Struggle Collection (page 9)

Silhouette, Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good
Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good -- silhouette showing three people struggling along a street on a wet and windy day

Bartholis Lion carving at Belfort
Frederic-Auguste Bartholis carving of a Lion at Belfort, France. Bartholi is best known for designing the Statue of Liberty

The Queens Excitement over the Struggle in the Stadium: Th
The image depicts a scene from the the 1908 Olympics held in London. The marathon was watched by 80, 000 spectators, including Queen Alexandra

Captain Arkoudas (Georgius Oursas)
Captain Arkoudas (Georgius Oursas from Samarina Grevana, Macedonia). Fought for Macedonian independence along with other like-minded officers from all parts of Greece. Date: circa 1908

Chief Captian Vardas (Georgius Tsontos). A former Lieutenant in the Greek army (Artillery) - important leader of the revolution in the Vilayet (District) of Monastir (Bitola)

Father and son fighting in the Dolomites, WW1
A drawing of a German father and son, fighting in the Dolomites during the First World War. Date: 1916

George Volanis - a Cretan Chief in Monastir (Bitola) during the Macedonian Struggle. Fought for Macedonian independence along with other like-minded officers from all parts of Greece. Date: circa 1908

Captain Makris (Dikonymos Makris) from Crete - fought at Vissinia, West Macedonia. Fought for Macedonian independence along with other like-minded officers from all parts of Greece. Date: circa 1908

1830 Revolution Belgium
REBELLION : an artillery company mass with their weaponry at the St Josse Ten Noode Cemetery, Faubourg, Brussells during the struggle for Belgian independence. Date: 23 - 26 September 1830

Soviet Russian political cartoon
A Soviet Russian political cartoon containing a satirical image of the late Tsar Nicholas II (top right) and the anti-Bolshevik general Pyotr Wrangel (middle right)

Portuguese troops in southern Angola, West Africa, WW1
Portuguese troops in southern Angola, West Africa, during the First World War, making their way with difficulty through the countryside. Date: 1916

The Last Bus Home
Londoners struggle to get on the last bus home in the pouring rain. Date: circa 1900s

Satire on Irish Home Rule - Husband punched by wife (who in Green symbolises one side of the Irish struggle). The Irish Home Rule Movement came to an end at the outset of World War One

Gustav Vasa rousing his countrymen against the Danes
Gustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden, seen here at Mora in Central Sweden rousing his fellow-countrymen to revolt against the Danes. Date: 1519

Russian cavalry in Manchuria during the Boxer Rebellion
Russian cavalry In Manchuria, during the Boxer Rebellion. They capture a Chinese battery. Date: 1900

Horse & Cart Accident
Four men trying to help a distressed cart horse which has fallen onto a river onto a riverbank, somewhere in Germany. Date: 1920s

Events / Ceylon 1650S
A clash between the Dutch and Portugese during their struggle for supremacy in Ceylon Date: 1650s

Flags and Memorial at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Three flags in front of the Memorial of Suke Baatar (Mongolias national hero in the struggle for independence, Damdin Sukhbaatar, 1893-1923) in Sukhbaatar Square, at Ulaanbaatar (or Ulan Bator)

Memorial to the Battle of Plassey, West Bengal, India
Memorial obelisk to the Battle of Plassey (23 June 1757), West Bengal, India. The battle established British rule in India for the next 90 years. It took place at Palashi, West Bengal

The Bonus Army camp defended: veterans forcibly removed
During the bitter struggle in Pennslysvania Avenue, Washington, on July 28th 1932: police carrying a bonus Army veteran away from the occupied area

Kostas Garefis and his band of guerillas
Captain Kostas Garefis (seated centre with the badge on his cap), surrounded by his band of guerilla fighters during the struggle for Macedonia

Pavlos Giparis (1880 - 1966). Born in Crete, he fought during the struggle for Ottoman Macedonia between Greek and Bulgarian guerrillas, 1904 - 1908

