Flank Collection

Defence of Chateau de Hougoumont - Battle of Waterloo
Defence of the Chateau de Hougoumont by the flank company, Coldstream GuardsWatercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815Associated with Napoleonic Wars

Holmes / Hound / Baskerville
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Holmes shoots the sinister hound: " Holmes emptied five barrels of his revolver into the creatures flank"

Gallic Wars (58 BC-50 BC). The battle of the Aisne (57 BC)
Gallic Wars (58 BC-50 BC). Caesar's campaign against the Belgae in 57 BC. The battle of the Aisne (57 BC). The Belgic tribes cross the Aisne River through the right

3rd Para Sqn & 3rd Canadian Para Bn Plaque, Divette stream
On the extreme left flank (that is as seen from the sea) of the Landings, were a number of small rivers and streams over which were road bridges

Gentlemen fencers in thrust and guard positions
Gentlemen fencers in position of the inside Carte and the thrust given on the outside flank called Flanconade. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr

Small Town America Date: 1947

Christ and Sun Gods in Chariots

A cavalry charge that saved the line, Matania, WW1
The German line taken in flank by a mounted charge in the teeth of heavy machine gun fire. Major Evelyn H. W. Williams of the Hussars was awarded the DSO for his action

Boys Band, St Edwards Orphanage, Thingwall, Liverpool
The boys band pose with their instruments at St Edwards Orphanage, Thingwall, Liverpool. Two monks in their gowns flank the boys. Date: early 1900s

Western Bolivia - Catholic Church at Tiwanaku
Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) - a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America. The Tiwanaku Church was built in 1612 re-using stone from the site

Stone statue of a camel on the approach to the Ming Tombs
Stone statue of a camel on the approach (Sacred Way) to the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Date: circa 1905

Hussars. A view near Mont St Jean.Aquatint.Inscribed Charge like lightning. with the remains of your troop on the flank of the LancersAssociated with 7th (Queens Own) Light Dragoons

How Lieutenant Colonel Forbes-Robertson Saved the Western Li
Forbes-Robertson won the Victoria Cross saved the defence line by making a rapid reconnaisance on horse-back in full view of the enemy under machine gun and close range shell fire

To Hell With Surrender! How Second Lieutenant J. C. Buchan
The official narrative for this drawing reads: When he saw the enemy had practically surrounded his command, he collected his platoon and prepared to fight his way back to the supporting line

The Thames Embankment, London. One of the two faux-Egyptian sphinxes, designed by George Vulliamy and modelled by C. H. Mabey, which were added to flank Cleopatras Needle in 1882. Date: 1930s

Peasant man with horse
A peasant working man in Istanbul on the Asian side of the Bosphorus stands with his white horse carrying two large metal containers on either flank

Xerxes Palace / Persepolis
Monumental winged bulls flank an entranceway into the Palace of Xerxes I at Persepolis. The Palaces borrowed elements from many traditions - Median, Mesopotamian, Greek & Egyptian

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