he quarrels over the terms, and fighting breaks out in St Peters Date: 1111

Cuban rebels fight the Spanish in Rio Hondo
Two hundred Cuban rebels fight a force of Spanish troops in the bed of the Rio Hondo Date: 1870

Slippery pole sack fighting at a London Fire Brigade sports event

LCC-LFB Period fire display at Southwark HQ
London firefighters putting on a weekly display for the public at Southwark, Brigade Headquarters. They are using a Victorian manual fire pump in a reenactment of the days of horse drawn fire engines

London fire officer dies at Covent Garden fire
Station Officer Charles Fisher died fighting the blaze at the Covent Garden Market fire. The plan shows the extent of the fire but cannot show the extreme heat

Construction of an EWS dam, Abbey Street, Bermondsey
Emergency water supplies (EWS) were critical to provide the much needed water to fire crews fighting the fires caused by wartime bombing and, in particular, incendiary attacks

Blitz on London -- Blackfriars Goods Depot, WW2
London firefighters struggling to control a powerful jet of water whilst fighting a fire at the Blackfriars Goods (Railway) Depot, Southwark Street

Battle scene - soldiers engaged in close fighting on a battlefield. Date between 1895 and 1900

The only way out - fighting them with their own weapons

Chinese children fighting cocks

Japanese sailor, with his bare hands, is fighting with two R

Deer, two bucks fighting, next to a stream. Date 1720

Fighting between the cavalry and the war ships - The letter surrendered. Japanese cavalry fighting Russian warships. Date 1919

Lend the way they fight, buy bonds to your utmost. Poster showing American soldier holding hand grenade over German soldiers in trench. Date 1918

The set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought with unabated vigour for nine rounds & yet undecided. A pugilistic encounter, over new theater prices, between John Philip Kemble

The British Empire at War: The growth between 1914 - 1916
An Illustration attempting to reflect the growth of the British Army, Navy, overseas and the industrial forces, during the years 1914 - 1916

The prairie hunter: one rubbed out!. Date c1852. The prairie hunter: one rubbed out!. Date c1852

William Fox presents Bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen
William Fox presents bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen episodes : Episode nine hurled from the clouds. Motion picture poster for Bride 13, episode nine

Our daddy is fighting at the front for you - Back him up - Buy a United States Gov t Bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917. Poster showing a little boy and girl with an American flag. Date 1917

Petersburg, Virginia. Cock fighting at Gen. Orlando B. Willcoxs headquarters. Date between 1862 and 1865. Petersburg, Virginia. Cock fighting at Gen. Orlando B. Willcoxs headquarters

Firefighters fighting blaze from city roofs

The snake wagon. Date c1874

The struggle for the nest. Date c1873

Your chums are fighting - why aren t you?. Poster shows silhouette of soldiers, bayonets drawn, in battle. Date 1917

So hilft dein Geld dir kampfen! In U-Boote verwandelt... zeichne Kriegsanleihe!. Poster shows the ghost of a sailor with his arm around a soldier. He is pointing to a sinking submarine

Fighting on the Indian Frontier: the Tirah Expedition, 1897
On the Chagru Kotal: looking west at the scene of the action of October 20th on Dargai Hill, when the Gordon Highlanders stormed the heights, led by Colonel Mathias. Date: 1897

Men fighting with daggers & sword while two women stand to side and woman gestures from stairs. Date 1881?

Mexican with his two fighting cocks, Crystal City, Texas. Date 1939 Mar

Grant at the capture of the city of Mexico. Ulysses S. Grant. Date between 1860 and 1870

General Charles de Gualle of Fighting France. Date 1942?

Food riot in Dungarvon
During the famine in Ireland a food riot breaks out in Dungarvon Date: 1846

The arena, interior, Nimes, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. The arena, interior, Nimes, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Furious fighting at Amur. Date ca. 1919

The battle of Usri i. e. Ussuri, Siberia. Captain Konomi died
The battle of Usri i.e. Ussuri, Siberia. Captain Konomi died in the battle, fighting. Date ca. 1919

John C. Heenan, Champion of the World. (The Benicia Boy.) Born in West Troy, New York, May 2 1835, Height 6 feet 1 1/2 inches, Fighting weight from 185 to 195 lbs

Military Tournament - Lifeguard vs. Dragoon - fighting sword to sword. Date: circa 1910s

Religious play, The Miracle, Olympia, West London
A scene showing two soldiers of the Inquisition during rehearsals for the religious drama The Miracle, performed in the huge arena of the Olympia exhibition centre, West London, at Christmas 1911

Marquis Wellesley at Nabob of Oudes Breakfast Table
Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley - Governor General of India (1760-1842) and his suite at Nabob of Oudes (Wazir Ali Khan)

Yankee Doodle on His Muscle. Or the way the Benicia Boy astonished the English Men. John C. Heenan (1835-1873) and Thomas Sayers (1826-1865) Date: ca. 1860

Moscow Uprising - Damage to buildings
Between 5th and 7th December, there was a general strike by Russian workers. The government sent in troops on 7th December, and a bitter street-by-street fight began in Moscow

Bullfight in France
A matador in elaborate costume, fights a bull in France. 1970s

Silhouette, To Fight Like Kilkenny Cats
To Fight Like Kilkenny Cats -- silhouette showing two cats circling each other aggressively, with pawprints visible all around them

A Boxer (Pugillatore) - Statue in the Vatican Museum Date: circa 1904

Place Royale Damage
The entrance gates of the Place Royale, Paris, bear witness to the fierce street fighting - the gates thrown down, the stonework pitted with the marks of gunfire. Date: 23-26 July 1830

1830 Revolution France
Street fighting during the 1830 revolution - overturned wagons and paving stones are used to make a barricade to prevent the army from passing. Date: 28-29 July 1830

Bullfighting - Lima, Peru Date: circa 1910s

Romanian troops on front line, WW1
Romanian troops fighting on the front line during the First World War. Date: September 1916

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