Fighting Collection (#34)

A Sea Battle - New Guinea

Four boys playing at Bullfighting. The dead wooden bull is dragged away by a team of two piebald rocking horses Date: circa 1910s

Bears in a bear pit, Paris
Bears in a bear pit in Paris, with people watching from above. 19th century

Brtish troops returning from fighting, France, WW1
British troops returning to a French town by bus for a rest after heavy fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Serbian troops relaxing, WW1
Serbian troops relaxing during a break from fighting, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

French soldier saying farewell to sweetheart, WW1
A French soldier saying farewell to his sweetheart on the outbreak of the First World War, with a battle raging in the background

Retaliation, or the cudgeller caught
A cudgeller is reprimanded by three angry folk, who surround him and wave their cudgels frantically. Date: 18th Century

Attack by ruffians
Frank and Sambo, attacked by Ruffians, in the hold of the Tender. Date: 1842

Benghazi battle during Italo-Turkish War
A battle in Benghazi, Libya, during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912). Date: 19 October 1911

Fencing with daggers
A group of men engage in combat with one another, using daggers to fence with. Date: 1570

Wartime leaflet, blood transfusion service
Wartime leaflet about the blood transfusion service, showing how blood, and blood transfusion equipment, are dropped by parachute behind enemy lines to save the lives of wounded soldiers. 1940s

Fight between a landlady and soldier
Meg Dods and Captain McTurk ; the Captain protects himself from the onslaught of the furious landlady, Meg. Date: 1843

Men fighting for power
Two men fight for power, wrestling for the crown which has been taken from the Kings head. Date: 1553

Culmination of fight
An altercation between two men on a cliff top ends with the loser falling over the cliff edge to his death. Date: 19th Century

A political discussion
Turn-coats and cut-throats. Men fight each other on the stairway with batons, causing quite a scene. A sign above the stairs reads Freedom of Election. Date: 1796

A street riot on Giltspur Street, London
Crowds attack the carriage in which Mr Sloane is riding as he travels to court, accused of horrendous cruelty to a servant girl

The Lion and the Unicorn by Leslie Brooke. The lion and the unicorn, Were fighting for the crown; The Lion beat the Unicorn all around the town Date: 1922

Street Fight by George Ranstead
Drawing of two men engaged in a punch up in the street, much to the horror of a lady watching from a doorway (possibly the cause of the fight)

British gun battery in action, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
A British gun battery in action in Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. The officer on the right is Lieutenant Colonel Haywood DSO. Date: circa 1914-1916

Romans fight the Sabines
Marginal drawings depicting combat between the Romans and the Sabines. 1543

Aerial photograph of a battlefield, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (French) of a battlefield on the western front in France or Belgium, described as Les Carrieres d Hauchemont (Orchimont?), during the First World War. Date: 22 June 1917

Presidents of Portugal and France, western front, WW1
The President of Portugal, Bernardino Machado (1851-1944) (right), accompanied by the President of France, Raymond Poincare (1860-1934)

Ned Kelly- Fight at Glenrowan
Attack on the Kelly gang at Glenrowan. The police finally managed to overcome the gang, killing three of its members and capturing Ned Kelly himself. 1880

WWI postcard drawn by George Ranstead
Humorous illustration on a postcard by amateur soldier artist of the Great War, George Ranstead. The picture depicts a home owner throwing a boot at a couple of fighting felines

Dispute in a rail carriage
A fight breaks out among business men in a train carriage, who are debating fiscal retaliation. 1903

Aerial photograph, Battle of the Somme, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) during the Battle of the Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Seen from an aeroplane at a height of 3000 feet. Date: 1916

The Great Advance by George Ranstead
Cartoon drawing by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps, showing two ruffians looking as if they are about to start fighting

Heavyweight boxing, 1948 London Olympics
E.J. Lambert of the USA (right) and F. Bothy of Belgium competing for heavyweight honours at the Empire Pool (hence the reflection in the lower half of the photograph)

Soldiers turned bandits during the Thirty Years War
Soldiers turned bandits draw their swords, during the Thirty Years War 17th Century

Traveller attacked during the Thirty Years War
A German bandit attacks a traveller with a bat, while another gang member rushes across with extra supplies including an axe. 17th Century

British Mark IX or supply tank, WW1
A British Mark IX or supply tank, designed in 1917 as a non-fighting tank used for carrying supplies or men through a fire zone. Because of its shape it was nicknamed The Pig

British naval gun in action, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
A British naval 12-pounder gun in action in Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1916

Captain Douglas Macarthur, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Captain Douglas Macarthur (1880-1964), American army officer, seen here at San Antonio, Texas, USA, during border fighting (Mexican Revolution)

Sherman tank destroys nine Panther tanks
Poster entitled Battle Front Dispatch, containing a report from Winston Churchill of how one Sherman tank destroyed nine enemy Panther tanks outside Caen in Northern France during the Second World

Village squire ejected from cottage
The squire of a town is flung out of a cottage by angry villagers, one man flexing his muscles ready to continue the fight if necessary. Date: 1870

Information poster, essential foods
Information poster giving details of essential foods needed during wartime rationing. 1940s

Female boxer
" The modern girl taught to prefer a bout with the gloves, to a scratch with her finger nails". 1. Her first lesson. 2. Fair professionals. 3. Training under instructions of a champion. 4

Two Caribou with locked antlers
On occasion, two caribou stags when fighting become so interlocked they are unable to seperate - consequently both animals perish

Eglinton Tournament 9
The ball : after the fighting, the flirting - the Earls 2000 guests feast and dance in the ballroom constructed specially for the occasion. Date: 30 August 1839

Roger De Trumpington
SIR ROGER DE TRUMPINGTON a Cambridgeshire warrior, in full fighting gear - armoured from top to toe, with shield and broadsword. He is buried in Trumpington church. Date: flourished 1289

Camels Fighting C1845
Two camels fight while two men watch in excitement: they have probably taken a bet on the outcome. Date: circa 1845

Valiant Tailor - 1
The giants fighting, the one with the other

Savage Schoolgirl 1908
A savage schoolgirl attacks a girl smaller than herself. Date: 1908

Irish Tribes Fighting
Fighting amongst Irish tribes in ancient Ireland

RETURN OF SATAN (Robert Moore Williams) Fighting desperately against the super-brain... Date: 1939

Putting out Thatch Fire
The Fire Brigade deals successfully with a fire that has broken out on a thatched roof Date: 1950s

Boer / Battle of Tugela
FIGHTING SCENE The Battle of Tugela Date: 1900

Napoleon up a Tree
At the battle of Essling, he climbs a tree in order to get a better view of the fighting Date: 22 May 1809

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