Fighting Collection (page 40)

Battle of Tanieres
BATTLE OF TANIERES - (near Mons) hand-to-hand fighting leads to a victory for Marlborough and prince Eugene

Lovenstein Attacked
During the fighting between the occupying Spanish and the Dutch patriots, the castle of Lovenstein is attacked with artillery, cavalry and infantry

Battle of Magenta 2
The battle of Magenta is essentially a fight for the town : Piedmontese and French forces drive the Austrians out after bitter street fighting

Battle of Solferino 8
The decisive charge by the French chasseurs on the Austrian lines : fierce fighting at close quarters

Battle of Magenta - 5
The battle of Magenta is characterised by fierce street fighting for command of an insignificant village

Battle of Turbigo
French forces at Turbigo are attacked by the Austrians, but after severe fighting MacMahon repels the attacks with considerable loss on both sides

Boys at Start of Fight
Two boys with their fists up at the beginning of a (mock) fight outside in the garden

Boys Fighting 1929
Two young comptetitors fight it out while a girl watches, unable to intervene

Clan Macphee
Clan MACPHEE in ancient fighting gear

Clan Mac Innes
Clan MAC INNES engaged in fighting, catching arrows on his shield : barefoot on the rocks

Birmignham Riot / 1901
A riot by Pro-Boers at a meeting of the Liberal association at Birmingham Town Hall. Lloyd George who addressed the meeting escaped dressed in policemans uniform

Cassagnac (Gill)
PAUL DE CASSAGNAC Aggressive French journalist and politician, noted for his fondness for fighting duels

German Domestic Scene
The daughters of the house, about to go shopping, ask papa (who has a wooden leg, doubtless won fighting the French) for money, while mama grinds the coffee

MOPSUS, Greek soothsayer of Apollo who defeated his rival Calchas in a trial of skill, later became king of Mallus in Cilicia, and died fighting Amphilocus

SAFETY SAC
People trapped on upper floors escape from a blaze via a sac (chute) which they slide down head first to the sapeurs- pompiers waiting below

Firefighters Ladder
French sapeurs-pompiers use a long ladder to reach the highest floors of a burning building

French Hand-Pumps
French sapeurs-pompiers use hand pumps at the scene of a fire

Warfare Furfooz / Figuier
A Stone Age battle at the Furfooz site, France

Street Fighting
Street fighting calls for different skills than pitched battles in open country : French infantry advance cautiously through the streets of a town

Vorwaerts Buildings
The Vorwaerts building after the fighting in the Newspaper District during the Spartacist Uprising

Kitchener / French Recruit
HORATIO, LORD KITCHENER 1ST EARL KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM Soldier; caricatured instructing French recruits to keep on fighting for England

WW1 / 1915 / ALLIES LEGS
With the Allies on their last legs, Germany - fresh and fit - awaits the final round of the fight (but this is May 1915, with more than three years to go !)

Prince of Wales 1914
EDWARD VIII Photograph of Edward, Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor, dressed as a second lieutenant of the Grenadier Guards during the First World

Serbs Stabbed in Back
Serbs, fighting Germans and Austrians, are stabbed in the back by Bulgaria

Watchmen and Wild Boys
Three young London men-about- town get into trouble with the law, and defend themselves against two watchmen (seven years later they will be replaced by peelers )

Bearded Partisan
A Tolstoy-like figure, this World War One veteran has known more war than peace, and is now a resistance fighter, once again fighting the German invaders of his homeland

Advert Wrights Coal Tar
Wrights Coal Tar Soap - standing up for his Wright s

Civilians Surviving
After the fighting has destroyed their home, surviving civilians try to rebuild their lives

Female Type & Admirers
The Long, Long Trail: an elegant woman and her many admirers, all of them fighting in the war

Jesus and Soldier
Jesus depicted as protecting the soldier (provided he is fighting in a just cause, of course)

Fighting on the Volga
A Volga river Flotilla defends river-borne supply vessels

Fighting Near Moscow
A counter-offensive by Soviets on the outskirts of Moscow prevents the Germans from reaching the city

Russians Storm House
Soviet officer urges troops to storm a house during street fighting

Soviet Mortar Crew
A Soviet Mortar Crew rest after all-night fighting

Soviet Machine Gunners
Soviet machine gunners in action during street fighting, regardless of the corpse lying beside them

Snowball Throw C1880
A girl throwing a snowball from behind a fence

Servant Snowballed
A servant boy, whose hat has already been knocked off, defends himself against his attackers

Girl Snowballing
A robin watches while a girl prepares to defend herself in a snowball fight

Cottage on Fire
Fire-fighting on behalf of the Dawlish (Devon) County Fire Service : A fireman hoses down a burning cottage

Belgium / Independence
War of Independence - Street fighting in Brussels

Armada / Spanish Attacked
THE SPANISH ARMADA The Spanish fleet attacked by the English ships in the Channel

Bayard fighting in Italy
Bayard, fighting in Italy, defends the bridge of Garigliano against a Spanish force

Elephant Fight / Baroda
An elephant fight in Baroda

Battle of Inkerman, Zouaves advancing
The Zouaves advancing to the assistance of the British in the Battle of Inkerman, during the Crimean War

Romsey Fire Brigade
The Romsey Fire Brigade display some of their fire- fighting techniques

Beehive Scene 1902
Humanised bees in a hive

Street fight in the Haymarket, London
A street fight in the Haymarket, in Central London

Twin puppies fighting over a bone
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, fight over a bone

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