Warfare Collection (page 3)

Decontaminator in full uniform, September 1939
A London decontaminator in an anti-gas protective suit. As a result of fears of chemical warfare in the early stages of the Second World War

Saxon slingers and archer, 8th century
Saxon with slingshot used for hunting, method of slinging a shot, and archer and slingers with slings with sticks in a castle tower, 8th century

Saxon archers and slingers
Saxon archers with bow and hunting dog, 8th century (top), Saxon bow and arrow 10th century (middle), and Saxon slinger with slingshot used for hunting and warfare, 8th century

Norman warfare and seacraft: soldiers storming a tower with ladders 253, battle at sea on boats 254, Norman ship with sail, battle galley, ferry with oar and boat 255-258

Flemish helmets from the armory at Breda. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812

Exercise of the double-armed man with bow and pike.. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812

Ancient bombard or gun called Mons Meg. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812

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

Counterweight machines for throwing darts and stones from Lipsius and others. One double that fires a stone from a sling. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a

Military exercises of the pike. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812

Asiatick pack saddle. Saddle for a dromedary camel. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812

Tinkers mortar grenade thrower
Tinkers mortar which was fixed on a stick and used to throw grenades. Copperplate engraving by J. Hamilton from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army

Shield, buckler and targe
Round buckler or rondella 1, oval buckler 2, infantry targe 3, infantry shield 4, cavalry shield 5, and huge shield used in a siege 6

Aztec bas-relief depicting ancient warriors. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

12th century battle scene showing knights in combat
Battle scene showing knights in cylindrical helmets and chainmail hoods, armorial surcoats and shields with coats of arms

Saxon and Norman military costume from the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century. Norman soldiers carrying chainmail hauberks or suits of armour 1

Knights in combat, 14th century. King Henry V in battle on horseback in jupon or cote-d armes with arms of England and France, bascinet with panache feathers 1

Napoleon Bonaparte leading a charge on the bridge at the Battle of Lodi, 1796. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax

WW1 - The Exodus from Antwerp, Belgium over bridge of barges
WW1 - The Exodus of the inhabitants of Antwerp, Belgium over a bridge of barges across the River Scheldt. 1914

WW1 - The Exodus from Antwerp, Belgium by boat
WW1 - The Exodus of inhabitants of Antwerp, Belgium by boat down the River Scheldt. 1914

The French attack upon Fort San Guadalupe at Puebla
The french attack on Fort San Guadalupe at Puebla in 1862. Several soldiers rush up an incline to attack the enemy, with the fort itself in the distance

Battle at Rio de Janeiro harbour
Rene Duguay Trouin captured the port city of Rio de Janeiro on 21 September 1711 (which had previously been considered impregnable) during the War of the Spanish Succession

Hawkins defeated by the Spanish
Defeat of the British, under Sir John Hawkins, by the Spanish at San Juan de Ulloa. A British ship is on fire, sinking, as men abandon ship and cling to debris. Date: 1568

Spanish attack Aztec fleet on Lake Texcoco
Part of the seige of Tenochtitlan by Cortes and the Tlaxcala army, the Spanish ships are vastly outmatching the Aztec war canoes, both in size and the technology

Pizarro Forced to Retreat
Pizarro and his men being forced to retreat by the Incan army. Date: 1525

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

Is the futre war-ship to be aeroplane or balloon?
Arists prediction from 1907 of what a future war might look like, in this case aerial battle-ships - not, as it turns out

How Germany treats neutral commerce, torpedo WW1
How Germany treats neutral commerce in the First World War. A German torpedo just about to strike a merchantman. 1915

The Tune we Dance to - Pacifism - Society of Friends
" The Money Goes Round and Around... And it comes out here!" Pay your income tax and it ends up being fired from a gun. Pacifist postcard published by the Society of Friends (Quakers)

German Forces WWII
German Forces on the Western Front. Even trenches cannot halt the storming infantry. Date: 1940

United States Navy - Lockheed EP-2E Neptune 127765 call-sign 202, unit code 7V. Built as a P2V-5 Neptune (Model 426-42-13)

British soldier about to throw a hand grenade, during the storming of a German trench

WW1 - Aerial View of the Dardanelles Battlefields, Turkey
WW1 - Aerial View of the Dardanelles Battlefield theatre, Turkey on 18th March 1915. 1915

Naval Officer with Box of Chocolates Date: 1943

Soldiers and Gun Date: 1943

French Commander directing operations from tree top 1917
Birds-eye view of the battle behind the lines, showing two French Commanders with periscope and map, directing operations and sending their strategy back to the front lines. Date: 1917

Diver lays mines 1915
A diver lays mines from a submarine. Date: 1915

GARDE IMPERIALE dressed for show - and for trench warfare, wearing cuirass and a helmet Date: 1855

Royal Air Force - Hunting Jet Provost T. 4 XP680
Royal Air Force Hunting Jet Provost T.4 XP680 (msn PAC/W/18304) of The Macaws aerobatic team from the College of Air Warfare, based at Royal Air Force Manby

RAF Lincoln B Mk. 2 and Provost T Mk. 1 - Biggin Hill
Royal Air Force Avro Lincoln B Mk.2 RF505 of 151 Squadron, from RAF Watton, (151 Sqn was the last unit to fly the Lincoln, on Electronic Warfare and Electronic Intelligence missions)

French satire on Boer War - Gracious Queen on the Warpath
The Theatre of War - The Gracious Queen on the Warpath - French satire on the Second Boer War as Queen Victoria is shown in the guise of a Native American Indian Warrior

WW1 - France - The Gun as the purveyor of justice
WW1 - Patriotic French card - The Artillery Gun as the purveyor of justice: " He represents Justice - and put the Enemy to death".... Date: 1915

WW1 - German-taught Turkish Chemists preparing Poisonous Gases - 12th June 1915. Date: 1915

Dogs as Riffians during Melillan Campaign
During the Mellilan campaign in Morocco where Spanish troops fought against local Riffian forces, the Riffians dressed up dogs in turbans and burnous

WW1 - Cartoon - Jolly trench warfare
WW1 - " The Incorrigibles" - A dark humoured cartoon illustrating trench warefare with irony. Two soldiers meeting in the trenches

WW1 - Cartoon - John Bull Carries On
WW1 - John Bull is a national personification of Great Britain in general, and England in particular, especially in political cartoons

Can-Tankerous by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" Ere! Where the ell are ye comin with that Turkish bath o yours?" Old Bill, the cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander receives a frosty reception from soldiers

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

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