Fort Collection (page 24)

Varberg Fortress
The fortress of Varberg, Halland, Sweden 1970s. Date: 1970s

Ukraine - Terebovlia
Terebovlia (Terebovlya, Trembowla, Terebovl) - a small city in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Date: 1901

Island of Lesbos - the fort on the North coast of the Island. The Turkish mainland can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1907

Urquhart Castle
A Norman castle on the banks of Loch Ness, Scotland, built 13th century on an earlier wooden fort. It was blown up by the government in 1691 to prevent use by the Jacobites. Date: 13th century

American flag of Mary Young Pickersgill
The American flag of Mary Young Pickersgill (17761857) - hoisted over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812

German mortar damage to fort, Liege, Belgium, WW1
Damage to a fort in Liege, Belgium, caused by a 42cm German mortar during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Results of German heavy artillery, Belgium, WW1
Results of German heavy artillery at Maubeuge, Belgium, during the First World War, showing a damaged gun dome. Date: September 1914

A Freighter of the Great Lakes - Fort William, Canada
A Freighter of the Great Lakes - Fort William, Ontario, Canada. Lake freighters, or Lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that ply the Great Lakes. This Laker if the J P Morgan Jr

Marseille, France - Fort St Jean and the Cathedral Date: circa 1920

Tobago Cannon
A cannon at Fort King George, Tobago, West Indies. Date: 1960s

The castle at Lourdes, France
Lourdes Castle, France throughout history an important military fortress in a prime geographical location. Also used as a State Prison. Date: circa 1930s

Lake Malawi near Fort Johnston
Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, Lake Niassa or Lago Niassa) - an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the Great Rift Valley system of East Africa

Title page and frontispiece, Colonization of New Zealand
Title page and frontispiece, The British Colonization of New Zealand. Depicting a Maori warrior in the foreground, with a native fort on a hill in the background. 1837

View of a fort, Belgium, WW1
View of a fort in Belgium during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Marseille, France - Fort St Jean Date: circa 1910s

Attacking the Commune
Forces of the Versailles government attack the Commune : artillery at Fort Valerien firing at the city. Date: April 1871

Martinique, Caribbean - Fort-de-France - View from the top of the Rue Antoine-Siger. Antoine Siger was the Mayor of Fort-de-France, who was assassinated. Date: 1910s

India - Shish Mahal Gateway, Umber
India - Amber Fort at Jaipur - The Palace of Glass Date: circa 1916

Saxon Chapel
St. Peter-on-the-Wall Chapel, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, England. In 654, St. Cedd, Bishop of the East Saxons built this chapel on the ruined (Roman) Othona Fort. Date: 7th century

Welsh Scenery
View from the summit of Trei Ceiri Hill Fort, near Llanaellraiarn, on the Lleyn Peninsula, Caernarvonshire, Wales, looking across Myndd Carnguwch to Tremadoc Bay. Date: 1960s

Drinks on the Terrace
A waiter serves drinks to people sitting on the shady terrace of the Fort Burt Hotel, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands, West Indies. Date: late 1960s

US Armys first plane, Fort Myer, Virginia, USA
The US Armys first plane, seen here with crew at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, after it had been equipped with wheels. It was the first successful aeroplane in the world, powered by a Wright B45 engine

Fort no. 3 near Liaoyuan on Russian-Chinese border
Russian Fort no. 3 near Liaoyuan (Liao-yuan, Shuangliao) in north east China on the Russian-Chinese border. Date: early 20th century

French Fortress gun firing towards Asiatic coast, WW1
A French 9.2 inch Fortress gun firing towards the Asiatic coast during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Turkish infantry drilling, Yedikule, Turkey, WW1
Turkish infantry drilling at Yedikule (Fortress of the Seven Towers), near Istanbul, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Damage to fort, Liege, Belgium, WW1
Damage to a fort in Liege, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Captured Russian guns, Dunamunde, Riga, WW1
Two of the Russian guns captured by the Germans at the Swedish-built fortress of Dunamunde, Riga (now in Latvia) during the First World War. Date: September 1917

Castle Williams - Governors Island, New York Harbour
Castle Williams - situated on the northwest point of Governors Island, one of a series of forts built in the early 19th century to protect New York from sea attack. Date: circa 1900

View of the Fort de Maulde, northern France, WW1
View of the Fort de Maulde, also known as the Fort de Beurnonville and the Ensemble de Maulde, on the Maginot Line in northern France during the First World War. It was built in the 1880s

Damaged fort after Battle of Tutrakan, Romania, WW1
A damaged fort, captured by the Bulgarians during the Battle of Tutrakan during the First World War. Tutrakan is on the border between Bulgaria and Romania, and is now part of Bulgaria

Afghan War 1878 - 1880
During the Afghan War Special Correspondents, including Archibald Forbes of the Daily News, Phil Robinson of the Daily Telegraph and William Simpson, Special Artist of the IIlustrated London News

Housesteads Fort on Hadrians Wall, Northumberland
The North Gate at Housesteads Roman Fort (Vercovicium) on Hadrians Wall, Northumberland. Date: circa 1910s

Oberleutnant von Brandis who stormed Fort Douaumont
Oberleutnant von Brandis (left) in command of German troops who stormed and took Fort Douaumont in the early days of the Battle of Verdun in World War One

Sir David Beatty at Li觥fort
British Admiral Sir David Beatty (1871 - 1936) at one of the Li觥 forts in Belgium, attacked and defeated by German forces in the opening engagement of World War One in August 1914. Date: C.1917

Interior of Fort Dschang, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
Interior view of Fort Dschang, Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 1914

British attack, Fort Dschang, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
British attack on Fort Dschang, German Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Showing the blowing up of the main gateway. Date: 1914

General Gouraud with wrecked gun, Sedd el Bahr, Turkey
General Henri Gouraud (1867-1946) of the French Army Corps, standing at the side of a wrecked gun in the ruined Old Fort at Sedd el Bahr on the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey

Aerial photograph of area around Fort Vaux, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of the area around Fort Vaux, north eastern France, during the First World War. This was the second fort to fall to the Germans during the Battle of Verdun, in June 1916

British demolishing Fort Dschang, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
British forces demolishing Fort Dschang, German Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Gold Coast Building, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
View of the Gold Coast Building at the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. Date: 1924

Aerial photograph, Fort Douaumont, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of a bomb exploding in Fort Douaumont, north eastern France, during the First World War. The village of Douaumont was destroyed during the Battle of Verdun

Troops leaving for Duala, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
British troops at Freetown, Sierra Leone, leaving for an attack on a German fort at Duala (Douala), Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

General Gouraud and General Bailloud, Turkey
General Henri Gouraud (1867-1946) (right) of the French Army Corps and General Maurice Camille Bailloud (1847-1921) (left) of the French Army 2nd Division

Soldiers at Varmi Fort, Nigeria, West Africa, WW1
Soldiers of C Company M1 at Varmi Fort, Nigeria, West Africa, during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1916

Native carriers, Fort Dschang, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
Native carriers at Fort Dschang, German Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Aerial photograph of Fort Souville, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of the Fort at Souville, north eastern France, which was attacked by heavy shelling by the Germans during the Battle of Verdun, First World War

Mosque at Rosetta, and Fort Julien, Egypt
The upper image shows an Egyptian mosque in Rosetta, Egypt. The lower image shows Fort Julien from the sea, with an Egyptian boat. 1803

Ukraine - Crimea - Sebastopol - View out into the Black Sea Date: circa 1907

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