Siege Collection (#10)

Siege of Numantia 133 Bc
Scipio Africanus beseiges Numantia, a siege that lasted 9 years and cost the lives of most of the towns inhabitants. Date: 133 BC

Old Testament bible scene: Siege of Jericho
The Israelites process round Jericho, blowing trumpets, much to the annoyance of the inhabitants, especially when their walls start tumbling down

Siege weapon, a Roman movable tower
A siege weapon, a Roman movable tower, utilised in one of the many sieges of Namur, Belgium, between the 15th and 19th centuries. Date: circa 50 AD

Ancient siege weapons in action -- the Corvus or Crow (top) and the battering ram (below). Date: circa 1800

Eldred Pottinger in Herat, Afghanistan
Eldred Pottinger (1811-1843), Anglo-Indian soldier and diplomat, in Afghanistan, helping a local commander at Herat during a conflict. Date: circa late 1830s

Cartoon, Siege de la Colonne de Pompee [Pompeys Pillar, a Roman triumphal column], Science in the Pillory, by James Gillray

When Peace Comes Along by Heath Robinson, WW1
A Last Use for the Ole Siege Howitzers. A big gun converted into a receptacle for milk on a horse-drawn cart. Ideas for what to do with old war machinery

Bastogne siege lifted
Members of the US 101st Airborne Division move out of Bastogne following the lifting of the siege of the Belgian town during the Battle of the Bulge. Date: December 1944

A German 15cm siege gun captured by the French at the Somme
French soldiers pose with a German 15cm siege gun which they have captured during the great Somme offensive. Date: 1916

US soldiers in Bastogne
American soldiers and local residents in a street in Bastogne, the Belgian town in the Ardennes which was under siege from German forces during the Ardennes Offensive

South Africa - Siege Memorials, Kimberley
Siege Memorials, Kimberley, near Bloemfontein, Frances Baard, Northern Cape, South Africa. Date: 1900

South Africa - Soup Kitchen - Siege of Kimberley, Kimberley
Soup Kitchen - Siege of Kimberley, Kimberley, near Bloemfontein, Frances Baard, Northern Cape, South Africa. Showing Mr CJ Rhodes Date: 1900

South Africa - Sandwich Board Notice - Siege of Kimberley
Sandwich Board Notice - Siege of Kimberley, Kimberley, near Bloemfontein, Frances Baard, Northern Cape, South Africa. Notice sent by Mr CJ Rhodes Date: 1900

South Africa - De Beers Workshop - Siege of Kimberley, Kimbe
De Beers Workshop - Siege of Kimberley, Kimberley, near Bloemfontein, Frances Baard, Northern Cape, South Africa. Making shells for Long Cecil - Siege of Kimberley Date: 1900

South Africa - Siege of Kimberley, Kimberley
Siege of Kimberley, Kimberley, near Bloemfontein, Frances Baard, Northern Cape, South Africa. Showing ration noticeboard Date: 1900

Memorial stone, Quaboag, West Brookfield, Mass, USA
Memorial stone (Indian Rock) at Quaboag Plantation, West Brookfield, Mass, USA, where a siege took place by Native American (Nipmuc) Indians against English settlers. Date: circa 1907

House in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, used as the headquarters of American officers during the Siege of Boston (1775- 1776) during the American War of Independence. Date: circa 1908

Bunkers Hill, Cheshire, with Edwin Child and his son Jean Baptiste in a typical carriage of the time. Edwin Child was an agent for Battersby Hats in Paris

Joan of Arc - Wall Painting - Lounge of Chateaux Bougival
Friday 29th April 1429 - Joan of Arc enters Orleans, France at the Burgundy Gate near dusk riding on a white horse. A wall painting by Henry Dumoutet visible in the main lounge of the Chateaux

Siege of a city. Illustration in the Roman d Ogier le Danois (Romance of Ogier the Dane), printed in Paris by Antoine V鲡 rd (1498). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin

CALLOT, Jacques (1592-1635). Henry of Bourbon in the siege of Paris of 1594 during the Eighth War of Religion or War of the three Henrys (1585-1598)

Siege of Samaria. Date: circa late 19th century

Siege of a city. 14th century. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

BURETA, Mar�Consolaci󮠁zlor, Countess of (1775-1814)
BURETA, Maric Consolaci󮠁 zlor, Countess of (1775-1814). Prominent in the defense of Zaragoza. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. Toledo. Army Museum

