Siege Collection (page 5)

FRENCH CAPTURE HONG-HOA
The French capture Hong-Hoa. Date: August 1884

SIEGE OF PARIS - AERIAL
THE SIEGE OF PARIS An aerial view from the south, showing the French defences surrounding the city, including several outlying forts Date: 1870 - 1871

ROMAN SIEGE THREAT
Roman troops threaten to use their battering ram against a Parthian town : the residents come out to parley with the besiegers Date: circa 200

WOUNDED AT TOULON
Napoleon I is wounded during the siege of Toulon Date: circa December 1793

Siege of La Rochelle
Diagrammatic illustration of the siege of La Rochelle. Date: 1627

EVENTS / FRANCE / 1628 PARIS
Louis XIII (on horse in left corner) at the siege of Fort St. Martin on the Ile-de-Re. Date: 1628

Siege of La Rochelle, 1628
Cardinal Richelieu at the battlements during the siege of La Rochelle. Date: 1628

1798 MAKING SHOT, SIEGE
Gentlemen load and fire weapons from windows whilst lady (at fireplace) manufactures lead shot. Date: June 1798

European knights mount an unsuccessful siege 1390
European knights mount an unsuccessful siege on a city near Tunis, Africa. Defeated, they soon return home

Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, France
Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon -- this was an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion during the French Revolution. Date: September 1793

Field guns preparing for capture of German fort, China, WW1
Second Division Japanese field guns preparing for the capture of a German fort in cooperation with the British Army at the German port of Tsingtau (Tsingtao, Qingdao), China, during a brief siege

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 13
An elderly woman flower seller sets up her stall in Dubrovnik market. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of Dubrovnik Date: 1994

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 12
An old lady looks anxiously out of her upstairs window. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of dubrovnik Date: 1994

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 11
A cross to remember the dead of the Siege of Dubrovnik. It is made from the charred floorboards in an artists studio. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 10
A woman walks past a bullet and shell marked wall in old Dubrovnik. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of dubrovnik Date: 1994

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 9
A woman gives a cat a small fish from her stall in Dubrovnik market. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of dubrovnik Date: 1994

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 8
Workmen repairing the pantile roofs of old Dubrovnik. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of dubrovnik Date: 1994

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 6
An elderly woman flower seller in Dubrovnik market holds two bunches of flowers and appeals to customers to buy. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 5
An elderly woman flower seller appeals to a customer to buy a bunch of flowers in Dubrovnik market. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 4
An old man wearing a cloth cap and another old man wearing a black beret, scrutinise a damaged spectacle case in the market at dubrovnik

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 3
A young woman and a nun look at trinkets on a market stall in dubrovnik, Croatia. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 2
A young man on fish stall, Dubrovnik. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of dubrovnik Date: 1994

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 1
A nun climbs a flight of shell-damaged steps in dubrovnik, Croatia. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of dubrovnik Date: 1994

500th anniversary of the birth of Joan of Arc - Re-enactment
500th anniversary of the birth of Joan of Arc in 1412 - Historic Cortege of May 7th. Re-enactment Men of the people carrying attack machines (Siege equipment?). Date: 1912

William the Conqueror at the siege of Gerberoy Castle
William the Conqueror on horseback at the siege of Gerberoy Castle, Oise, northern France. The siege and battle took place in the winter of 1078-1079. 1078-1079

Great Queens of the Past No 2 - Semiramis of Nineveh
Semiramis of Nineveh pictured arriving at the military camp before the city of Bactra which had been defying the Assyrian forces for some time

Medieval army. Soldiers during a siege city. Guns and crossb
Medieval army. Artillery. Soldiers during a siege city. Guns and crossbows. Miniature. 15th century. Chateau of Chantilly. France

Thirty Years War (1618-1648). The Surrender of Julich. 1621. Ambrosio Spinola with Diego Felipe de Guzman, receives the keys from the Dutch governor. By Jusepe Leonardo, 1635. Prado Museum. Madrid

University of Virginia, Charlottesville - Lawn and Rotunda
The Lawn (part of Thomas Jeffersons Academical Village) at the University of Virginia, a masterpiece of Palladian architecture, with The Rotunda as the focal point at the north end of the site

French colonization of Algeria. Siege of Constantine, 21 to 27 November, 1836. French Huntsmen of Africa attacking the arabs leaving the camp at Sidi-Tantam. Engraving. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan

Ballista fulminalis. Siege machine used in the Roman Empire. Illustration in De rebus bellicis, treatise of war machinery of 4th-5th century. Version compiled in Orbis Terrarum Descriptio, s. XV

Ballista quadrirotis. Carroballista. Roman siege machine four wheeled mounted on cart of horses. Illustration in De rebus bellicis, treatise of war machinery of 4th-5th century

German guns made by Krupp, WW1
German guns made by Krupp, in use during the First World War. Above: the monster siege gun or howitzer, so heavy that 40 horses are needed to draw it

Boxer Rebllion, China - German Troops at Battle of Tientsin, July 13th 14th, 1900. A multinational military force, representing the Eight-Nation Alliance

Siege of Paris Map 1870
German map of the Siege of Paris

2nd Dragoons Scout, Royal Scots Greys
2nd Dragoons Scout of the Royal Scots Greys, a regiment present at the Relief of Kimberley during the Second Boer War. Date: circa 1900s

Richard I at the Siege of Acre by Matania
Richard I at the Siege of Acre on horseback jumps over a horse swinging his axe through the air about to strike two men. Date: 1191

War of the Succession of Landshut (1503-1505). Siege of Kufs
War of the Succession of Landshut (1503-1505). The emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) takes the territory arround Kufstein as a reward for his mediation in the war between the duchies of Bavaria-Munich

Battle of Turin, 1706. Painting by Joseph Parrocel (1646-170
War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Battle of Turin, 1706. Painting by Joseph Parrocel (1646-1704). Detail. Museum of the Risorgimento. Turin. Italy

The double catapult. Designed by Leonardo da Vinci. 15th cen
Renaissance. Military Engineering. Drawn in the Atlantic Codex (folio 152 1485-1490) of Leonardo Da Vinci. The double catapult, with bucket and sling. Model

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