Wars Collection (page 3)

Southwark Cavalry. Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c). From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ?Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs

Westminster Cavalry. Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c). From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ?Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs

ECCOSAIS 92nd Regiment d?Infanterie. Colour etching by an unknown artist, 1815 (c). The 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders served in Egypt, the Low Countries, Portugal, Spain and Waterloo

Thessaloniki, Greece - Cobblers - Arch of Galerius
Thessaloniki, Greece - Cobblers working beneath the 4th century Triumphal Arch of Galerius (part of the Rotunda Complex). Date: circa 1910s

Major-General The Honourable Sir William Ponsonby KCB (1772-1815), 1815 (c).Oil on canvas by unknown artist, 1815 (c).Half-length portrait, almost in profile to left, wearing orders and decorations

Charge of the 1st Life Guards at Waterloo, June 18th 1815.Chromolithograph after Henry Joseph Harry Payne (1858-1927), 1890 (c).Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815)

Les Honneurs sous le feu. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13

Panoramic map of Mediterranean by G. H. Davis
A new centre of world alarm during the Second World War: a panoramic map of the Mediterranean, showing the principal bases

CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876). American

Fern Tree Valley, near Hobart, Tasmania
View of Fern Tree Valley near Hobart, Tasmania, showing a river and waterfall in a tropical landscape. 1870

Royal Navy losses in both World Wars, 1945
Illustration showing the ships lost by the British Royal Navy during the Second World War (main picture) compared with those lost during the First World War (inset bottom right)

Royal Irish Constabulary going by sea to enforce evictions
Members of the Royal Irish Constabulary going in open sailing boats called hookers to enforce evictions on the Islands of the West Coast of Ireland

Sitting Bulls Hat, 1897
Illustration of a hat depicting the life of Sitting Bull, the Native American Indian Chief. Tiny crescents denoted how many animals were captured by Sitting Bull

The end of the Zulu wars
Mounted Infantry skirmishing with Zulus in a sketch by an ILN special artist. British troops wearing pith helmets and carrying rifles showing British soldiers on the higher ground

Sir John Fastolf
SIR JOHN FASTOLF (or Fastolfe) English soldier generally involved in overseas wars. (He is NOT the original of Shakespeares Falstaff)

Entente Cordiale celebrations
The Entente Cordiale between Britain and France aimed to resolve colonial disputes over territories such as Egypt and Morocco

Battle of Gross-Gorschen
Battle of Gross-Goerschen - the German First Regiment of Guards in action against the French

Waterloo / Clark / Marshman
The Scots Greys and the 92nd Regiment in action

Battle of Marathon
BATTLE OF MARATHON Miltiades, with 11, 000 Athenians and Plataeans, defeats the 60, 000-strong Persian army of Darius Hystaspes

Napoleon on Bellerophon
Napoleon, after his second abdication, on the deck of the Bellerophon before being exiled to St Helena

Napoleon at Battle of Eylau
Battle of Eylau - Napoleon defeats the Prussians and Russians

The Zulu wars. Dabulamanzi, brother of King Cetewayo (Cetshw
Portrait of Dabulamanzi, with Zulu warriors behind him. Dabulamanzi was the leader of the Zulu army in their most famous victory against the British at Isandhlawana

Sudan Wars: Tel-El-Kebir
BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR Wolseley defeats Arabi Pashas army decisively, quashing the revolt : henceforward Egypt will be under British rule

Minister Von Roon
ALBRECHT THEODOR EMIL VON ROON Prussian soldier and politician successful in the wars of 1866 and 1870-1871

Battle of Goldberg 1813
Prinz Carl von Mecklenburg at the battle of GOLDBERG

Makedonia / Bulgaria
MACEDONIA The inhabitants of Gumurdjina, Macedonia - men, women and even children - drive out the occupying Bulgarians who they perceive as invaders

Battle of Tel-El-Kebir
British artillery entering the enemy lines at Tel-el-Kebir

Events / Africa / Libya
The U.S. wages war on Algerian pirates : Stephen Decaturs life is saved when Reuben James interposes his head between a pirate sword and his commander

Passage of the Issel (Ijssel), a river which runs through Germany and the Netherlands, by British troops, winter of 1794-1795, during the French Revolutionary Wars. Date: 1794

Margaret of Anjou asks a robber for mercy
During the Wars of the Roses, Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), the wife of King Henry VI asks a robber for mercy for her and for her son Pince Edward. circa 1460

TO THE RESCUE ! Lord Charles Beresford relieves Sir Charles Wilson on the Nile island of Meruat Date: 1885

BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN Duncan defeats a Dutch fleet on its way to help the French who plan to invade Ireland; eight Dutch ships are captured Date: 11 October 1797

Queen Margaret with son and robber
Queen Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI, fleeing into a forest after the Battle of Hexham (15 May 1464, Wars of the Roses) with her son, Prince Edward, meets a robber and asks for protection

George III of the United Kingdom (1738-1829). Engraving. Col
George III (1738-1820). King of Great Britain and Ireland later King of the United Kingdom and of Hanover. Engraving. Colored

NAPIER, Sir Charles (1786-1860)
NAPIER, Sir Charles (Merchiston Hall, 1786-London 1860). British admiral. Engraving

Future War / Zukunstkrieg
ZUKUNSTKRIEG A German prediction of the next war - their airborne divisions attack an armoured French fortress Date: 1894

Second Italian War of Independence. Battle of Solferino (24th June 1859). Attack of the French over Solferino. Litography

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey Hospital
Ward blocks at Alder Hey Hospital. The hospital was opened in 1915 by the West Derby Union, Liverpool. Originally used for chronic and bed-ridden case, it later became a childrens hospital

Daily lives in London during the Blitz
Four images relating to air-raided London in October 1940. Top left shows cast members at the Windmill Theatre which was the only theatre to remain open; the cast slept in the theatre on mattresses

Private - 83rd Regiment of Foot. The regiment became the Royal Irish Rifles in 1881

Barricades 1588
THE WARS OF RELIGION The Ligue Catholique organises the Day of Barricades in Paris, with street fighting between the opposing parties

The Invasions of England and Ireland With al [sic] their Civ
Map: The Invasions of England and Ireland With al [sic] their Civill [sic] Wars since the Conquest Corn Danckertsz sculpsit [London] George Humble, 1627 (c)

Battle of Austerlitz, between the French Empire

Struggles for independence in Spanish American

French Army Reviewed
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN Napoleon reviews his army at Milano Date: December 1800

Alcibiades Acclaimed
Alcibiades is acclaimed by the people of Athens when he returns after victories over the Spartans

The Zulu war. Fort Bengough. Church Parade of officers and n
British army ranks were substantially swelled by the NNC during the Zulu wars; their local knowledge of terrain and languages were invaluable

British at Waterloo
British soldiers form a square and defend themselves for five hours against cavalry attacks

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