Occupying Collection

Possession is nine points of the law by Louis Wain
Illustration by Louis Wain showing a cat occupying a cast-off saucepan or cooking pot during snowy weather. A selection of birds, including a magpie and a blue tit bemusedly face the cat

Alexandria Bombarded
Alexandria bombarded When Arabi Pasha rebels against the benevolent British rule, the English fleet under Beresford bombard the town for 10 hours before occupying it

November Insurrection
Polish cadets and civilians take the Belvedere Palace, Warsaw, from the occupying Russians - a fine victory, though the insurrection was suppressed by the Russians

British occupation of Istanbul, Turkey
circa 1919

SNCAN Nord 1002 Pingouin II G-ATBG at Elstree, with another Pingouin II G-ASTG. The Nord 1000 family was post WWII production of the Messerschmitt Bf 108

Proposed Hotel Commonwealth, New York
Artists impression of the proposed Hotel Commonwealth, New York, USA - occupying a whole block, Broadway, 55th Street, 56th Street and 7th Avenue. The project failed in the mid-1920s. Date: circa 1916

WW2 - Seven Days Leave
A WW2 children's short story illustration which shows a cafe with servicemen and women occupying the tables. Date: circa 1940s

Vauxhall Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Vauxhall, The Car Superexcellent. The image shows a yellow saloon model, parked at a glamorous event, with fashionable couples occupying the surroundings

Millers Point, Sydney Harbour
This oil painting shows a number of small and large ships, occupying Millers Point, a harbourside enclave with steep streets, Sydney Harbour. Date: circa 1916

FRENCH HANG BOLSHEVIKS
Like other occupying forces the French treat the Bolsheviks with ruthless severity : two workers sympathetic to the Bolsheviks are hanged at Odessa. Date: 1918

Jennys Whim Bridge
Up to the start of the 19th century, Jennys Whim was a tavern or place of public entertainment, occupying a site now covered by St Georges Row near to Ebury Bridge, London Date: 1875

Fortifications at Cap-Haitien by Insurgents
Fortifications at the port city of Cap-Haitien, by the occupying insurgents for defence of the town. Several men guard the cannons set up at the top of the wall

Insurrectionists active in Madrid against occupying French forces: The people of Madrid rise against the French occupiers of their city, but the insur- -rection is brutally quashed

OCCUPYING FORCES DEPART
Departure of occupying forces Date: 1818

Turkey - Izmir - Last Greek troops enter the city
The last Greek troops to enter Smyrne (Smyrna/ now Izmir) on 8th September 1922. The Turks captured the city on the 9th September on day after this photograph was taken

Rue Marechal Foch, Iskenderun, Turkey
Iskenderun (formerly Alexandrette) - a city in the province of Hatay on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Rue du Marechal Foch

American troops near Bazoches-sur-Vesle, France, WW1
American troops occupying the line between the Vesle and the Aisne rivers, to the north of Bazoches-sur-Vesle, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 4 September 1918

Tom Sawyer / Huck / Treasure
Tom, Huck & the treasure: " It was the treasure box, sure enough, occupying a snug little cavern, along with an empty powder-keg, "

House of Commons occupying the House of Lords
Temporary House of Commons occupying the House of Lords during WW2. From late June 1941 until October 1950, the Commons met in the Lords Chamber

WW1 poster, Proclamation
Poster, Proclamation in French from the occupying German army in a French town, concerning work responsibilities, evening curfew and access for German soldiers. Dated Charleroi, 10 September 1914

The Channel Islands - Caves Exterior - Rocky in let and Caves. Part of Box 234 Boswell Collection - The Channel Islands. Hohlgangsanlage are a number of tunnels constructed in Jersey by occupying

The Real Ireland - at the front: Connaught Rangers in action. Ready to give their lives for the Empire: men of the Connaught Rangers preparing to attack

Paris Exhibition of 1889 - ( Exhibition) from Dome - right - View over building. Part of Box 119 Boswell Collection This exposition was on a far larger scale than any previously held anywhere in

Occupied Germany - Postcard Pack - Cartoons, featuring an American Dispatch Rider. Date: 1946

Occupied Germany - Hitchhiking. Date: 1946

Occupied Germany - Checking up on Illicit Trading of Goods - Hunting black market traders. Date: 1946

Occupied Germany - Waiting for the train to leave - " Lets Get Cracking". Date: 1946

Occupied Germany - German children sent packing from a signal Office run by occupying forces. Date: 1946

Occupied Germany - American Dispatch Riders. Date: 1946

Occupying American troops in Germany after the end of WW2 - crossing the River Rhine by ferry. Date: 1946

Seeking English Goods
The Continental System - During the Napoleonic Wars, a German citizen of Leipzig is searched by French soldiers occupying Germany to see if he has English goods. Date: circa 1806

Torch a German Village
Roman occupying forces torch a German village. Date: circa 170

WW1 - German Occupying Troops, Ghent, East Flanders
World War 1 - German Occupying Troops, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. Date: 1910s

WW1 - German troops on the Eastern Front - behind the lines - the arrival of a battalion (illustration caption in both German and Hungarian). Date: circa 1917

WW1 - German soldiers in a Chateau Ballroom near Aarschot
WW1 - German soldiers make themselves at home in a Chateau Ballroom near Aarschot, Flanders, Belgium. Date: 1915

German Officer in Liege, Belgium - 1915
German illustration from a Berlin paper depicting the confident swagger of a German Officer in Liege, Belgium - 1915. Date: 1915

St. Quentin, France under German Occupation - Place du 8 October. Date: 1916

Occupying German position in the Somme area 1917
During the spring of 1917 the German forces on the Western Front vountarily retired from the positions in the Somme at Serre, which they had defended with such stubborness in 1916

Chinese boy in Baoding
A Chinese boy in the city of Baoding (Paoting) raises the Japanese flag as a patrol of the Japanese occupying force passes by

Russian trenches on the French Front 1916
Russian soldiers occupying a trench in France during the Battle of the Somme. Date: 1916

Dutch and Spanish
Spanish soldiers fraternising with Dutch peasants. Like the Germans three centuries later, the occupying forces do their best to ingratiate themselves with the locals. Date: circa 1590

Funeral of Parma
The funeral at Brussels of Alessandro Farnese, duca di Parma, governor-general of the Netherlands and the generally victorious occupying forces. Date: 1592

Marjan Langiewicz
MARJAN LANGIEWICZ Polish military commander of rebel forces against the occupying Russians. Date: 1827 - 1887

Russo-Japanese War - Howitzers disguised by Wooden Screens
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Howitzers disguised by Wooden Camouflaged Screens. Date: 1905

Russo-Japanese War - The Capture of Port Arthur - Jan 1905
Russo-Japanese War - The Japanese Capture of Port Arthur - January 1905. Date: 1905

Russo-Japanese War - General Kuroki inspecting captured guns
Russo-Japanese War - Count Tamemoto Kuroki GCMG (18441923) General in the Imperial Japanese Army, inspecting captured Russian guns. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Landing Stage at Chemulpo (now Incheon, Korea) erected in only eight hours to a state whereupon it could be used to unload heavy transport. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Artillery in action - Hilltop position. Date: circa 1905

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