Captain Korakas and his guerilla band
Captain Korakos (standing left of centre) and his guerillas, who fought on the Greek side during the Struggle for Macedonia in opposition to Bulgarian guerillas. Korakos later became a Greek general

Cartoon impression of the Russo-Japanese War 4 of 5
Card 4 of 5 - Intervention. A cartoon interpretation of the Russo-Japanese war, acted out by the principal ruling individuals from the International Community

Cartoon impression of the Russo-Japanese War 2 of 5
Card 2 of 5 - The Attack. A cartoon interpretation of the Russo-Japanese war, acted out by the principal ruling individuals from the International Community

Itinerant Coffee Vendor - Istanbul, Turkey
Itinerant Coffee Vendor carrying a yoke, with two buckets containing the tools of his trade hanging from either end. Possibly standing/crouching in the grounds of a marble factory

Hand-to-hand fighting in a trench during the struggle for Pr
Taken from a drawing for a German newspaper

Street and house-to-house fighting. A commonplace of the struggle on the Franco-Belgian border

Encampment of Gauls
An encampment of Gauls during the struggle with the Romans

Siege of Alkmaar
The Spanish besiege Alkmaar, but are foiled by the towns heroic resistance, which will come to symbolise the Dutch determination to win their independence from Spain

Gallic Chief
A Gallic chief at the time of the struggle with Rome

Turks Take Missolonghi
After several tries, the Turks under Ibrahim Pasha take Missolonghi (now Mesalongion) from the Greeks, massacring many - 3000 Greek heads are displayed on the walls

Burgundians at Beauvais
In the course of the on-going struggle between the ducs de Bourgogne and the crown, Beauvais is besieged by battering Burgundians

Albanian Outpost
During the on-going struggle for independence from the Ottoman rule, Albanian nationalists man an outpost at Jabliak, on the edge of lake Scutari

Fighting the Turks
An incident in the struggle for Serbias independence from Ottoman rule : Serbian commander Mihailo Ilik leads an attack on the Turks at Tcemerniza

Lammert Van Meliszoon
Nobody seems to know anything about Lammert Meliszoon van Westzanen, least of all us. But maybe he was a hero of the Dutch struggle for independence

Antwerp Attacked
The Spanish storm Antwerp

The Struggle, for a Bengal Butcher and an Imp-pie
Another print about the impeachment of Warren Hastings. A tug-of-war is taking place, with Hastings in a jewelled turban and a large pie (Sir Elijah Impey) in the middle

War with Turks - 2
The Austrians help the Montenegrans in their struggle with the Ottoman empire : an Austrian battery opposite Cattaro

Vlissingen Battle
The port of Vlissingen (Flushing) is one of the first Dutch towns to assert its independence from Spain : in June 1572 a battle takes place between Dutch & Spanish ships

Alvas Statue
After he is safely out of the way, the statue of the hated Alva is dragged through the streets by the citizens of Antwerp

Struggle for tickets at a railway station
An illustration of a fight breaking out at a railway ticket office on the first day of Epsom races. Demand for transportation was always high and inevitably resulted in scuffles at the ticket office

Greece Missolonghi
Famous as the deathplace of the poet Byron, who had come to Greece to help their struggle for independence from the Turks, but died here of a faver

Lady and Ladys Maid
An Edwardian Lady gives her Ladys Maid a disdainful look for failing to tie her hat on properly

Storia Di Due Anni
Title page of Vecchis Storia di due anni which recounts the history of two crucial years in the history of Italy - the struggle for and the achievement of independence

Vendee Submission
After Napoleon, first consul, offers them an amnesty, the royalist leaders submit to the government : their surrender brings the bitter Vendee struggle to an end

Vendee : Catholics
The Vendee struggle is as much religious as political : the Catholic clergy are harassed by the government and forced to hold clandestine masses in the countryside

French Cross Rhine
The French army crosses the Rhine, in the on-going struggle with the Netherlands

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