Retreating Collection

Silhouettes from the Somme by H. L. Oakley
Various scenes on the Somme cut by famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley showing the work to be done when pursuing the retreating Germans

Xenophon Reaches the Sea
Xenophon, retreating in Persia, reaches the Black Sea

The end of the Zulu wars
Mounted Infantry skirmishing with Zulus in a sketch by an ILN special artist. British troops wearing pith helmets and carrying rifles showing British soldiers on the higher ground

Bridge Blown up in Bilbao; Spanish Civil War 1937
One of the bridges of Bilbao, blown up by retreating Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War. In the background, one can see part of the dockside of the city

Satirical cartoon, Evacuation of Holland and Brabant. Showing General Charles-Francois Dumouriez retreating with the French army (in blue)

BULGARIAN ATROCITIES
SERBIA Serbians, re-entering towns and villages abandoned by the retreating Bulgarians, find evidence of destruction, massacre & other atrocities Date: July 1913

World War II - Rhine bridge at Remagen, near Bonn
Vintage photograph World War II - Rhine bridge at Remagen, near Bonn which the retreating German army failed to destroy

WWII - Allied tank with anti mine chains Arnhem Netherlands
World War II - Allied tank with anti mine chains in the centre of Arnhem Netherlands, fire started by retreating German army

Retreating Belgian soldier obliterating signpost names to confuse the invading enemy during the early stages of the First World War. 1914

WW1 - Mons and our Masterly Move - 1914
WW1 - Mons and our Masterly Move - Field Marshall Sir John Frenchs Historical Dispatch explained. A pictorial map showing the famous British Expeditionary Force (BEF)

America - The Patriots Retreat Through The Jerseys
The Patriots Retreat Through The Jerseys During The American War Of independence Date: 1776

America - The British Army Retreat From Concord
The British Army Retreat From The Colonists During The Batttle Of Concord Date: 1776

Insurrection at Union Port
The general district of insurrection at Union Port in San Salvador, organised by Barrios, with insurgents retreating.Men in the distance run from the shore and port town

Pizarro Forced to Retreat
Pizarro and his men being forced to retreat by the Incan army. Date: 1525

The Retreat from Ypres, by Gerald Spencer Pryse, WW1
The Retreat from Ypres, painting by Gerald Spencer Pryse, First World War. Showing British soldiers marching, with an officer mounted on a horse. circa 1917

BRITISH LANCER 1810
British Lancer retreating Date: circa 1810

Italian artillery retreat
Retreating in the face of an Austrian advance, Italian artillerymen pitch their gun over a mountain precipice into the valley below

NORMANS IN IRELAND 1169
The Norman, Fitz-Stephen, sent by Strongbow to pacify Ireland burns his boats off the coast of Wexford as a sign that he has no intention of retreating Date: 1169

Fourth Guards Brigade in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Fourth Guards Brigade, including the Coldstream Guards, fighting the Germans in the narrow streets of Landrecies during the retreat from Mons

German land mines by G. H. Davis
German land mines: an important weapon used on a large scale by retreating German armies during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Rus / Jap War : Retreating
Russian artillery in retreat in Manchuria, dragging their equipment through the mud Date: 1904

Cartoon, The imperial eagle, WW1
Cartoon, The imperial eagle. He will return to his eyrie devoid of feathers, never to return. A comment on a German retreat during the First World War. Date: 1916

Pulling out from the Arnhem Bridgehead, WW2
British Airborne troops pulling out from the Arnhem Bridgehead, crossing the Lower Rhine during the night after an eight-day ordeal. Date: 1944

WW1 - Extrication of the Belgian Army from Antwerp - a packed trainload of troops at Maldeghem on the railway between Ghent and Bruges

Cartoon, Victory singing, WW1
Cartoon, Victory singing, with happy soldiers walking along a road. A pessimistic civilian man watches them, and comments: Its unbelievable

Sphere cover - Germans leave French village, 1918
Ruckwarts (meaning backward-going) - the Long March of Grey Uniforms towards the Rhine. A scene drawn by The Sphere special artist Fortunino Matania

Retreating Belgian army in Ghent, 1914
The retreat of the Belgian army from the invading Germans : the army passing through the Chausee de Bruxelles in Ghent. The trams were disabled and unfit for use. Date: 1914

Retreat from Antwerp, October 1914
Retreat from Antwerp during and after bombardment by the German army; great exodus of the population into Holland, retirement of the Belgian army towards the west, 9th October 1914

For Peace at almost any price - Johnnie Turk flees - WWI
For Peace at almost any price - Johnnie Turk flees, having been let down by his German Master at the end of WWI. Baghdad and Jerusalem are abandoned

Retreating ice sheet
An illustration of a retreating ice sheet in Britain during the ice age

Serbian troops retreating through Albania, WW1
Serbian troops retreating through Albania during the First World War, one soldier carrying a child. Twenty thousand children died during the retreat through the Montenegrin and Albanian mountains

Belgian soldiers retreating to Antwerp, WW1
Belgian soldiers retreating to Antwerp soon after the start of the First World War, with dogs pulling machine guns. Date: August 1914

Serbian headquarters staff retreat to Albania, WW1
Serbian headquarters staff retreating to Albania during the First World War. They are crossing a bridge near the village of Sizir. Date: October 1915

Serbian refugees during retreat, Macedonia, WW1
Serbian refugees during the retreat, in Macedonia during the First World War. Date: 1915

Serbian retreating to Albania through the snow, WW1
Serbians retreating to Albania through the snow during the First World War. Date: late 1915

Belgian retreat to Antwerp, WW1
Scene during the Belgian armys retreat to Antwerp soon after the start of the First World War. Cavalry are seen here retreating from Louvain (Leuven). Date: 20 August 1914

General Joseph Joffre circa 1915

Romanian soldiers retreating, WW1
Romanian soldiers retreating during the First World War. They are crossing a river by means of a makeshift wooden bridge. Date: 1916

French army retreat from Arroyo de Molinos, 1811
French army retreat from Arroyo de Molinos after General Rowland Hill had defeated Giraud. Date: 26 October 1811

After Austerlitz
AUSTERLITZ Following up on their victory, the French engulf the enemy retreating across the Satschan Lake Date: 2 December 1805

WW1 Propaganda
A sinister, if rather coy, note from German soldiers to British soldiers during World War One." Dear Tommy, You are quite welcome to what we are leaving

Retiring German cavalry WWI
Bavarian cavalry retreating during the rearguard actions near Chauny which the French took on the 19th March 1917 during World War I

Collapsed Bridge, Poland 1914
The wreck of a railway bridge in Poland, destroyed by retreating German forces on the Eastern Front

German Artillery Gun, Second World War, 1945
Photograph showing a wrecked German 88-mm anti-aircraft/anti-tank gun in Belgium, January 1945. This gun had been abandoned by the retreating German army after the Battle of the Bulge

Charlemagne Roncesvalles
The Franks under Charlemagne retreating from Spain meet a Basque/Gascon force at Roncesvalles in the Pyrenees : his rearguard is annihilated, including the paladin Roland

The capture of Jefferson Davis; American Civil War, 1865
Image showing the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis, and his party retreating across the Pedee River, North Carolina, at the fall of the Southern Confederacy, 1865

Belgian soldiers retreat
Belgian soldiers in August 1914, retreating to Antwerp, accompanied by dogs pulling machine guns. As the Germans pushed their invasion through Belgium, the Belgium army was forced to retreat

French Army retreating from Carignan; Franco-Prussian War, 1
Engraving showing the French Army being driven out of Carignan by the Prussians on 30th August 1870. This action preceded the Battle of Sedan

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