Invasion Collection (page 3)

TOMB OF JEMIMA NICHOLAS
The Fishguard tombstone of Jemima Nicholas, Welsh heroine of the French invasion of Britain, 22 February 1797. Aged 47 at the time, she rounded up 12 Frenchmen with her pitchfork! Date: 1750? - 1832

The Italian shipping line Lloyd Tristino continues to invite you to enjoy a trip on the Adriatic (where invasion)
The Italian shipping line Lloyd Tristino continues to invite you to enjoy a trip on the Adriatic (where invasion, counter-invasion, revolt and civil war are now occurring). Date: 1940

EVENTS/ANCIENT ROME
THE FALL OF ROME Alaric, after sacking Rome, dies, and is buried in the Busento riverbed Date: 410

Spanish attack on Penzance, Newlyn and Mousehole, West Cornwall, 23 July 1595. Supplies were seized, buildings raided and burned, and a mass was held

King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, 1066. Date: 1066

Queen Elizabeth I addressing her troops at Tilbury, Essex, in preparation for the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada, August 1588. Date: 1588

British Attack on Buenos Aires (Second Battle of Buenos Aires), Argentina, 4-5 July 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Date: 1807

Tattooing a Maori Chief in New Zealand, during a period of conflict that included the First Taranaki War and the Invasion of the Waikato (1860-1863). Date: early 1860s

World War II rubble in Naha, Okinawa after the invasion
World War II vintage photograph - rubbble in Naha, Okinawa after the invasion by US troops

World War II fires burning on Tarakan Island Borneo
World War II vintage photograph - fires burning on Tarakan Island Borneo prior to invasion

A very great crowd gathered at Cardiff Arms Park for the international rubgy match between England and Wales. A section of the crowd breaking through the rails when an equalising try for Wales was

Ladies in crinolines embracing in front of a coach
Ladies in crinolines embracing in front of a gate, 19th century. Betsey Shannon and Lucy Somersville kiss and hug outside Beldon Hall

Landing of Julius Caesar in Britain, 54BC
A standard-bearer of the 10th legion in bearskin leads Roman infantry onto a beach at Sandwich, 54BC. Julius Caesar in breastplate and coat stands on board an anachronistic steamboat

Branch of pink plum blossom. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Second Collection, Ichimura Bunko

Costume of Albrecht von Hohenlohe, died 1319. In suit of chain mail armour, tunic, great helm, with shield and sword. From the grave effigy in Schloss Neuenstein

Map of Ancient Greece at the time of Xerxess invasion
Map of Ancient Greece. Routes of King of Persia Xerxes Is army (blue) and navy (red) during its failed invasion of Greece 480BC. Carta della Grecia Antica

Greek athletes competing in the martial art of Pankration. After the Pancrastinae statue of Pankratiasts in the Florentine Museum (now in the Uffizi). Pancraziasti del Museo Fiorentino

Death of Major Peirson at St Helier, Jersey (British defence against French invasion). 1781

Cartoon, A Silly Trick -- Farmer John Bull can t be fooled by a trickster with a turnip head, pretending to be an invading French soldier. Date: 1848

Cartoon, Wellington Stirring Up the British Lion -- with the threat of a French invasion, the lion dozes unconcerned, telling the Duke that he will be ready when hes wanted. Date: 1848

Temporary emergency bridge in Belgium, Sept 1939
Temporary emergency bridge constructed in Belgium in case of a German invasion. The bridge is supported by five barges which function as pontoons

Anti-tank barrier on the Belgian frontier, Sept 1939
Photograph of a steel wall built on the border between Germany and Belgium as an anti-tank barrier. The Sphere describes its design as of " somewhat unique character"

German soldiers rounding up Polish civilians, Sept 1939
German soldiers " mopping up" at Gdynia, Poland, with the examination of all civilians left behind in the port city

Polish troops practicing wearing gas masks, September 1939
Polish troops practising wearing thier gas masks as they awair the call to march onwards, shortly after the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. 1939

Aftermath of an incendiary bomb in Poland 1939
Polish civilians as they deal with a fire caused by an incendiary bomb in Poland. The Sphere contextualises the man on the left; describing him as a butcher whose daughter had been injured in an

Polish nationals praying for Poland in church, Sept 1939
Polish nationals, including army officers, embassy staff, the ambassador and the Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Hinsley, praying for their country in a Polish Catholic church in Islington

