Fighting Collection (page 9)

Tony Benn with Peter Tatchell in Bermondsey, London
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Maria Leontievna Bochkareva (nee Frolkova), who fought in World War I and formed the First Russian Women's Battalion of Death in 1917

Battle of Pente Pigadia, 1912
The Battle of Pente Pigadia - fought during the First Balkan War between the Ottomans and the Kingdom of Greece. Ottoman Commander Esat Pasha, having set up his headquarters at Pente Pigadia

Socialists fighting to the death; Paris Commune, 1871
Men and women of the Commune fighting, to the death, against troops of the National Guard, Paris. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war

Fighting at the Barricades; Paris Commune 1871
A bowed but resigned officer caught behind the lines, in effect Between two fires, during fighting between the French Army and the Paris Commune, 1871

A small war-torn town during the Spanish Civil War, 1937. This illustration was made by an artist attached to Nationalist forces and may be a view of Brunete

A triumphant group of Republican standing on the remains of a bridge in the Guadarrama region of Spain, during the Spanish Civil War

Map of Spain showing the situation at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, July 1936. The heaviest fighting in July took place in the places underlined on the map: Madrid, Barcelona, Oviedo

The Burning of Irun; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing refugees from the city of Irun standing on the beach at Hendaye, France, watching their Spanish home-town burn, 1936

Nationalist Troops entering Irun; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing Nationalist troops entering the city of Irun, in northern Spain, during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, 1936

A machine-gun section of the Republican army (foreground) covering the advance of an infantry unit, during fighting in the Guadarrama Hills in the early stages of the Spanish Civil War. Date: 1936

Spanish Foreign Legion Troops near Madrid; Spanish Civil War
Spanish Foreign Legion troops guarding an outpost near Madrid, 1936. When the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, the men of the Foreign Legion fought on the side of the Nationalist Rebels

Lea Hurst, home of Florence Nightingale
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florence's social standing to become

Florence Nightingale's carriage
The nursing carriage that accompanied Miss Florence Nightingale through the Crimean War. Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father

Battle of the Wasp and Frolic
The capture of brig HMS Frolic of twenty guns by the sloop of American ship USS Wasp. Date: 1812

Julius Caesar dismbarking at Deal the South-East coast of England, fighting on the shore. Date: 55 BC

Dragoons and Highlanders scattering the Rioters in Belfast. Accordingly, the 4th Dragoon Guards and the 78th Highlanders, accompanied by the Royal Antrim Rifles were marched to Durham Street

The Scots Greys under Ponsonby charge, two batteries of French artillery after having taken the colours of the 105th reigment. Date: 1815

Siege of Basing House, Hampshire
The Siege of Basing House, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, during the English Civil War. It was a Parliamentary victory. Date: between 1643 - 1645

Edward I, surname Longshanks, crossed the River Tweed on 12 March 1296 and besieged the Scottish town of Berwick, during the First War of Scottish Independence Date: 12 March 1296

Height of battle of the Battle of Flodden, Northumberland, between England and Scotland. Date: 9 September 1513

Battle of Pinkie also known as the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, at the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland. Date: 10 September 1547

Casualty sent home to die 1871
A casualty of the fighting is carried home to die

INSURRECTION AT LYON
Insurrection at Lyon : Live working or die fighting is the workers battle-cry. Date: November 1831

DEATH OF EPAMINONDAS
Epaminondas, Theban general, dies fighting the Spartans at the battle of Mantinea risking his own life to save that of his friend Pelopidas. Date: 362 BCE

TITUS MANLIUS
An exemplar of Roman obedience, Titus Torquatus Manlius condemns his own son to death for fighting an unauthorised duel. Date: circa 360 BCE

FEDERAL SENTINEL
A Federal sentry is shot by a Secessionist sniper : such methods of fighting were considered most ungentlemanly and contrary to accepted standards of military conduct. Date: 1861

CAESAR'S PYRE/HOUBRAKEN
The tall funeral pyre of Julius Caesar is lit by torches which in turn ignates the divided loyalties of the Roman people. Date: 15 March 44 BC

American Civil War re-enactment
A re-enactment of a battle during the American Civil War, taking place in a cabbage field in the UK in 1962. 1860s (re-enactment)

ORGANISED DOG FIGHTING
Two dogs fight, encouraged by their owners, in front of a large betting crowd shouting for the death of one or other. What fun...how humane.... Date: 1820

CIVIL WAR/BLOODY LANE
The harvest of Bloody Lane': the scene after a day's fighting at Antietam. Date: September 1862

Dr Syntax present at a coffee house quarrel at Bath. Date: 1820

ITALIAN LEGIONARIES
Italian legionaries leave Spain for home with a nation's blessing for their generous courage in fighting the Nationalist cause in the civil war Date: 1938

LIEUT LECERF DIES
The death of Lieut. Lecerf at S'Nappa, while fighting with his men. Date: 1894

German women fight to the death to defend the Wagon barricade against the attacking Romans Date: circa 1 AD

DEATH OF JUDAS MACCABEUS
Judas Maccabeus dies in battle, fighting the Seleucids who dominate Israel Date: 163 BC

DOLLARD FIGHTS IROQUOIS
Dollard dies near Montreal while defending his stockade against the Iroquois ; every one of the French force dies fighting Date: May 1660

IROQUOIS AT MONTREAL
Dollard dies at Montreal while fighting the Iroquois Date: May 1660

JULIANUS THE APOSTATE an allegorical representation of his death, which occurred in battle while fighting the Persians : god looks on in approval as the pagan dies... Date: 363

FRENCH ATTACK ACRE 1162
Between the 2nd/3rd Crusades a truce exists between Crusaders and Saracens, but a quarrel leads to an attack on Acre by Amaury I, king of Jerusalem, who dies fighting in 1173 Date: 1162

CAESAR'S FUNERAL PYRE
The funeral of Julius Caesar divides loyalties among the Roman people Date: 15 March 44 BC

LITTLE CROW Famous fighting chief. Date: 1905

Torquatus condemns his own son to death
Titus Manlius Torquatus, as Roman Consul, condemns his own son to death for leaving his post in wartime against military orders, hence the term Manlian discipline'. Date: 340 BC

Anglo-American War of 1812
British defeated at New Orleans (after peace had been concluded) during the Anglo-American War of 1812 Date: January 1815

Battle of Prestonpans
The death of Colonel Gardiner, on the field of Prestonpans, Scotland during the Jacobite Uprising Date: 21 September 1745

Battle of Busaco - Duke of Wellington defeats Massena Date: 27 September 1810

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon 78-001
General Dynamics F-16A Block 1 Fighting Falcon 78-001 (MSN 61-7), the first F-16 delivered to the USAF, on display at Langley AFB, Virginia. Date: circa 2000

General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon 90-0024
Turk Hava Kuvvetleri - General Dynamics F-16D Block 40F Fighting Falcon 90-0013 (msn 4S-18), of 162 Filo, at RAF St Mawgan on 10 September 1997. (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri - Turkish Air Force). Date: 1998

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