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Recapture Collection

Background imageRecapture Collection: A British Charge at Hooge

A British Charge at Hooge
Illustrations showing a charge by soldiers of the Liverpool and Scottish regiments to recapture a trench taken by the Germans who took it by using flame-projectors to spray fire

Background imageRecapture Collection: The Banner Cross Murder

The Banner Cross Murder
View near Darnall, the scene of the escape and recapture of the prisoner, Charles Peace. Charles Peace was an infamous cat burglar

Background imageRecapture Collection: Country Hunt in India

Country Hunt in India
Sporty Englishmen are accompanied by a motley pack of hounds as they seek to recapture the glory of the chase on an Indian plain

Background imageRecapture Collection: Comic postcard, Woman in expensive underwear chats to cleaning lady Date

Comic postcard, Woman in expensive underwear chats to cleaning lady Date: 20th century

Background imageRecapture Collection: Bulgarian HQ, Dragoman Pass

Bulgarian HQ, Dragoman Pass
Bulgarian headquarters at the Dragoman Pass on the morning of November 23, 1885. The Bulgarians had recaptured the Pass the previous day

Background imageRecapture Collection: Dragoman Pass re-captured, Serbo-Bulgarian War

Dragoman Pass re-captured, Serbo-Bulgarian War
The Dragoman Pass, recaptured by the Bulgarians from the Serbians, November 22nd 1885. we see bodies lying partially covered, and a horse bolting

Background imageRecapture Collection: Monument in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Monument in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Monument to the Andrews Raiders in the National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, with a model of The General locomotive on top of the plinth, relating to a dramatic capture

Background imageRecapture Collection: The French recapture Camp de Peyrestortes, in the Pyrenees Date: 18 September 1793

The French recapture Camp de Peyrestortes, in the Pyrenees Date: 18 September 1793

Background imageRecapture Collection: Leach and Hogan win the Victoria Cross

Leach and Hogan win the Victoria Cross
An illustration by Fortunino Matania (based on a report in the Manchester Guardian newspaper) showing how Lieutenant James Leach

Background imageRecapture Collection: Recapture of Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1

Recapture of Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1
Recapture of Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), by Allied troops during the First World War. Showing Indian Cavalry (Lancers) riding along a narrow street. Date: 24 February 1917

Background imageRecapture Collection: Serbs and Bulgarians

Serbs and Bulgarians
When Serb soldiers recapture a village from the Bulgarians, they find the buildings set on fire and the villagers massacred Date: July 1913

Background imageRecapture Collection: French army recaptures Longwy

French army recaptures Longwy
The French army recaptures Longwy in north-eastern France, during the Revolutionary Wars. Date: 20 October 1792

Background imageRecapture Collection: Spring feelings, illustration by William Heath Robinson

Spring feelings, illustration by William Heath Robinson
An intelligent endeavour to recapture those long lost spring feelings in the early months of the year, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Background imageRecapture Collection: Ninth Lancers in Great War Deeds, WW1

Ninth Lancers in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Ninth (Queens Royal) Lancers charging to recapture British guns temporarily in the hands of the Germans, a deed that won the Victoria Cross for Captain F O Grenfell

Background imageRecapture Collection: WW2 - Paris Liberation - The Taking of the Military School

WW2 - Paris Liberation - The Taking of the Military School Date: 1945

Background imageRecapture Collection: CABRAL Y AGUADO BEJARANO, Manuel (1827-1891)

CABRAL Y AGUADO BEJARANO, Manuel (1827-1891); CABRAL Y AGUADO BEJARANO, Manuel (1827-1891). The Recapture of Cadiz in 1262-1264 by Alfonso X the Wise

Background imageRecapture Collection: Italian Patriotic postcard - WWI - Irredentist Movement

Italian Patriotic postcard - WWI - Irredentist Movement
In Gorizia we are! To Trento and Trieste, we re going.. Italian patriotic postcard from World War One urging Italy to rise up and reclaim Trieste and Trento (having already captured Gorizia)

Background imageRecapture Collection: Communards Attacked

Communards Attacked
Government forces recapture Paris from the Communards : a field gun at the Pont de Neuilly commands the avenue leading to the Arc de Triomphe. Date: 1871

Background imageRecapture Collection: President Poincare visiting recaptured Peronne, France

President Poincare visiting recaptured Peronne, France
President Raymond Poincare (1860-1934) visiting the recaptured town of Peronne, Somme, northern France, during the First World War

Background imageRecapture Collection: The Recapture of Kut-el-Amara, 1917 - British Troops enterin

The Recapture of Kut-el-Amara, 1917 - British Troops enterin
The Recapture of Kut by the British Army under the caommand of Lieut-General Stanley Maude

Background imageRecapture Collection: Commune Damage 10

Commune Damage 10
The wrecked Pont d Argenteuil, ater the recapture of Paris by government forces

Background imageRecapture Collection: Commune Damage 11

Commune Damage 11
Many bridges into Paris are destroyed by the Communards to hamper the recapture of the city by government forces : all that is left of the pont de Champigny

Background imageRecapture Collection: Russians in Ukraine

Russians in Ukraine
Soviet commando unit fight to recapture a village in Ukraine

Background imageRecapture Collection: Sovietsk Recaptured

Sovietsk Recaptured
Soviet troops celebrate the recapture of Sovietsk

Background imageRecapture Collection: Defence of Wardour Cast

Defence of Wardour Cast
WARDOUR CASTLE, Wiltshire is heroically defended by Lady Blanche Arundel, but she is eventually forced to surrender. However, the Royalists recapture it later

Background imageRecapture Collection: After the Commune

After the Commune
After the recapture of Paris by the government, firemen extinguish the fires while a photographer seeks to record the scene for posterity. The residents can only grieve


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