Siege Collection (page 3)

CHINA. THE BOXER REBELLION
China. The Boxer Rebellion. Siege of Peking (14th and 15th August 1900). Engraving. Date: 1900

SIEGE OF JULICH
When the ruler of Julich dies his lands are contested by Dutch and Empire. Imperial forces seize the town but they are besieged and ousted by the Dutch and their allies. Date: 1610

GERMAN SIEGE CANNON 15C
German siege cannon (Die Saule Grete) at Friesach Date: 15th century

CARL XII OF SWEDEN DIES
Carl XII of Sweden shot while inspecting the trenches at the siege of the fortress of Fredriksten during an attack on Norway. Date: 1718

During the Siege of Calais by Edward III, six burghers offer themselves as ransom for their fellow-citizens : his wife Philippa intercedes, and their lives are spared Date: 1346/1347

Tarpeia crushed to death by the Sabines
The legendary Tarpeia, having offered to betray Rome to the Sabines in return for gold, is crushed to death by their shields and thrown from the Tarpeian Rock. Date: 747 BC

Siege of Porto Bello
The Spanish governor of Porto Bello, Panama, dies heroically, trying to defend the town against Morgan's buccaneers Date: 1668

Rescue of the Duchess di Popoli by the Earl of Peterborough during the Siege of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 14 September to 19 October 1705, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)

The Arrest of the Duke de Boufflers, Marshal of France, on 5 September 1695, by Everard Van Dyckvelt and twelve English Lifeguards, after the Siege of Namur (2 July to 4 September 1695)

General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Siege of Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland, February 1651. The castle was bombarded with cannon fire for twelve days, and left in ruins. Date: 1651

Retreat of the British, following the unsuccessful Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Re, near La Rochelle, France, October 1627, part of the Anglo-French War (1627-1629)

The Duke of Buckingham (George Villiers) and his army on the island of Re, during the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Re, near La Rochelle, France, 1627, part of the Anglo-French War (1627-1629). Date: 1627

The Taking of Zutphen, Siege of Zutphen (present day Gelderland, Netherlands), 19-30 May 1591, part of the Eighty Years War (1568-1648) and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)

An Incident in the Siege of Leith, near Edinburgh, 6 April 1560, part of the European Wars of Religion. Weapons were fired after a supposed cessation of hostilities

The Battle of the Herrings (the Battle of Rouvray), in Northern France, during the Siege of Orleans, fought between France and Scotland against England, 12 February 1429

View of Harfleur, Normandy, France, where the Siege of Harfleur took place from 18 August to 22 September 1415, part of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). The town surrendered to King Henry V

Surrender of Asirghar Fort, India, 9 April 1819, bringing an end to the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819). Date: 1819

Storming of Badajoz towards the end of the Siege of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, 6 April 1812, by Wellingtons Anglo-Portuguese forces against the French, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814)

Storming of the fortress at Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Spain, 19 January 1812, by Wellingtons Anglo-Portuguese forces against the French, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). Date: 1812

Sir Sidney Smith at the Siege of Acre, Ottoman Empire (now Akko, Israel), May 1799, during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798-1801) and the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802)

Spanish battering ships, port and starboard, used between 1781 and 1783 during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. Date: circa 1781

After the Siege of Havana, Cuba, March to August 1762, which ended in a British victory against the Spanish, captured gold

Surrender of Pondicherry (Puducherry), India, after a siege lasting from 4 September 1760 to 15 January 1761, part of the Third Carnatic War

The Siege of Basing House, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, during the English Civil War. It was a Parliamentary victory. Three sieges took place, in 1643, 1644 and 1645. Date: 1643-1645

King Edward I in action during the Siege of Berwick, during the First War of Scottish Independence. Date: 1296

Interior of the Redan after its Capture, Siege of Sebastopol, Crimean War Date: 1855

Siege of Sebastopol (Sevastopol), Crimean War. Date: 1854-1855

Vintage Photograph China c. 1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising
Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - Boxer hold-out near Anting

Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet, British soldier
Vintage 19th century photograph: Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet (1803 - 9 May 1874) was a distinguished soldier in the British Indian Army, who fought at the siege of Bharatpur in 1825-6

Vive la Commune - Siege of Paris, 1871
The French Siege of Paris by Felix Regamey showing the insurrection of the Communards against government forces

On the Paris Ramparts during the war of 1870. Soldier, gentleman and fashionable women on the snow-covered ramparts during the Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Fashionable woman in the Square of the Tuileries, 1870
The Square of the Tuileries, 1870. Woman in green dress with train, mantelet lined with fur, black hat. Families and children play behind her

King Edward III of England after the Siege of Calais in 1347. Philippa of Hainault on a stool cuddles up to the king, while the burghers of Calais kneel before them with ropes around their necks

Costume of Albrecht von Hohenlohe, died 1319. In suit of chain mail armour, tunic, great helm, with shield and sword. From the grave effigy in Schloss Neuenstein

Portrait of King Alfonso V of Aragon, 15th century
Portrait of King Alfonso V of Aragon in suit of armour, and view of his triumphal entry into Naples on a throne wagon drawn by four horses, 1442

Doge of Venice and Procurator of Saint Mark
Ceremonial robes of the Doge of Venice and Procurator of Saint Mark. Doge e Procuratore. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Roman legionaries with ballista during a siege
Roman legionaries in lorica armour and galea helmets with shields and spears during a siege. Slingers sling lead shot, and two artillery men load darts into a ballista protected by fortifications

Roman soldiers with spoils of war on the Arch for Titus
Roman soldiers march in procession with spoils of war or spolia on the Arch for Titus, the arch of triumph celebrating Emperor Tituss victory over Jerusalem

Etruscan cavalry and warriors at the siege of Thebes. They throw lances and human heads at the Greek defenders The cavalry wears body armour or lorica. Cavalieri con lorica

Etruscan warriors hit by Greek arrows at the siege of Thebes. Etruscan warriors attempt to scale the walls of the city with ladders, shields. From an alabaster urn in the Volterra museum

The Siege of Sebastopol - burial of the dead in front of the Malakoff Tower, Crimean War. 1855

Badajoz from the North Bank of the Guadiana, Spain
Badajoz from the North Bank of the Guadiana River, Extremadura, Spain, at the time of the Siege of Badajoz under the Duke of Wellington. 1812

Two perfect knights mountaintop fortress castles in Austria. (Hochosterwitz and Kreuzenstein?) Copied from Matthaeus Merians Topographie von Osterreich, 1649

Norman musical instruments and a siege
Norman instruments: violins 243, 245, a pipe organ 244, harps 246, 249, lyre 247, lute 248, zither 250, hunting horn 251, and siege of a castle by archers and soldiers on a boat 252

Battering rams attacking castle walls
Battering ram and two types of borers to pierce walls at top, and two rams below, one supported by a triangle and the other borne on soldiers shoulders

Machines used in ancient sieges. Vinea 1, pluteus 2, moveable towers 3, 4, and different modes of defending castle walls from a battering ram

An ancient gun cart used at the Siege of Boulogne 1544. Copperplate engraving after the Cowdray picture from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale

Pavisors and a moveable tower besieging a castle
Pavisors and a moveable tower. Medieval siege warfare. Soldiers storming a parapet from a drawbridge on a moveable tower, while pavisors protect archers using large pavaises

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