Rifles Collection (page 4)

Champlain Attacks the Iroquois
Champlain and Wendat soldiers battle against Iroquois soldiers, mostly with bows and arrows, with Champlain and his two party members using rifles. Date: 1610

Haitian Insurrection
Insurrection at Haiti, an insurgent camp at the suburb market of the town of Cap-Haitien during the various political struggles that occurred in Haiti at the time

Mexican Guerillas 1847
A crowd of Mexican guerillas charge forwards on horseback and on foot, with swords, lances, and rifles. 1847

Revolutionaries killed by Americans at Veracruz
American soldiers stand holding rifles as the bodies of dead revolutionary soldiers are brought and laid out. This was the aftermath of the Battle of Veracruz

Streetfighting in Veracruz
On a street corner a group of men with rifles lay on the floor, as two men on the left stand and face each other, one in a pale uniform, the other in a dark uniform with a military cap on. Date: 1914

Federal Volunteers
A line of men both in uniform and in civilian clothing hold up rifles with bayonets attached. Date: 1914

Two men shooting grouse from butts on an English moor -- the hunting season begins on The Glorious Twelfth (of August). Date: 1922

Long rifle captured from Nosu, China, East Asia
Two men with a long rifle captured from the Nosu (Nuosu) in south-western China, East Asia. Due to its size it requires two people to fire it. Date: 1922

Fighting Bedouin water carrier, Arabia. Date: 1922

French soldiers with Alsatian dog, WW1
French soldiers with Alsatian dog, July 1915, First World War. 1915

Military manoeuvres at Aldershot - soldiers falling out for water at a roadside cottage. 1894

Army recruits at Lincoln Racecourse, WW1
Kitcheners army - recruits at Lincoln Racecourse, being taught to use rifles, 4 September 1914, First World War. 1914

French Soldiers with rifles, WW1
French soldiers with rifles in a trench, photographed on 29 September 1914, during the early stages of the First World War. 1914

Soldiers of Albania, a province of Turkey in Europe. circa 1790

Napoleon at The Burning of Moscow. 1812

French soldiers at mass on the Western Front, WW1
French soldiers celebrating mass on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916

Funeral of a French soldier on the Western Front, WW1
Funeral of a French soldier on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916

Page of Victorian adverts 1895
A variety of advertisements in The Illustrated Sporting Dramatic News dated December 1895. Date: December 1895

Teddy enjoying a draught of ginger-beer, the 2nd Battalion Kings Rifles pet, arrived in Shorncliffe from India. Given a new home at an expense of seventeen pounds

Indian troops take their Maxim machine guns into the firing line on the Western Front in France. The ammunition is carried in boxes behind Date: 1915

Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield 1871
Various scene inside the government-owned rifle factory, Royal Small-Arms Factory, Enfield. Date: 1871

WWI - bravery of Naik Darwan Sing Negi earns him a Victoria
Naik Darwan Sing Negi, of the 1st Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles, bravely leads a bayonet charge. He was amongst the first Indians to be awarded a Victoria Cross. Date: 23/24 November 1914

US Civil War Sharpshooter, poised in a tree with his rifle. Date: 1862

Steam train on Bloemfontein to Pretoria route, South Africa
Steam train on the Bloemfontein to Pretoria route, South Africa, showing a Boer ambush. Date: circa 1900

Vietnam - An Giang Province - District of Haiphong
Camp Tonkinese (Vietnamese) Rifles - Vietnam - An Giang Province - District of Haiphong - Kien-An Date: circa 1909

A Four-man British Shooting Party - note the specialist jackets worn by the two gentleman at the front, both with padded shoulder protection to prevent injury from the rifle recoil. Date: 1930s

GERMAN DRESS 1500-1550
German costumes of the first half of the 16th century: Knights, Nobles, Court Dress, Soldiers, Standard bearers & a drummer. N.B slashed clothing - Landsknecht. Date: 16th century

Defeat of Prussian Guard in Great War Deeds, WW1
The defeat of the Prussian Guard near Ypres, Belgium, by the British Army. Reproduction of a painting by R Caton Woodville Great War Deeds

British Indian Army representatives, WW1
British Indian Army representatives: 1st Duke of Yorks Own Lancers (Skinners Horse), Artillery Gunner Mountain Battery, 33rd Punjabis, 43rd Erinpura Regiment, and 101st Grenadiers

Medal - 1914 / 15 Star Awarded to 457 Private Andrew Loan
Medal - 1914/15 Star. Awarded to 457 Private Andrew Loan, 8th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - K.I.A. 28th June 1915 in Gallipoli at the Battle of Gully Ravine. Remembered on the Helles Memorial

A group of Pashtun men with rifles
Pashtuns (Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns), also called Pathans are ethnic Afghans. An Eastern Iranian ethno-linguistic group with populations primarily in Afghanistan

Richard Corfield distributing arms at Burao Fort
Richard Corfield, British colonial and leader of the mounted Camel Constabulary, distributing arms to friendlies in Burao Fort, Somalia just before the evacuation

The traditional costume of Albanians from Shkoder
The wonderful traditional costume of Albanians from Shkoder, which includes embroidered waistcoats, rifles, white fez hats and upturned waxed moustaches

Plaque detail Queen Victoria Rifles Memorial, Hill 60 Date: 2016

Memorial to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Graye, Normandy
Plaques to the Rifles and to the Canadian Scottish were unveiled on this renovated lavoir (a communal washing place) on 5 June 1994 to commemorate the liberation of Graye by the two Regiments whose

Memorial to Queen Victorias Rifles, Hill 60 Date: 2016

Fontaine-Henry Memorial to Canadian Liberators
This Memorial, which is on Route 1 of the Canadian Memorial Routes and was unveiled in 1994, lists the following units - First Hussars; la Chaudiere; Regina Rifles; 13th RCA (Royal Canadian Artillery)

la Maison Queens Own Rifles of Canada Bernieres
This building on Juno beach is clearly seen in the pictures of Canadian troops landing on D Day. It is now a memorial to the Queens. The building on D Day is menorm099

Monkeys and dogs on a Christmas card -- The Swell Sportsman. Date: circa 1890s

Dogs out hunting on a Christmas card -- The Sportsmen. Date: circa 1890s

Five sailors on a cutout greetings card
Five sailors with rifles on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Russian Soldiers - Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
Harbin, China - the largest city of Heilongjiang Province - Russian Troops. In the territory which was formerly Northern Manchuria and which was heavily populated by Russians as well as Chinese

King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956
Photograph of King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956. Soldiers of the 4th (Uganda) Battalion undergo instruction in the use of a light mortar

4 / 4th Gurkha Rifles in action, Burma, 1945
Photograph showing 4/4th Gurkha Rifles in action, Burma, 1945. One of 11 photographs collected by CSM G R C Willis, 2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment, Burma, 1945

Join Scotland?s Only Rifle Regiment, 1960 (c).Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, published by Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

The Artists Rifles in Camp, 1884.Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left Godfrey Merry 1884, by Godfrey Pitney Merry, (fl 1883-1915)

?The Territorial Army. Ready and waiting. ? poster
The Territorial Army. Ready and waiting.? 1987. Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, published by the Armed Forces Careers Office, CP(A) 516A, June 1987

Laz gang - Turkey
Predictably the Black Sea man, or the " Laz" as he is called with a mixture of affection and sneer, has become a stock figure of the Turkish social typology. This gang is from Rize

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