Polish national Mr Hutton offering gas mask cases 1939
Mr Hutton, originally from Poland, photographed handing gas mask containers to Members of Parliament. The Sphere describes how Mr Hutton provided individually named gas mask containers for each

German plane wreckage on the outskirts of Warsaw, Sept 1939
A crowd inspects the remnants of a German plane, having been shot down just outside Warsaw as part of the Polish resistance to German invasion, in September 1939. September 1939

Polish military delegation in London, September 1939
Photograph of the Polish military section of the Government Delegation for Poland in London as they leave the War Office after a meeting, following Germanys invasion of Poland, September 1939

The Sphere front cover showing the German advance, Sept 1939
Front cover of the Sphere, showing German soldiers and supplies as they advance into the Polish corridor. 1939

Imaginary raft, Napoleonic invasion of England
Imaginary raft for a Napoleonic invasion of England which never happened. Date: circa 1804

William the Conqueror, King Harold, Battle of Hastings
Portraits of William the Conqueror and King Harold, opponents in the Battle of Hastings of 1066, with the Seal of Battle Abbey, a view of the coast where the Normans landed, and Pevensey Castle

The British Valhalla -- Our Crusading Kings. Showing King Richard I of England (the Lionheart) viewing Jerusalem, and Richard with King Philip II of France, during the Third Crusade (1189 - 1192)

Bronze figure found at Roman fort at Richborough, Kent
Bronze figure of a Roman soldier playing the bagpipes, found at the Roman fort at Richborough, Kent, site of the Claudian invasion of Britain in 43 AD. Date: 1843

Aerial plan of the Roman fort at Richborough, Kent, site of the Claudian invasion of Britain in 43 AD. Date: 1843

Remains of Roman fort at Richborough, Kent
Remains of the Roman fort (north wall) at Richborough, Kent, site of the Claudian invasion of Britain in 43 AD. Date: 1843

50th Northumrian Division Asnelles Normandy
The memorial is at a crossroads named Alexander Stanier after the Commander of the leading brigade (the 231st) of the 50th that landed on Gold Beach. Nearby are memorials to the leading battalions

Museum of Underwater Wrecks Port en Bessin
In 1970 Jaques Lemonchois was asked to clear war wrecks not cleared by the government. The results here include tanks, parts of aeroplanes and torpedos, plus films, photos and documents

Sphere cover - The Italians in Tripoli
Front cover of The Sphere featuring a symbolic illustration by the Italian artist, Eduardo Matania, to reflect the involvement of young Italy in the Tripoli campaign

Picknickers at the fences at Aintree - Grand National
The Grand National Steeplechase being over, the public at once invade that part of the course that is out in the country. They utilise the jumps

Capt. Faulknor Storming Fort Royal, Martinique
Captain Faulknor in the ship Zebra, storming Fort Royal in Martinique in 1794, during the French Revolutionary Wars. Faulknor uses his sword to point up a set of wooden stairs

The French Occupation of Tehuacan
The French occupation of Tehuacan by the column of Colonel Jolivet. Soldiers march towards the town of Tehuacan in the near distance. 1863

Spanish attack Aztec fleet on Lake Texcoco
Part of the seige of Tenochtitlan by Cortes and the Tlaxcala army, the Spanish ships are vastly outmatching the Aztec war canoes, both in size and the technology

Cortes, having landed on mainland, destroys his fleet
Hernan Cortes, having reached Mexico and discovering already a mutiny, decided to sink the ships to stop any more arising. Men in longboats surround ships, either sunk or sinking. Date: 1519

Cortes orders his men to sink his ships
Hernan Cortes orders his men to sink the ships, so that they cannot retreat. Camp has been set up on the banks, as men in longboats surround various boats either sunk or in the process of sinking

Market scene in pre-Columbian Tlatelolco
A market scene in the city state of Tlatelolco before the Spanish invasion. Various Mexica people crowd around market vendors in a colonnade selling wares such as pottery, animals skins, livestock

Tenochtitlan before the Spanish Arrived
Tenochtitlan city before the Spanish conquest. Date: 1519

Charles V Authorises Pizarro to Conquer and Govern Peru
Charles V sits and receives Pizarro and then authorises the invasion and conquest of Peru. Date: 1528

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