Wars Collection (page 8)

BATTLE OF TOULOUSE Carrying the action from the Peninsula into France, Wellington defeats Soult Date: 10 April 1814

NAPOLEON IN THE VALLEY
Napoleon may have tamed the Russian Bear, but other enemies threaten him in the Valley of the Shadow of Death Date: 1808

NAPOLEON'S HANDIWORK
Napoleon views his handiwork : Death comments : Yet more atrocities, more deaths, more ruins... Date: 1815

BATTLE OF SAINT-CLOUD (outskirts of Paris) - the French forces defending Paris, hoping in vain for Napoleon to arrive, fight desperately to keep the Allies out of Paris Date: March 1814

BATTLE OF LEIPZIG 1813
In the course of the battle of LEIPZIG Major von Krofigt dies heroically at Moeckern Date: 16 October 1813

SIEGE OF SARAGOSSA Agostina, the Maid of Saragossa rallies her fellow- citizens to resist the French, but in vain, the city is taken 21 February 1809 Date: Dec 1808 - Feb 1809

RIJSFEL besieged by the French revolutionary force Date: 22 September 1792

Second Battle of Abukir : 5000 newly-landed British troops under Abercromby drive 2000 French from their positions, but with heavy losses from the French guns Date: 8 March 1801

BATTLE OF JEMAPPES (Belgium) Dumouriez leads the French to victory, enabling them to advance into the Netherlands Date: 6 November 1792

MATABELE/LAAGER DEFENDED
The Matabele attack a laager of wagons. Date: 1893

CREMATION, ANCIENT GREEK
Among many ancient and primitive peoples, cremation has been the favoured method of disposing of the dead : this scene from the Trojan Wars shows Patroclus end Date: BC

FLORIDA WIDOWS ASK AID
Women of FLORIDA who having lost their HUSBANDS in the WARS implore the Assistance of the KING - in the background, hermaphrodites attend the sick and bury the dead 1737

KNIGHT OF DEATH/DURER
A fully armed knight going to the wars with a presentiment of coming evil. Accompanied by Sin and Death, personified as his footman and esquire Date: 1564

EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN Napoleon defeats the Beys at the BATTLE OF THE PYRAMIDS, losing only 40 dead Date: 21 July 1798

The Battle of Novi - the death of French commander Joubert Date: 1799

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Marathon
BATTLE OF MARATHON Eucles runs from the battlefield to Athens, with news of the Greek defeat of the Persians ; sadly, he dies as soon as he has told of the victory. 29 September 490 BC

Napoleon and Konigin Luise of Prussia meet at Tilsit Date: 6 May 1807

Africa, Sudan Wars, 1898: aftermath of the Battle of Atbara
After the Battle of Atbara; in the enemy's trenches. Date: August 1898

EVENTS/WAR/REVOLUTIONARY
EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN Napoleon defeats the Beys at the BATTLE OF THE PYRAMIDS, losing only 40 dead Date: 21 July 1798

Sir Sydney Smith defends the Acre against Napoleon Bonaparte. Date: 1799

Hannibal stripping the dead Romans after battle
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, after defeating the Romans, stripping the dead of their armour and weapons. Date: 218 BC

Battle of Busaco - Duke of Wellington defeats Massena Date: 27 September 1810

Louis Francois, Duke de Boufflers, Marshal of France (1644-1711), French soldier who fought in many battles and military campaigns

Attack off Brest, Battle of Camaret, Brittany, France, 18 June 1694, part of the Nine Years War (1688-1697). English and Dutch ships attempted to seize the French port, but failed. Date: 1694

Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 1st Baronet, Scottish Royalist General in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, entering Edinburgh with Covenanter prisoners taken at the Battle of Rullion Green

The attack on Montroses cavalry at the Battle of Kilsyth, near Stirling, Scotland, 15 August 1645, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

General Alexander Leslies troops crossing the River Tyne at Newburn Ford, near Newcastle, 27 August 1640, prior to the Battle of Newburn Ford, part of the Second Bishops War

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

Battle of Sesimbra Bay, Portugal (then under Spanish rule), 3 June 1602, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1602

The storming and capture of Cadiz, Spain, by English and Dutch troops, 30 June 1596, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1596

The English fleet before Cadiz, Spain, 30 June 1596, prior to an attack on the harbour, followed by the storming and capture of Cadiz, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1596

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 Fight for the Standard at the Battle of Pinkie, near Musselburgh, Scotland, 10 September 1547, during the War of the Rough Wooing, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars

King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, near Leicester, 22 August 1485, towards the end of the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). Date: 1485

The Battle of Ancrum Moor, near Jedburgh, Scotland, 27 February 1545, during the War of the Rough Wooing, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars

Obelisk at Chipping Barnet commemorating the Battle of Barnet and the spot where the Earl of Warwick died, 14 April 1471, during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). It was a Yorkist victory. Date: 1471

Defeat of the Retrievers of the Kings Glory, Melloon, Burma, during the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826). Date: 1826

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

Rescue of Lieutenant-Colonel Macgregor Murray, Battle of Talneir (Talnar, Thalner), India, 1818, part of the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819). Date: 1818

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

Battle of Albuera, Extremadura, Spain, 16 May 1811, fought by the French Empire and the Duchy of Warsaw against the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814)

Battle of Bussaco, Aveiro district, Portugal, 27 September 1810, fought by the British and Portuguese against France, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). Date: 1810

Albuera Monument, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, in memory of those who fell in the Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). The monument was completed in 1854. Date: 1811

Battle of Corunna (Battle of Elvina), Galicia, Spain, 16 January 1809, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). It was fought by Great Britain and Spain against France. Date: 1809

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