Hundred Years War. Siege of Rouen by the English army of Henry V, from July 1418 to January 1419. Engraving

Siege of Pamplona by the army of Charlemagne in 778. Illustration of the epic poem L entr饠 d Espagne, 14th C. that narrates Charlemagnes expedition to Spain. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Crimean War (1853-1856). Battle of Malakoff (1855)

Crimean War, 1853-1856. Siege of Sevastopol (1854-55). Litography

Crimean War ( 1853-1856). The Battle of the Alma (20 September 1854). Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

BUEIL, John V of (1406-1477). Charles VIII returned a letter Joan of Arc. Illustration in Le Jouvencel (1461-1466). Narrative describing the siege of Orleans in 1429 during the Hundred Years War

Trajans Column. Carroballistae
APOLLODORUS OF DAMASCUS (60-129). Column of Trajan. 110. ITALY. Rome. Forum of Trajan. First Dacian War. II Campaign. Carrobalistae. Siege machines consisting in ballistae mounted on carts of mules

Pastrana Tapestries, 1471 c Siege of Asilah
The Pastrana Tapestries: Siege of Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Portuguese camp during the siege. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal

Afonso V of Portugal. Siege of Asilah, 1471
Alfonso V of Portugal, the African (1425-1481). King of Portugal (1438-1481). Detail of the King. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal

E8Siege of Asilah
The Pastrana Tapestries: Siege of Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Detail of a Portuguese soldier during the siege. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah

Siege of Asilah
The Pastrana Tapestries: Siege of Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Detail of the Portuguese fleet. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal

Joan of Arc - Wall Painting - Chateaux Bougival
Friday 29th April 1429 - Joan of Arc enters Orleans, France at the Burgundy Gate near dusk riding on a white horse. A wall painting by Henry Dumoutet in the main lounge of the Chateaux Bougival at

Lady Sarah Wilsons bomb-proof shelter at Mafeking, 1900
Lady Sarah Wilson (1865 - 1929), formerly Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill, youngest child of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough

Admiral Hedworth Lambton
Admiral of the Fleet The Hon Sir Hedworth (later Meux), (1856 1929), English naval officer famous for bringing help to the British forces in the Siege of Ladysmith. Caption: H.M.S Powerful. Date: 1900

German siege gun
The German siege gun was constructed for the reduction of fortresses. The guns were 42cm howitzers which throw one-ton shells of explosive powder

Collection of Lt D F Pilkington, Royal Garrison Artillery
Collection belonging to Lieutenant D. F. Pilkington, Royal Garrison Artillery. A coloured diagram of German ammunition, field artillery shells and fuses. Dated 12th October 1918

WWI embroidered silk - South African Heavy Artillery
A First World War embroidered silk with the emblem of the South African Heavy Artillery. The Heavy Artillery Batteries consisted of six Heavy Siege Batteries

Pontoons looking left towards Antwerp
Siege of Antwerp 1914. Pontoons looking left towards Antwerp. Made and painted by the men of the 1st Royal Naval Division who were interned at Groningen, Holland. Signed Seaman S

Pontoons looking right towards Antwerp
Siege of Antwerp 1914. Pontoons looking right towards Antwerp. Made and painted by the men of the 1st Royal Naval Division who were interned at Groningen, Holland. Signed Seaman S

Replica of German shell sold in Berlin, WW1
A British soldier holding a life-size replica card of a German shell, as thrown by big siege guns, complete with photographs of places in which the shells had inflicted particular damage - Liege

Siege trenches in the Aisne district, 1914
Interior view of a trench constructed by the British in the Aisne district of France, showing the head cover made of straw and earth

Siege of Antwerp, World War One, 1914 - animals looked after
The Siege of Antwerp, Belgium, early in the First World War - thought for beast as well as man. Although the people were running short of water, they allowed this dog to have his drink from the pail

Belgian refugees leaving Antwerp for England 1914
The siege of Antwerp in World War One. A train full of Belgian refugees leaving Antwerp for the coast en route for England as the German forces pressured the outer defences of the city. Date: 1914

Scene of the massacre, Cawnpore, India
Scene of the massacre which took place during the Mutiny of 1857, at Cawnpore (Kanpur), India. Date: circa 1890s

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